The Analytic Christian
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
My name is Jordan Hampton, and I'm a Christian. This podcast will help you explore Christian philosophy and theology. For more resources go to http://www.theanalyticchristian.com
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My name is Jordan Hampton, and I'm a Christian. This podcast will help you explore Christian philosophy and theology. For more resources go to http://www.theanalyticchristian.com
Language:
English
Episodes
TAC.31- Critiquing Dr. Craig’s Argument from the Applicability of Mathematics
10/24/2023
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Duration:00:28:41
TAC.30- Evaluating William Lane Craig’s Ontological Argument
10/10/2023
I’m joined by Dr. Daniel Rubio, a professor of philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University. He offers some criticisms of the ontological argument defended by William Lane Craig.
Duration:00:34:31
TAC.29- Evaluating William Lane Craig’s Fine-Tuning Argument
10/3/2023
I’m joined by Dr. Luke Barnes. He comments on an animated video produced by Reasonable Faith that explains and defends the Fine-Tuning Argument.
Duration:00:59:25
TAC.28- From Nomological Harmony to God
9/19/2023
I'm joined by Dr. Brian Cutter, a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss a paper he co-authored titled, "The Problem of Nomological Harmony" published in the prestigious journal Nous. Free access to paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nous.12463
Duration:00:46:44
TAC.27- The Argument from MIRACLES
11/16/2022
I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Bonevac (professor of philosophy at the University of Texas Austin) to discuss his paper, "The Argument from Miracles."
The paper is linked below. baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/80295.pdf
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Duration:01:10:36
TAC.26- Where is the Body of Christ?
11/9/2022
Cruz Davis is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In a forthcoming paper he presents the "Problem of the Ascension of Jesus" and then evaluates various solutions. Here are some of the questions we'll be discussing. If Jesus was *physically* raised from the dead, where is his body now? If you say it's in heaven, does that mean heaven has a spatial location? If yes, does that mean it's theoretically possible to reach heaven if we just had enough advanced technology? If no, then how can Jesus have a physical resurrection body?
For more from Cruz Davis, check out his philpapers page linked below. https://philpeople.org/profiles/cruz-davis-1/publications?app=530&order=added
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Duration:01:09:40
TAC.25- The Problem of NO BEST WORLD
11/2/2022
If there is no best possible world, then for any world God picked to actualize, God could have picked a better one. But if God could have picked a better one, then it seems that God could have performed a better action. And if God could have performed a better action, then God could have been better. But how can God be better if God is essentially unsurpassable (a.k.a. "the greatest conceivable being"). This is a serious challenge to theism, and in this video Dr. Kraay offers five responses to this argument.
To read more about this topic, check out Dr. Kraay's paper linked below. https://people.ryerson.ca/kraay/Documents/2010Companion.pdf
To see Dr. Kraay's defense of the view that there is a best possible world, and it is a multiverse, check out my interview linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXDlyI0Swg&t=276s
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Duration:01:01:04
TAC.24- A Defense of SIMPLE FOREKNOWLEDGE
10/26/2022
There are several views of divine providence. Among these options is the view that God providentially controls the world using simple foreknowledge. In this interview, Dr. Hunt defends simple foreknowledge against two objections- what he calls the metaphysical problem and the doxastic problem.
If you'd like to go more in depth on this topic, check out Dr. Hunt's paper linked below. https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol10/iss3/8/
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Duration:01:13:52
TAC.23- Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will?
10/19/2022
Dr. Matthew Flummer is a professor of philosophy at Porterville College, and co-host of the Free Will Show.
To go deeper into this topic, check out the two links below.
Podcast: Season 3 of the Free Will Show https://youtu.be/tmFC10L2mJA
Book: Free- Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will by Alfred Mele https://www.amazon.com/Free-Science-Hasnt-Disproved-Will/dp/0199371628/ref=asc_df_0199371628/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=334440177734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5372019013947462128&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9014313&hvtargid=pla-493362807085&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=69762313169&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=334440177734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5372019013947462128&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9014313&hvtargid=pla-493362807085
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Duration:00:30:59
TAC.22- A Strong Argument FOR Molinism
10/12/2022
Dr. Justin Mooney is a professor of philosophy at Denison University. He offers a simple argument for molinism, then we discuss possible objections to each premise.
To hear my other interview with Justin about molinism, check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHjRvyDitQ&t=170s
To hear an overview of views on free will check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMYRr8Cx4U&t=1s
To hear an argument against molinism, check out my interview with Dr. Philip Swenson linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0fxXY3hjE&t=29s
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Duration:01:08:14
TAC.21- A Strong Argument AGAINST Molinism
10/5/2022
Dr. Philip Swenson is a professor of philosophy at the College of William & Mary. His dissertation defended the view that moral responsibility is incompatible with causal determinism.
For more on Dr. Swenson check out the link below.
https://sites.google.com/site/philipjswenson/home
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Duration:00:58:52
TAC.20- A Cutting-Edge Cosmological Argument
9/27/2022
I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce, a professor of philosophy at James Madison University in Virginia. In this interview he defends a cosmological argument he's developed. For more on this argument, check out Dr. Pearce's debate book with Dr. Graham Oppy titled, "Is There A God?"
Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946
Link to Dr. Pearce's website: http://www.kennypearce.net/
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Duration:00:48:30
TAC.19- Defeating the Evil God Challenge
8/29/2022
Dr. Max Baker-Hytch argues that the evil God challenge can succeed only if the "symmetry thesis" holds, but this symmetry thesis breaks down in three distinct ways. To explore Dr. Baker-Hytch's argument in depth, check out his paper linked below.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papq.12304
To hear a defense of the evil God challenge, check out my interview with Dr. Asha Lancaster-Thomas (TAC.17).
For more of Max's work, check out his website below. https://www.theocca.org/author/max-baker-hytch/
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TAC.18- What is the Evil-God Challenge?
8/22/2022
Dr. Asha Lancaster-Thomas has written a two part paper providing an overview of the Evil-God Challenge. The papers are linked below.
(Part 1) https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12502
(Part 2) https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12543
In this interview, Dr. Lancaster-Thomas summarizes three versions of the argument, and defends one version against various objections. In next week's interview (TAC.19), Dr. Max Baker Hytch will critique the argument.
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TAC.17- What is the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism?
7/30/2022
In this interview, Dr. Andrew Moon summarizes Alvin Plantinga's Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN), then responds to some objections.
For a short animated summary of the argument, check out the video linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qap_FyQxILM
To go more in depth, check out Dr. Moon's recent paper, "Global Debunking Arguments" linked below. https://philpapers.org/rec/MOOGDA
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TAC.16- Does Scripture Teach There Is No Non-Resistant Non-Belief?
7/9/2022
In Romans 1:18-20 (NASB), Paul writes, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Does this text mean every single non-believer is resistant in their non-belief? In this video, Dr. Rauser provides several reasons to think the answer is no.
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TAC.15- God and Moral Motivation
6/23/2022
For more on Dr. Anne Jeffrey, go to
https://www.annejeffrey.com/
Link to Dr. Jeffrey's book, God and Morality
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/god-and-morality/DDCD901317223C56BDEDB8E57D0366DE
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Duration:00:53:40
TAC.14- God's Relationship to Moral Normativity, & Moral Knowledge
1/25/2022
In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Anne Jeffrey, a professor of philosophy at Baylor University. In 2019, her book, God & Morality was published with Cambridge University Press. There are three sections of the book. The first section surveys the philosophical literature on God's role in grounding moral normativity. The second section of the book surveys the philosophical literature on God's role in explaining moral knowledge. Our interview will be a summary of these two sections, and Dr. Jeffrey will explain how "thin theism" does not explain moral normativity and moral knowledge as well as "thick theism."
Here's the link to the Dr. Jeffrey's book-
https://www.amazon.com/God-Morality-Elements-Philosophy-Religion/dp/1108469442/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=god+and+morality&qid=1613158960&sr=8-3
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Duration:01:14:01
TAC.13- Four Arguments for Moral Realism (Dr. Eric Sampson)
10/18/2021
Here's the google doc Dr. Sampson mentions in the interview.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBPYK_UHOoQhEKjR1URok4tO_tXgqCY5wy5pyFzSZDk/edit
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TAC.12- From Consciousness to Theism (Dr. Tomas Bogardus)
10/11/2021
In this interview, Dr. Tomas Bogardus will offer an argument from dualism to theism. Check out last week's episode to hear a defense of dualism.
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Duration:00:38:01