I am joined by philosopher Josh Rasmussen to discuss philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion.
Biography:
Joshua Rasmussen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, and his area of expertise is analytic metaphysics, with a focus on basic categories of reality, such as objects, ideas, and necessary existence. He is author of several books, including Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Necessary Existence (with Pruss; Oxford University Press, 2015), How Reason Can Lead to God (IVP, 2019), and Is God the Best Explanation of Things (with Felipe Leon, Palgrave 2019). He is also the founder of the Worldview Design YouTube channel, which helps people use reason to address the big questions of life.
Resources:
Website:
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YouTube Channel, Worldview Design: [ Ссылка ]
Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth: [ Ссылка ]
Necessary Existence:
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Is God the Best Explanation of Things?: A Dialogue:
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How Reason Can Lead to God: A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith:
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Non-philosophical books:
Escaping the Ordinary Life: Four Mindsets That Can Transform Your World:
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When Heaven Invades Hell:
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Timestamps:
Introduction 0:00
Starting point for Philosophy of Mind 1:05
Idealism compared to Physicalism 5:52
Interaction problem for dualism 10:30
Irreducibly of the physical 11:55
Best argument for the irreducibly of the mental 17:08
Problems for Emergentism 22:55
Dream characters 30:10
Detecting a perfect God scientifically 34:35
Value and perfection 37:45
Natural\Supernatural vs Supreme Foundation 39:25
Bridging naturalism and theism 41:33
Theisms simplicity, explanatory power and predictability 44:30
Comparing theism and naturalism on explaining necessary truths 48:40
Comments on Gregory Dawes 53:36
Problem of evil and theodicies 55:40
Counting argument 1:00:55
Divine Simplicity 1:05:15
Final Q&A 1:09:30
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