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The Uncertainty Podcast

Miles K. Donahue

A philosophy Ph.D. student working his way, with the world"s leading thinkers, through the problems of philosophy, religion, science, and the existential struggle with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - similar to Alex O"Connor, but more American. Who wants to come along for the ride? mileskdonahue.substack.com

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01:15:23

Is Philosophy a Waste of Time? | #35 Joe Schmid

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2025/06/01

Joe and I take a more personal turn in this video, discussing the importance of philosophy, what got us into the discipline, and whether studying Immanuel Kant your whole life is really worth it.Check out Joe's YouTube channel, Majesty of Reason.To support the channel, do please oh please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to follow me on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 Introduction00:01:02 What's the value of philosophy?00:03:35 Are

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01:05:09

The Gnostic Gospels Don't Undermine Christianity |...

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2025/05/25

Dr. Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, discusses the gnostic gospels and their relationship to early Christian belief and the historical Jesus.To support the channel, do please oh please⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to follow me on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction00:18 What makes the gnostic gospels so interesting?01:41 What is gnosticism?05:15 What did the gnostics think about

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00:56:27

Could ChatGPT Ever Be Conscious? | #33 Dr. Ned Block

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2025/05/18

Dr. Ned Block, professor of philosophy and psychology at NYU, joins me to discuss theories of consciousness, functionalism, the difference between access and phenomenal consciousness, the limitations of current Large Language Models, and how far away artificial general intelligence is from our current capacities.To support the channel, do please oh please⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to follow me on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction00:22 Hard

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02:09:20

Two Oxford Students Solve All of Philosophy | #32 Sam...

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2025/05/11

Sam Thomas, my philosophy bestie hailing from Oxford, England, joins me to go through the results of the 2020 PhilPapers survey of professional philosophers. We offer our opinions on many major philosophical issues.Check out the ⁠2020 PhilPapers survey⁠.To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 Introduction00:01:15 A Priori Knowledge00:11:22 Aim of Philosophy00:22:01 Eating

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01:22:52

Philosophy's Newest Argument for God Fails | #31 Dr....

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2025/05/04

Dr. Graham Oppy, perhaps academia's leading atheist philosopher of religion, joins me to analyze a newly proposed argument for God's existence: the argument from psychophysical harmony. Check out Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism by Cutter and Crummett.To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00:00 Introduction00:00:52 Defining psychophysical harmony00:14:06 The

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01:35:53

You Have Free Will. Deal With It | #30 Dr. Michael...

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2025/04/27

Dr. Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at U.C. Boulder, returns to the podcast to defend the case for (libertarian) free will.Check our Dr. Huemer's fantastic Substack.To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:22 What is free will?00:08:40 Huemer's proof of free will00:23:20 Is the proof question-begging?00:34:51 The mystery objection00:49:56 The luck

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01:39:06

Is Naturalism Self-Refuting? | #29 Dr. Evan Fales

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2025/04/20

Dr. Evan Fales, professor of philosophy at Iowa University, discusses Alvin Plantinga's famous "evolutionary argument against naturalism," and whether Plantinga has successfully shown that naturalism - the view that there is no person such as God or anything like God - cannot be rationally affirmed.To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠consider donating.⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠Instagram⁠ or ⁠Twitter⁠.Episode Chapters00:00:00 Introduction00:00:51 What is naturalism?00:11:18

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01:51:26

Can You Split the Mind? "Severance" Meets Philosophy...

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2025/04/13

Dr. Josh Rasmussen, professor of philosophy at Baylor university, discusses the implications of the Apple Original TV show, "Severance", for two philosophical debates: (1) personal identity, and (2) the relationship between mind and body. To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating. Feel free to follow me on Instagram or Twitter.Episode Chapters00:00:00 Introduction00:02:16 Topic 1 - Personal identity00:06:17 Psychological accounts00:18:17 Animalism accounts00:41:18 Soul

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63:46

Evangelicals Must Divorce from Trump | #27 Dr. Randal...

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2025/04/06

Many have watched with alarm as American evangelicals - a particular sect of Protestant Christianity - have largely embraced President Donald Trump, despite the (seeming) inconsistency between his rhetoric on the one hand, and biblical principles on the other. Dr. Randal Rauser joins me for a third time to discuss the connections between evangelicalism, President Donald Trump, and the Republican party in general - contending, ultimately, that Christians must embrace a different vision of

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102:05

Morality in a Godless Universe | #26 Dr. Erik Wielenberg

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2025/03/30

Erik Wielenberg, professor of philosophy at DePauw University, discusses godless normative realism, his attempt to craft an objective morality without appeal to God. We also debate divine command theory, the attempt to do the precise opposite: ground ethics in God's nature, and in His commands. To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating.For more information about Dr. Wielenberg and a list of his publications, check out his PhilPeople page.As always, feel free to follow me on

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59:54

Why Christianity's View on Salvation Makes Sense |...

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2025/03/23

William Lane Craig - Christian philosopher, theologian, and apologist - joins me to discuss the Christian doctrine of salvation. I, per usual, throw all my questions at him along the way. Why did God create the world? Could God have saved the world without requiring Jesus to die on the cross? Can a Mormon be saved? Why does salvation require propositional belief? Dr. Craig addresses all these questions and more. To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating. Check out Dr. Craig's

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103:06

Richard Carrier's Arguments for Atheism Fail | #24...

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2025/03/16

Matthew Adelstein, YouTuber, philosophy student, and prolific Substacker, sits down to discuss Richard Carrier's arguments for atheism and why they fail to convince. IMPORTANT LINKSMatthew's YouTube channel.Matthew's written response to some of Carrier's arguments: https://substack.com/@benthamsbulldog... Carrier's paper, "Bayesian Counter-Apologetics: Ten Arguments for God Destroyed". My dialogue with Carrier on many of these same points. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with

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79:39

Fine-Tuning is Evidence for God | #23 Dr. Tom Rudelius

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2025/03/09

Dr. Thomas Rudelius, early universe cosmologist and professor of physics at Durham University, sits down with me to discuss whether cosmology indicates that the universe began to exist, what it might mean for spacetime to "emerge" from a deeper reality, and whether the fine-tuning of the laws of physics indicates design behind the universe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe

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76:56

Morality is Not a Matter of Opinion | #22 Dr. Michael...

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2025/02/23

Dr. Michael Huemer and I discuss ethical intuitionism, the view that there are moral truths, and that we know these truths via intellectual intuition. For more about Dr. Huemer, click here. To purchase Dr. Huemer's book, 'Ethical Intuitionism', click here. Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe

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01:12:39

A Reply to Carrier on the Resurrection | #21 Dr....

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2025/02/16

Dr. Craig Blomberg, professor emeritus of New Testament at Denver Seminary, responds to Richard Carrier's critique of the historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus. To donate to the channel (super big pretty please please please), click here. To watch my interview with Carrier, click here. Blomberg's written debate on the resurrection, 'Resurrection: Fact or Faith?', accessible here.

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01:42:22

The Case Against the Resurrection of Jesus | #20 Dr....

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2025/02/09

Dr. Richard Carrier, author of 'On The Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt', returns to the podcast to discuss his problems with the proffered historical case for the resurrection of Jesus, focusing on William Lane Craig. To access Richard Carrier's blog, clickhere. To support the podcast (pretty please), clickhere.

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01:58:33

The Case Against Christianity | #19 James Fodor

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2025/02/02

James Fodor, author and YouTuber, joins me to debate the case for and against Christianity. To access James's YouTube channel, click here. To support my efforts at having interesting conversations with interesting people, click here.

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01:45:27

Does Science Care About the Truth? | #18 Dr. Barry...

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2025/01/27

Dr. Barry Loewer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, joins me to discuss the merits of scientific anti-realism, the view, roughly, that our best scientific theories do not attempt to capture the truth about the world. We also talk about the relationship between science and philosophy. It's good stuff. To support my efforts to explore interesting topics with interesting people, consider donating here. For a list of Dr. Loewer's publications, click here.

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01:30:42

Peppering a Cosmologist with All My Questions | #17...

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2025/01/20

Dr. Afshordi is an astrophysicist at the University of Waterloo, specializing in cosmology, quantum gravity, and the physics of gravity. We discuss dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, the fine-tuning of the universe, and the multiverse. If you like my work and want to support me as I explore lots of cool things with lots of cool people, do please consider donating here. To pre-order Dr. Afshordi's book, Battle of the Big Bang, click here. For more on Dr. Afshordi and his research, check out

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01:18:39

We've Got Hell Completely Wrong | #16 Dr. Randal Rauser

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2025/01/13

Dr. Randal Rauser joins me once again, this time to discuss the tradition Christian doctrine of eternal conscious torment (ECT), and his objections to this view. We also discuss issues arising for alternatives to ECT, like annihilationism and universalism, ending with three objections to the doctrine of Heaven. For more of Randal's work, check out his blog here.

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