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Exploring the deepest ideas in philosophy, theology, nature, and life with the experts. Come think with me!
Exploring the deepest ideas in philosophy, theology, nature, and life with the experts. Come think with me!
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In episode 269 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Christopher Ruocchio, the author of the Sun Eater science-fantasy series, and Jordan Hill of the channel iWizard. Jordan and Christopher help me get my bearings as we discuss the history of science fiction, the current state of the art of science fiction, the philosophy of science fiction and fantasy, and just about everything else.
Check out more from Christopher Ruocchio here: @SunEaterBooks
and more from Jordan here: @iWizard
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In episode 268 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once more by Jess from @Jess_of_the_Shire . Last time we talked Dune vs. Lord of The Rings, but this time she schooled me on magic and wizards in Tolkien's legendarium. We also make some connections between magic in fantasy and the philosophy of technology. It's a really fun one!
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In episode 266 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Joshua Sijuwade. This time we discuss the scope of analytic metaphysics which he covers in his fantastic new book, Analytic Theism.
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0:00 - Continental Metaphysics?
9:33 - What is Metaphysics?
14:06 - Logical Positivism
21:54 - Ontology
37:47 - Modality
1:05:05 - Philosophy of Time
1:35:23 - Mereology
1:47:35 - Some philosophy of mind and free will
1:52:54 - Philosophy of Physics
In episode 265 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Dre Rusavuk to discuss the idea that God is the luckiest of all possible beings.
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in episode 264 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Ben Yalow to discuss all things Science Fiction! Ben has edited From These Ashes which is the complete collection of Fredic Brown's short stories--which are some of my all time favorites!!
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0:00 - The Hugo Awards
7:09 - What is Science Fiction?
11:43 - Comic Books, SF, and 'Genre'
19:40 - John Campbell and the Atomic Bomb
33:13 - Golden Age and Multiple Pen Names
44:58 - Finding truth in science fiction
51:13 - Hard vs soft science fiction
54:30 - SF and cover art
1:05:38 - The Nebulas and other SF awards
1:15:14 - Star Wars
In episode 263 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ed Uszynski to talk about Critical Race Theory. In this episodes we discuss Ed's new book, Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters.
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n episode 262 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dave Munson of Saddleback Leather to discuss the story of how he started Saddleback and we also get into some good theology, including dogs in heaven and leather in the new earth.
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In episode 262 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Brian Ballard. This time we discuss what's come to be known as the axiology of theism, that is considering the existence of God in light of value theory.
Check out the previous episode with Brian Ballard after this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAAziR0xKlM
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In episode 261 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I have Christopher Ruocchio (author of the Sun Eater science fantasy series) and Dr. Austin Freeman (Author of Tolkien Dogmatics and others) on to talk about science fiction, fantasy, HP Lovecraft, Theology, and Modern Religion. It's awesome!
Check out more from Chrisopher Ruocchio here: @SunEaterBooks
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In episode 260 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Napier to discuss his work on the philosophy of Jesus, especially in his new (and fantastic) book, The Soul Whisperer: Jesus' Way Among The Philosophers. Grab the book here to support my work: https://amzn.to/49Us6Uf
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0:00 - St. Augustine on Human Nature
8:09 - Dallas Willard's Impact
16:10 - Was Jesus a Philosopher?
23:27 - Socrates vs. Jesus
30:51 - Jesus's Philosophical Anthropology
In episode 259 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Timothy Brookins to disucss his fantastic new book, Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians. It's a fantastic book and. an amazing Pensées episode! Check the timestamps for a full topic list.
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0:00 - How'd this project come about?
6:59 - What Does Paul mean by "sophia"?
12:25 - Theological vs Social influences
19:30 - Corinthian Sophia with Pauline Doctrine
27:59 - What is Stoicism?
37:30 - Was Jesus a Philosopher?
45:49 - The Sage and Sanctification
50:38 - Corinthian Stoicism
1:01:30 - Can Christians be Stoics?
1:11:05 - Is There Forgiveness in Stoicism?
In episode 258 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Jess of the Shire to compare and contrast Arrakis and Middle-earth, Frank Herbert and J.R.R. Tolkien. We had a lot of fun covering everything from dragons to sandworms, to personality quirks of Herbert and Tolkien.
Check out Jess's fantastic channel here: https://youtube.com/@Jess_of_the_Shire
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0:00 - Jess the Face-Essayist Cosplayer
13:24 - Jess's favorite LOTR character
15:54 - Technology in LOTR and Dune
23:50 - Frank Herbert the Philosopher
26:02 - Would Tolkien and Herbert have been friends?
32:44 - Is Paul Atreides the baddie?
34:33 - Why Did Tolkien Dislike Dune?
44:36 - Dragons or Sand Worms?
56:50 - Tolkien's Eucatastrophe vs. Herbert's Recurrent Shape
1:01:42 - What about Space Wizards?
1:06:37 - Jess's script writing and video production process
In episode 257 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Christopher Ruoccio, author of the Sun Eater series. Christopher is an encyclopedia of science fiction, fantasy, and Roman Empire information. He is the man. A really thoughtful guy and a brilliant writer.
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0:00 - Why people love the Sun Eater books
6:13 - CS Lewis vs Tolkien on teaching through fiction
14:52 - The Golden Age vs the New Wave of Science Fiction
24:05 - Dune
41:00 - Are Superheroes Science Fiction?
45:18 - What is Science Fantasy, Space Opera, SF vs Sci-Fi
56:52 - Favorite SF stories
1:03:40 - is it okay to borrow from other stories?
1:12:47 - Scholiasts, Mentats, and Analytic Philosophy
1:20:54 - Roman Catholicism and the Chantry
1:35:34 - How to Write Science Fiction Novels
In episode 256 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ben Goertzel to talk about Artificial General Intelligence. Last time we talked about the philosophy of AGI, this time we discuss the state of the art of AGI and just a bit about machine consciousness. Check the time stamps for a full topic list.
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0:00 - what is artificial "general" intelligence?
8:44 - does generalization have more to do with logic or imagination?
15:46 - How far back does the idea of AI go?
18:45 - Why does the East and West think differently about AI?
24:08 - The State of the AI race
31:05 - Can AI be wise?
37:57 - How important are Large Language Models?
59:14 - Machine Consciousness and AGI
1:13:25 - Can an AGI system have a psychedelic exerience?
Curt Jaimungal joins me for episode 255 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast to discuss theories of everything, phsyics, the simulation hypothesis, worldviews, and more!
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0:00 - What's this episode about?
3:32 - What is a Theory of Everything?
5:57 - Worldview (weltanschauung) and God
21:14 - Why Host an Academic Level Podcast?
29:08 - The Simulation Hypothesis
47:23 - Ben Goertzel is a genius
51:30 - Theolocutions and Office Hours podcasting
1:14:40 - Being your authentic self
1:20:13 - what kind of thing are you?
1:28:12 - What is Human Value Grounded in?
In episdoe 254 of the Parker's I'm joined once again by Dr. Tom Morris. Dr. Morris is a legendary philosopher and an expert on the philosophy of Stoicism. In this episode he schools me on Stoicism from his brand new book, Stoicism for Dummies. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/47NnKgP
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0:00 - Introduction
4:55 - What is Stoicism?
8:31 - Stoic Philosophy is a Way of Life
11:58 - The Core of Stoicism
14:09 - Theoretical vs. Practical Philosophy
23:11 - the four big instagram philosophies today
25:44 - What is Wisdom?
31:57 - Diogenes the Cynic's influence on Stoicism
36:24 - Only Virtue Leads to Happiness
40:23 - Stoic Theology and Stoic arguments for God
52:33 - Jesus the Philosopher Sage and Logician
56:18 - Stoicism and Christianity?
1:04:34 - Who Gets to Call Themselves a Stoic?
1:08:06 - The Demise of Ancient Stoicism
In episode 253, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ross Inman, this time we discuss his new book "Christian Philosophy As a Way of Life: An Invitation to Wonder".
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0:00 - Intro
4:18 - How'd this project come about?
7:32 - Wonder as the Lifeblood of Philosophy
15:47 - Is Philosophy Relevant?
21:49 - The Therapeutic use of Philosophy
31:28 - How to live philosophical life
In this bonus episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I share my paper presentation from the 2023 Evangelical Philosophical Society in San Antonio, Texas. I originally wrote this paper for Paul Copan's Advanced Philosophy of Religion course in the Palm Beach Atlantic University Master's program.
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We're often exhorted to "think for yourself" but philosopher Jonathan Matheson argues that it's actually okay not to think for yourself in way more cases than we might intuitively think. In episode 252 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I have Dr. Matheson back on to discuss his new book, Why It's OK Not to Think for Yourself.
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0:00 - How'd this project come about?
5:09 - What does it mean to think for yourself?
13:56 - Is Thinking for Yourself more praiseworthy?
22:44 - How do we find experts to defer to?
29:38 - Will Evidential Swamping Destroy Philosophy?
40:06 - Victims and Victim Blaming
48:41 - The Socratic Objection
54:55 - Implications for Pascal's Wager
1:02:27 - Self-Knowledge and thinking for yourself
In episode 251 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Luciano Floridi to discuss his work on the philosophy of information and the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
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0:00 - Luciano Floridi, Kierkegaard, and losing his faith
12:15 - What is Information?
17:43 - Is there information in tree rings and finger prints?
27:30 - AI isn't actually intelligent and that's the whole point
43:00 - Information and Extended Minds
1:08:13 - Simulation Hypothesis
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