Philosophical Questions II

Explore more philosophical questions that seek insights into the fundamental features of existence including the limits of science, the existence of God, discerning the deep meaning of physics and cosmology, and the future of humanity.

Why does one thing ‘cause’ another thing? Is causation fundamental, primitive, real—not reducible to, or explainable by, anything else? Or is causation a human...

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What is Causation?

Episode 11

Season 15

26:47

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What constitutes good science? Are there limits to science? If so, what are the boundaries? How deep can science dig into the foundations of the world?

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Does Philosophy Help Science?

Episode 12

Season 16

26:48

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The observable universe may contain two trillion galaxies and there may be innumerable universes. Is there ultimate unification, a final theory? Search for deep harmony....

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Why Philosophy of Physics & Cosmology?

Episode 09

Season 17

26:48

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How much can science discover? Are there boundaries to science? Are there truths, real truths, beyond science?

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What are the Scope and Limits of Science?

Episode 08

Season 07

26:45

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Is the natural, physical world all-there-is? Or is there something more-a supernatural, nonphysical existence? I was trained in science, so I should be a naturalist....

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Are There Things Not Material?

Episode 11

Season 08

26:46

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Can humans have knowledge of God? Between humans and God, between finite and infinite, there seems an unbridgeable gap. So what can it mean to “know God”? There are...

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Epistemology: How Can We Know God?

Episode 08

Season 19

26:48

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Can Philosophy of Religion Find God? Does God exist? What are God’s attributes and traits? How should we examine such questions about God? Can philosophy provide...

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Can Philosophy of Religion Find God?

Episode 06

Season 12

26:45

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Can the analytic enrich the theological, sharpening distinctions of doctrine? Can deep questions about God be addressed with methods and practices that are precise and...

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What is Analytic Theology?

Episode 08

Season 18

26:47

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How does metaphysics contribute to our understanding of the world? It asks the most profound questions: What kinds of things exist? How does causality work? Sound too...

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Can Metaphysics Discover Surprises?

Episode 06

Season 06

26:46

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Some think metaphysics is ancient nonsense; others that it’s the bizarre occult. Real metaphysics asks the most profound questions, seeks the deepest truths.

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Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?

Episode 08

Season 09

26:46

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Lots of things exist. But what’s truly fundamental? The challenge is to discern the minimum number of basic categories that explains the entirety of existence.

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What Exists?

Episode 10

Season 17

26:48

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What’s the ultimate stuff of reality? What’s absolutely fundamental and non-reducible — the fewest number of categories within which every specific thing, of every...

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What Exists II?

Episode 06

Season 19

26:48

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Humankind has learned so much, so fast. What are the risks of scientific knowledge? Look to the future. Artificial intelligence. Genetic engineering. Benefits? Dangers?

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Science and the Future of Humanity

Episode 13

Season 17

26:48

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