How breathtakingly vast is the universe. How majestic. Is there meaning, purpose—a reason? Some scientists say no; we create our own purpose. Others look to God, while some... video Does the Cosmos Have a Reason? Episode 01 Season 15 26:47 Watch Perhaps we cannot know the reason for the universe, if there is any. But is it even possible for the universe to have a reason? If yes, how would natural regularities and... video Can the Cosmos Have a Reason? Episode 02 Season 15 26:47 Watch The universe is strange and wondrous—dauntingly vast, menacingly violent, infinitely complex. There are explanations, but is there a final explanation? video Implications of Cosmology? Episode 03 Season 15 26:47 Watch We dig into issues and arguments about God’s existence—and, if God exists, about God’s nature or traits. We explore competing ideas about God and assess divine... video What is It About God? Episode 04 Season 15 26:47 Watch In searching, striving to know God—if there is a God—we discover contrasting ways that God could be. It is good to wonder about God, see a landscape of possibilities, get... video Speculating About God? Episode 05 Season 15 26:47 Watch For God to be God, God could not do nothing. If God exists, God must do things. Assuming God created the universe, then God should do things with the universe. But what? And... video How Could God Intervene in the Universe? Episode 06 Season 15 26:48 Watch Extrasensory perception (ESP) probes reality. If ESP does not exist, then today’s physical world may be all there is. If ESP does exist, then reality may go beyond the... video What Could ESP Mean? Episode 07 Season 15 26:47 Watch If ESP were real, would it transcend space and time? How could our minds know stuff, and do stuff, not only beyond our senses, but also beyond the laws of physics? What are... video How Could ESP Work? Episode 08 Season 15 26:47 Watch Is there a supreme being, a creator of all things, a God? Can arguments—reasons, logic, ways of thinking—cut through traditions, norms, feelings? Believers bear the... video How to Argue for God? Episode 09 Season 15 26:47 Watch Western religions claim that God is all-knowing. Then the trouble starts. What does it mean to know everything? Is God’s knowledge of the future truth? Are... video Does God Know Everything? Episode 10 Season 15 26:47 Watch 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... video What is Causation? Episode 11 Season 15 26:47 Watch Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most... video Can Dualism Explain Consciousness? Episode 12 Season 15 26:47 Watch Some say that consciousness is the only true reality—that everything else, including the universe, comes from consciousness. If so, how would consciousness relate to the... video Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality? Episode 13 Season 15 26:48 Watch
How breathtakingly vast is the universe. How majestic. Is there meaning, purpose—a reason? Some scientists say no; we create our own purpose. Others look to God, while some... video Does the Cosmos Have a Reason? Episode 01 Season 15 26:47 Watch
Perhaps we cannot know the reason for the universe, if there is any. But is it even possible for the universe to have a reason? If yes, how would natural regularities and... video Can the Cosmos Have a Reason? Episode 02 Season 15 26:47 Watch
The universe is strange and wondrous—dauntingly vast, menacingly violent, infinitely complex. There are explanations, but is there a final explanation? video Implications of Cosmology? Episode 03 Season 15 26:47 Watch
We dig into issues and arguments about God’s existence—and, if God exists, about God’s nature or traits. We explore competing ideas about God and assess divine... video What is It About God? Episode 04 Season 15 26:47 Watch
In searching, striving to know God—if there is a God—we discover contrasting ways that God could be. It is good to wonder about God, see a landscape of possibilities, get... video Speculating About God? Episode 05 Season 15 26:47 Watch
For God to be God, God could not do nothing. If God exists, God must do things. Assuming God created the universe, then God should do things with the universe. But what? And... video How Could God Intervene in the Universe? Episode 06 Season 15 26:48 Watch
Extrasensory perception (ESP) probes reality. If ESP does not exist, then today’s physical world may be all there is. If ESP does exist, then reality may go beyond the... video What Could ESP Mean? Episode 07 Season 15 26:47 Watch
If ESP were real, would it transcend space and time? How could our minds know stuff, and do stuff, not only beyond our senses, but also beyond the laws of physics? What are... video How Could ESP Work? Episode 08 Season 15 26:47 Watch
Is there a supreme being, a creator of all things, a God? Can arguments—reasons, logic, ways of thinking—cut through traditions, norms, feelings? Believers bear the... video How to Argue for God? Episode 09 Season 15 26:47 Watch
Western religions claim that God is all-knowing. Then the trouble starts. What does it mean to know everything? Is God’s knowledge of the future truth? Are... video Does God Know Everything? Episode 10 Season 15 26:47 Watch
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... video What is Causation? Episode 11 Season 15 26:47 Watch
Dualism claims reality has two parts, a physical and a nonphysical (mental or spiritual), both equally real. Dualism is believed by most people but rejected by most... video Can Dualism Explain Consciousness? Episode 12 Season 15 26:47 Watch
Some say that consciousness is the only true reality—that everything else, including the universe, comes from consciousness. If so, how would consciousness relate to the... video Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality? Episode 13 Season 15 26:48 Watch
