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Parker"s Pensées

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Become a Paid Subscriber to listen to ad free episodes: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/parkers-pensees/subscribe Exploring the deepest ideas in philosophy, theology, nature, and life with the experts. Come think with me!

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01:43:04

Ep. 170 - Could Consciousness Be an Illusion?? w/Dr....

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2022/05/23

What is consciousness? Why is there a hard problem of explaining how consciousness relates to the physical brain? In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Keith Frankish argues that consciousness is an illusion, a position known as illusionism. He further argues that the self, or the subject of the illusion could also be an illusion. Check out more from Dr. Frankish here: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any

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01:13:07

Ep. 169 - The Unity of Consciousness Arg. Against...

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2022/05/17

How can we know that we are more than our physical bodies? Dr. William Hasker Joins me on this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast to go over his unity of consciousness argument against physicalist theories of mind. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon:

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01:33:41

Ep. 168 - The Most Fascinating Puzzles in the...

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2022/05/13

What are numbers? Are the real entities out there in the world? In some other realm? Should we be Platonists about numbers? How can abstract mathematics be so applicable to our everyday existence? These are some of the questions Dr. Mark Colyvan and I discuss in this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast. Find more of Mark's work here: http://www.colyvan.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées

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01:04:53

Ep. 167 - The Knowledge Argument and the Philosophy...

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2022/05/09

What is qualia? What is the knowledge argument against physicalist theories of mind? Did Mary really learn anything new when she left the black and white room? On this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by the legendary Dr. Frank Jackson to discuss his version of the knowledge argument and discuss why he came to reject it. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant

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01:31:24

Ep. 166 - What Did Foucault Really Believe? w/Dr....

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2022/05/03

Did Foucault really teach that all knowledge claims are mere power plays? Why is he the most cited author on Google Scholar? What made him so influential? Dr. Chris Watkin came back on the podcast to school me on all things Foucault and contrast his philosophy with the theology of the Bible. Find more from Dr. Watkin here: https://christopherwatkin.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker

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01:44:16

Ep. 165 - The Philosophy of Philosophy?? w/Dr....

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2022/04/29

What is philosophy? Is this question itself a philosophical question or is it a "meta" philosophical question? Is armchair philosophy an appropriate method of philosophizing or should we all be in labs somewhere helping the scientists? Dr. Timothy Williamson and I discuss these and many more questions in this episode while we cover the second edition of his book, The Philosophy of Philosophy. Find more from Dr. Williamson here: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/timothy-williamson If you like

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01:01:55

Ep. 164 - Is Faith Moral or Epistemological? Is It...

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2022/04/25

What is faith? Dr. Travis Dickinson argues that we ought to view faith in a moral realm rather than an epistemological realm. We cover one of his academic papers as well as parts of his new book, Logic and the Way of Jesus. Check out more from Travis here: http://www.travisdickinson.com/about/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of

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01:23:16

Ep. 163 - What Would an Artificial Thinker Be Like?...

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2022/04/22

Can robots think? Is artificial intelligence possible? Dr. Eric Olson argues that AI theorists focus all of their attention on artificial thought and not enough on what an artificial thinker would be like. In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, we cover Dr. Olson's chapter "The Metaphysics of Artificial Intelligence" in Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties. Dr. Olson brings out some of the problems which arise when trying to nail down just what exactly an artificial thinker would

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01:26:50

Ep. 162 - Some of the Best Reasons to Believe in the...

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2022/04/18

What is substance dualism and what are the best arguments for thinking we have souls? In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast I'm joined by Dr. Charles Taliaferro to discuss some of his work on substance dualism and the existence of the soul. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it

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01:10:23

Ep. 161 - The Common Consent Argument for God w/Dr....

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2022/04/15

Is the fact that so many people believe in God good evidence for God's existence? I'm joined by philosopher Jon Matheson to discuss the epistemology at play in the "common consent argument for God", that is, the argument that we can be justified in believe in God since so many other people believe in God. Check out more from Dr. Matheson here: https://jonathandmatheson.wordpress.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get

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01:03:31

Ep. 160 - When You Should Have Known But Couldn't?...

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2022/04/11

Are there times when we should have known something, but don't because we don't have the evidence? Dr. Sandy Goldberg argues that the answer is yes, and more often than you might think! Check out more from Sandy here: https://northwestern.academia.edu/SanfordGoldberg If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release

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01:34:20

Ep. 159 - Why Christian Men Listen to Jordan Peterson...

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2022/04/08

Why are men in general and Christian men in particular so taken by Jordan Peterson? Paul Vander Klay (the pastor of the Intellectual Dark Web) joins me again on the podcast to help me answer this question. We get into Peterson's project in Maps of Meaning, what he means by meaning, and what he thinks about God, power dynamics, and what he gets right and wrong about Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for

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01:07:00

Ep. 158 - Religious Experience and Really Knowing God...

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2022/04/04

What is religious experience? What role does it play in making arguments for God's existence? Can we be justified in our knowledge of God?? These are some of the questions we cover in this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast. I'm joined by my old professor, Dr. Harold A. Netland of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, to discuss his fantastic new book, Religious Experience and the Knowledge of God: The Evidential Force of Divine Encounters. Grab the book from my affiliate link here to support

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Ep. 157 - What is Substance Dualism? w/Dr. Stewart Goetz

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2022/04/01

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Stewart Goetz to discuss his work on the soul and substance dualism. Dr. Goetz and I mostly focus in on his work in the Routledge Companion to Substance Dualism. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon:

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01:29:05

Ep. 156 - What Tom Bombadil Can Teach Us About...

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2022/03/28

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by C.R. Wiley to discuss his new book, In the House of Tom Bombadil. We discuss the difference between dominion and domination and how to disambiguate the two through reflecting on Tom Bombadil and Saruman. Grab the book from my affiliate link to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3LCqMdU Check out more from C.R. Wiley here: https://crwiley.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps,

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01:37:00

Ep. 155 - How Christianity Makes Sense of Narrative...

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2022/03/25

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Brian Ballard to discuss his paper Christianity and the Life Story wherein he argues that Christians are committed to narrativism, and even narrative realism, that we literally do live in a narrative. Check out more from Brian here: https://www.faithconsidered.com/ https://www.brianscottballard.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's

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01:41:02

Ep. 154 - Philosophical Reasons for the Soul and...

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2022/03/15

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Michael Huemer. This time we discuss two of his recent papers in which he argues that the probability we are reincarnated given the infinity of the past and the future is 1, and that we are immaterial souls! Huemer is a non-religious philosopher who argues for substance dualism and reincarnation! It's wild, but he's super sharp and provides really strong arguments for his conclusions. Find more from Huemer here:

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01:52:21

Ep. 153 - What Did Derrida Really Mean? w/Dr....

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2022/03/08

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Christopher Watkin to discuss his work on Jacques Derrida and Cornelius Van Til. Find more from Dr. Watkin here: https://christopherwatkin.com/ Check out my sponsor Bibllios Clothing through this link for 10% off of their awesome merch: https://bibliosclothing.com/discount/PARKER If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and

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00:48:05

Bonus Episode: PBA + God, Time, and Creation w/Dr....

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2022/03/02

In this bonus episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Ryan Mullins drops a huge announcement. Listen to the episode then check out this link for more info on the huge news: https://pbaschoolofministry.com/mastersphilosophyreligion/?fbclid=IwAR1l1Jc1QDj8GWX6lzIELqWH042J_aeYf7n_ZotXXyT32UuaKDh9vEcLkHM Find more from Dr. Mullins here: https://www.rtmullins.com/ Check out my sponsor Bibllios Clothing through this link for 10% off of their awesome

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01:21:01

Ep. 152 - Is God Omnisubjective? w/Dr. Linda Zagzebski

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2022/02/21

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Linda Zagzebski to discuss her work on "omnisubjectivity", i.e., that if God is omniscient, then He knows the qualia states or the what-it's-likeness of every creature. Check out more of her work here: https://www.ou.edu/cas/philosophy/people/faculty/linda-zagzebski Check out my sponsor Bibllios Clothing through this link for 10% off of their awesome merch: https://bibliosclothing.com/discount/PARKER If you like this podcast, then

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