We search deepest levels of cosmic reality, the big picture of the puzzle of the universe — beginning, size, structure, future, far future. We seek significance in... video What is Philosophy of Cosmology? Episode 01 Season 19 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: cosmic conditions that allow complex structures — galaxies, stars, planets, people — depend on a few “constants of nature” lying within tight... video What’s Fine-Tuning in Cosmology? Episode 02 Season 19 26:48 Watch Why do the “constants of nature” — masses of subatomic particles and strengths of forces like gravity and electromagnetism — have the values they do? Does fine-tuning... video What’s Fine-Tuning in Physics? Episode 03 Season 19 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? For sure, it’s... video Is the Anthropic Principle Significant? Episode 04 Season 19 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... video What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch 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... video What Exists II? Episode 06 Season 19 26:48 Watch It’s the ultimate puzzle. It’s the haunting question. Why is there “something” rather than “nothing”? It seems impenetrable, uncrackable, unfathomable. But are... video Why Anything at All II? Episode 07 Season 19 26:48 Watch 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... video Epistemology: How Can We Know God? Episode 08 Season 19 26:48 Watch Why the astonishing claim that Jesus is God? Not like God. Not representing God. But literally God? One need not be a Christian, or even a theist, to appreciate the... video Jesus as God – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 09 Season 19 26:48 Watch It seems the ultimate riddle: How could One God be Three Persons? How could One be Three? Or Three be One? And why three? Non-believers and believers can both enjoy the logic... video The Trinity – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 10 Season 19 26:48 Watch It’s a staggering idea: God became flesh. Why would the Creator become human? For believers, how could Divine and Human natures interact? For non-believers, how do beliefs... video The Incarnation – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 11 Season 19 26:48 Watch Can atonement absolve sin? For believers, how could The Atonement work? What’s the process? For non-believers, what does The Atonement say about the kind of God that... video Atonement – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 12 Season 19 26:48 Watch It’s intended as ultimate purpose: salvation means eternal life with God. For believers, what actually happens, what kind of life? For non-believers, what can we learn... video Salvation – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 13 Season 19 26:48 Watch
We search deepest levels of cosmic reality, the big picture of the puzzle of the universe — beginning, size, structure, future, far future. We seek significance in... video What is Philosophy of Cosmology? Episode 01 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: cosmic conditions that allow complex structures — galaxies, stars, planets, people — depend on a few “constants of nature” lying within tight... video What’s Fine-Tuning in Cosmology? Episode 02 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Why do the “constants of nature” — masses of subatomic particles and strengths of forces like gravity and electromagnetism — have the values they do? Does fine-tuning... video What’s Fine-Tuning in Physics? Episode 03 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? For sure, it’s... video Is the Anthropic Principle Significant? Episode 04 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... video What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch
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... video What Exists II? Episode 06 Season 19 26:48 Watch
It’s the ultimate puzzle. It’s the haunting question. Why is there “something” rather than “nothing”? It seems impenetrable, uncrackable, unfathomable. But are... video Why Anything at All II? Episode 07 Season 19 26:48 Watch
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... video Epistemology: How Can We Know God? Episode 08 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Why the astonishing claim that Jesus is God? Not like God. Not representing God. But literally God? One need not be a Christian, or even a theist, to appreciate the... video Jesus as God – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 09 Season 19 26:48 Watch
It seems the ultimate riddle: How could One God be Three Persons? How could One be Three? Or Three be One? And why three? Non-believers and believers can both enjoy the logic... video The Trinity – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 10 Season 19 26:48 Watch
It’s a staggering idea: God became flesh. Why would the Creator become human? For believers, how could Divine and Human natures interact? For non-believers, how do beliefs... video The Incarnation – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 11 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Can atonement absolve sin? For believers, how could The Atonement work? What’s the process? For non-believers, what does The Atonement say about the kind of God that... video Atonement – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 12 Season 19 26:48 Watch
It’s intended as ultimate purpose: salvation means eternal life with God. For believers, what actually happens, what kind of life? For non-believers, what can we learn... video Salvation – A Philosophical Inquiry Episode 13 Season 19 26:48 Watch