All Philosophy articles – Page 6
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ShowsUnbelievable? Nick Bostrom and Ros Picard - God, AI & the future of humanity: Is technology the key to immortality?
Episode 2 | Season 3 of The Big Conversation. Prof Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and Prof Rosalind Picard, director of the Affective Computing Research Group at MIT debate the philosophical and spiritual questions raised by AI. Could AI become conscious? Are we living in a simulation universe? Could technology be the key to immortality?
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #01 CS Lewis on the meaning of life
In the first ever episode of our brand-new podcast on C.S. Lewis, professor Alister McGrath speaks to Ruth Jackson about some of Lewis’ key thoughts as well as the impact of Lewis on Alister’s own life.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Was Jesus a great moral teacher or something more? Julian Baggini and Skye Jethani
Atheist philosopher Julian Baggini and Christian author Skye Jethani discuss whether the teachings of Jesus Christ can be separated from his claims to divinity. Video: video For Julian’s new book The Godless Gospel https://www.julianbaggini.com/the-godless-gospel/ For Skye’s new book What If ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Francis Spufford and Philip Pullman on why Christianity makes surprising emotional sense – Classic Replay
Prize-winning author Francis Spufford discusses his book ‘Unapologetic: Why despite everything Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense’ with famed atheist writer Philip Pullman in this replay of their 2012 conversation. Video: video For Francis Spufford https://www.amazon.com/Unapologetic-Everything-Christianity-Surprising-Emotional/dp/0062300458 For Philip Pullman https://www.philip-pullman.com/ ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Christianity, Psychology and Compassion - Paul Gilbert and Roger Bretherton
Is Christianity a positive force for compassion in the world? Prof Paul Gilbert and Dr. Roger Bretherton join Justin for a conversation on psychology, the brain, Christianity and what makes us choose compassion over callousness.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Where do atheists get their meaning from? Zach Broom and Michael Brady
Zach Broom is the author of ‘Without God: Science, belief, morality and the meaning of life’ in which he claims that many of our most basic intuitions don’t make sense in the absence of God.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Antinatalism - should we let humans go extinct? David Benatar vs Bruce Blackshaw
David Benatar is the world’s leading ‘antinatalist’ philosopher. His controversial book ‘Better Never To Have Been’ argues that the suffering of existence always outweighs any potential good and that it is morally wrong to bring new human beings into the world. A small but growing community of Antinatalists believe that we should stop reproducing and allow humanity to go extinct.
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ShowsUnbelievable? 2 views on the God of Love and the Problem of Evil - Thomas Jay Oord and John C Peckham (+ Greg Koukl)
If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Two Christian thinkers with different solutions to this age-old question join Justin.
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ArticleWhat has Christianity ever done for us?
That was the challenge levelled at historian Tom Holland on The Big Conversation by AC Grayling, one of Britain’s leading atheist philosophers. The answer, it turns out is: quite a lot
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ShowsUnbelievable? The argument from reason - Cosmic Skeptic and Max Baker-Hytch
Can we make sense of our rational capabilities on an atheist naturalist worldview?
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ArticleWhat has Christianity ever done for us?
That was the challenge levelled at historian Tom Holland by AC Grayling, one of Britain’s leading atheist philosophers. The answer, it turns out is: quite a lot
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ShowsUnbelievable? Do we have an immaterial soul? Richard Swinburne vs Luke Janssen
Prof Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential Christian philosophers in the world. In his new book ‘Are we Bodies or Souls?’ he sets out his argument for the existence of the soul.
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ArticleWas Jesus’ claim to be God an invention? Examining Ehrman’s arguments
Peter S. Williams reviews The Big Conversation between New Testament scholars Bart Ehrman & Peter J. Williams
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ShowsUnbelievable? Tom Holland vs AC Grayling - Did Christianity give us our human values?
Historian Tom Holland debates atheist philosopher AC Grayling in a lively edition of The Big Conversation.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Dave Rubin and John Lennox - A conversation on God, atheism and modern culture
Recorded in front of a live audience in California, Justin hosts a discussion between Christian thinker Prof John Lennox and YouTube personality Dave Rubin in the 4th episode of The Big Conversation Season 2.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does consciousness point to God? Sharon Dirckx and Philip Goff
The mystery of mind and consciousness are causing some philosophers to move away from physicalist explanations to theories such as ‘panpsychism’.
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ArticleWhat’s stopping Roger Penrose from believing that God created the Universe?
Sir Roger Penrose disagrees with William Lane Craig on the cause of the Universe. Daniel Ray examines why the famous cosmologist can’t bring himself to accept the God hypothesis.
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ArticleWhy are the new atheists so triggered by Bret Weinstein and Jordan Peterson?
Reflecting on The Big Conversation from Unbelievable?, atheist vlogger Adam Friended explains why he believes Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris get religion so wrong.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Sir Roger Penrose and William Lane Craig – Debating God and the Universe
The Universe: How did it get here and why are we part of it? Celebrated cosmologist Sir Roger Penrose talks to renowned Christian philosopher William Lane Craig about God and the Universe in the 2nd episode of the 2019 season of The Big Conversation.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why be a Christian? Cosmic Skeptic debates Justin on faith, morality and determinism
In this podcast special Justin sits down with atheist Alex O’Connor who runs the popular YouTube channel Cosmic Skeptic.
