Channel Title: Majesty of Reason Channel Description: I make videos about philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and more. "What altar of refuge can a man find for himself when he commits treason against the majesty of reason?" ― Baruch Spinoza <video> If God exists, is everything permitted? | Dr. Justin Mooney & Dr. Luis Oliveira Description: Today I’m joined by Justin Mooney and Luis Oliveira to discuss a new aspects of the problem of evil. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 1:45 Summary of the paper 28:40 Symmetry argument 34:33 Necessary evil theodicies 56:32 Necessary permission theodicies 1:12:03 Divine right theodicies 1:26:28 Final thoughts 1:34:00 Conclusion RESOURCES (1) Justin's website with all his papers: https://www.justinmooney.net/ (2) Luis' PhilPeople profile with all his papers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/luis-r-g-oliveira (3) Luis' article "God and gratuitous evil: between the rock and the hard place": https://philpapers.org/archive/OLIGAG.pdf (4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Does this philosopher have the BEST arguments for God? Description: Here I interview Brian Cutter in person to talk about the psychophysical and nomological harmony arguments. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 0:24 Best arguments for God 4:01 Consciousness & psychophysical harmony 10:00 Evolution 13:08 Normative error theory 18:00 First-person realism parody? 25:08 Contingent normative roles 30:30 A priori physicalism 36:36 Strengthens the problem of evil 46:52 Revenge problem 51:35 Nomological harmony 1:06:53 Conclusion FURTHER RESOURCES (1) Cutter & Crummett, "Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism", https://philarchive.org/archive/CUTPHA (2) Cutter & Saad, "The Problem of Nomological Harmony", https://philarchive.org/archive/CUTTPO-9 (3) Cutter's PhilPeople profile with his papers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/brian-cutter (4) Cutter explaining psychophysical harmony on @CapturingChristianity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_TlYmVuxQQ&pp=ygUmY3V0dGVyIGFuZCBnb2ZmIHBzeWNob3BoeXNpY2FsIGhhcm1vbnk%3D (5) A blog post critical of the psychophysical harmony argument: https://naturalismnext.blogspot.com/2023/03/introduction-note-1-this-post-is.html (6) Cutter explaining nomological harmony on @TheAnalyticChristian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k90r59vwbG4&t=40s&pp=ygUaY3V0dGVyIG5vbW9sb2dpY2FsIGhhcm1vbnk%3D (7) Builes, "Eight Arguments for First-Person Realism", https://philarchive.org/archive/BUIEAF (8) Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g (9) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> How William Lane Craig misrepresents science Description: I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Linford and Phil Halper to explain what Craig gets wrong about science's bearing on the beginning of the universe. Specifically, we respond to a recent video by @ReasonableFaithOrg. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 2:22 Craig’s video 9:22 Material causality 18:14 Beginning to exist 20:05 Big Bang and cosmological models 33:18 No particular model is probable? 36:26 Past finitude doesn’t imply beginning 51:57 Quantum gravity 55:51 Window shade analogy 1:00:10 BGV Theorem 1:17:13 Vilenkin’s paper 1:26:00 Sean Carroll and Guth 1:38:12 The fixed Kalam 1:41:20 Abstract object counterexamples? 1:51:45 Second law of thermodynamics 1:55:10 The universe as a counterexample? 1:57:56 Document! Don’t just assert! 2:06:45 Conclusion NOTE At 1:15:05, I wanted to summarize the problems with Craig’s use of the BGV theorem. I didn’t provide the most helpful summary in the video, so here’s a summary: (1) At best, the BGV theorem shows that a spacetime region which has been expanding on average throughout its history could not have been expanding forever. Such an expanding region must have begun its expansion at some finitely distant point in the past. This does *not* imply that all of spacetime *itself* has a beginning because all of spacetime may not have been expanding on average throughout its history. In such a case, the BGV Theorem would be inapplicable to the whole of spacetime itself. In fact, as pointed out in the video, both Guth and Vilenkin explicitly say that the BGV theorem only shows that the *inflation* of the universe has a beginning, it doesn’t show that the *universe as a whole* or *spacetime as a whole* has a beginning. (2) Recent literature purports to give grounds to doubt the BGV theorem. Whether or not this recent literature is correct, it reveals that this is not a settled issue. Instead, it is an active area of research and debate. Relevant papers here include Lesnefsky et al (2023) https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.044024, Geshnizjani et al (2023) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)182, Nomura (2012) https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5550, and Aguirre (2007) https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0571. (3) The BGV theorem is only a theorem about classical spacetimes. But we probably don’t live in a classical spacetime. We have good reasons internal to the standard model and general relativity for thinking that these theories will be surpassed by a new theory able to incorporate both. So our current understanding of spacetime will be replaced by something else. So the BGV theorem does not apply to the spacetime we live in. (4) Even if we do live in a classical spacetime, the Malamant-Manchak theorems show that, in all likelihood, we couldn’t ever know enough about the global structure of spacetime to know that *all* of spacetime had a beginning. (5) Even if the BGV theorem shows that the past is finite — and, as explained above, it does not — we cannot infer that the universe (i.e., the totality of all physical reality) began to exist, for the reasons given in the section of the video entitled “Past finitude does not entail beginning to exist”. RESOURCES (1) The video to which we're responding (@ReasonableFaithOrg): https://youtu.be/-Aq9rET8_BE?si=9a3Q5cxkkxjdlIYg (2) Dan's dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: https://philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15 (3) Saatsi, “Non-causal explanations in physics”: https://philarchive.org/archive/SAANEI (4) “No, science doesn’t show the universe began to exist”: https://youtu.be/35tICdYtHsQ?si=oQ-LfJuWjSo6mWYb (5) Phil’s book, “Battle of the Big Bang”: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo244963115.html (6) @PhilHalper1's Kalam video: https://youtu.be/pGKe6YzHiME?si=XvhKyGYeEwecvAX4 (7) Phil's video responding to Craig's responses: https://youtu.be/femxJFszbo8?si=TV2fEGjS91K7HB65 (8) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (9) Linford, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2 (10) Linford, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3 (11) Linford, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188/1/FORTHCOMING_Big_Bang_or_Double_Bounce_Erk_Sub.pdf (12) Linford, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833/1/Online_Final_BJPS_Kalam_Mentaculus_Submission.pdf (13) Halper, "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence": https://philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC (14) My Springer book with Dan: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (15) My website: https://josephschmid.com </video> <video> Against single-issue pro-life voting Description: If the pro-life view is correct, should we prioritize abortion over every other issue in politics and voting? Dustin Crummett argues that the answer is no. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 0:50 Overview 3:30 Body Count Reasoning 8:04 Four notes 13:18 Embryo Rescue Case 19:17 Objection: death vs. unjust killing 20:57 Objection: committing unjust killing 23:25 Objection: cooperating with evil 29:22 Objection: timing of abortion 31:59 Objection: non-inferential beliefs 38:20 Crummett himself 52:02 Conclusion RESOURCES (1) Crummett (2023), "Is abortion the only issue?", https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2270/ (2) McNabb and DeVito's response paper, "Basic Beliefs, the Embryo Rescue Case, and Single-Issue Voting", https://www.pdcnet.org/ncbq/content/ncbq_2021_0021_0002_0203_0208?file_type=pdf (3) Debate between @TheCounselofTrent and @dustin.crummett: https://youtu.be/RKfa4vAAaPI?si=uaDtEoQXZ-6-_jgR (4) Crummett's interview on @going_awoll: https://youtu.be/7m0fSYIWn8g?si=U04p-u-Hc4dzzB8c (5) My Applied Ethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb (6) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Van Inwagen RESPONDS to William Lane Craig #Kalam #God #Infinity Description: The Kalam Cosmological Argument doesn't work. For more on why the Kalam fails, see my Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR For a specific video on this argument, see (especially Response #1 in) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-rEeUIcR4 This clip is taken from @HarrisonDean: https://youtu.be/H0GG_HhaiAI?si=mNXLCP6ugnc5eUsw My website: https://josephschmid.com </video> <video> Answering a DOZEN objections to effective altruism Description: What is effective altruism? What motivates it? And what about the many objections to effective altruism? JD Bauman and Matthew Adelstein join me to talk about these topics and more. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 1:16 What is effective altruism? 4:04 Motivating effective altruism 9:25 Utilitarianism objection 15:57 Incommensurability objection 23:44 Demandingness objection 29:10 Earn-to-give objection 33:26 Individualism, institutional critique, and capitalism 39:28 Too longtermist 47:50 Triviality objection 50:10 Sociological criticisms at the margins 56:15 Epistemic objection 1:00:08 Timmerman’s dilemma 1:10:08 Incompatible with Christianity 1:11:38 Conclusion RESOURCES (1) GiveWell (for a well-researched list of effective charities): https://www.givewell.org/ (2) Christians for Impact (JD's organization): https://bit.ly/3Ca1sLT (3) 80,000 hours website: https://80000hours.org/ (4) EA for Christians: https://www.eaforchristians.org/ (5) One For the World (1% pledge): https://1fortheworld.org/ (6) Giving What We Can (10% pledge): https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/ (7) Matthew's YouTube channel: @deliberationunderidealcond5105 (8) Matthew's substack: https://benthams.substack.com/ (9) JD's YouTube channel: @eaforchristians460 (10) My video with Dr. Travis Timmerman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mySfT7wMVRo (11) The MacAskill & Pummer article I mentioned: https://philpapers.org/rec/PUMEA (12) My Applied Ethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb (13) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Philosophers RANK arguments for and against God's existence Description: Daniel Rubio joins me to make a tier list of arguments for and against God’s existence. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 0:28 Old Kalam 5:00 New Kalam 16:31 Contingency arguments 23:27 Thomistic arguments 25:18 Scotistic arguments 28:25 Anselm’s ontological argument 32:40 Modal ontological argument 36:15 Moral argument 39:32 Moral knowledge 44:49 Paley’s design argument 46:53 Fine-tuning argument 57:20 Psychophysical harmony 1:03:30 Nomological harmony 1:11:11 Miracles 1:12:48 Religious experience 1:17:18 Problem of evil 1:21:28 Divine hiddenness 1:24:00 God is superfluous 1:25:22 Improvability argument 1:26:16 Conclusion FURTHER RESOURCES (1) Daniel's website: https://www.danielkfrubio.com/ (2) Daniel's papers: https://philpeople.org/profiles/daniel-rubio (3) List of arguments for God's existence: https://www.camcintosh.com/theistic/ (4) List of arguments against God's existence: http://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html (5) Over 100 Arguments for God ANSWERED: https://youtu.be/iP0Mh42jvV4?si=2qiyco0OXNsw3GIz (6) My interview with Brian Cutter: https://youtu.be/1oEp_UVCm8M (7) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (8) My Contingency Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1 (9) My Argument from Change playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka2JpwLJaSaXdDZlBYkd9Cn (10) My Existential Inertia playlist: https://youtu.be/Jr44d_1_sGk?si=TFMubHijCyAAK8Vf (11) My Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t (12) My Moral Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUcAQpHXN9ZNF2RxZLe7U_ (13) My Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g (14) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> William Lane Craig responds to me (and makes even more mistakes) Description: William Lane Craig responded to my video with Dr. Daniel Linford and Phil Halper on what Craig gets wrong about science and the beginning of the universe. Here, we respond in turn. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Introduction 1:42 Craig’s response 2:39 Thermodynamics and entropy 7:53 Philosophical case 9:03 Craig’s approach 12:38 Hartle-Hawking model 17:57 No viable beginningless models? 18:44 Craig and Sinclair’s argument 26:06 Singularity and BGV theorems 34:05 Beginningless models (again) 46:16 Mischaracterizing science 48:11 BGV Theorem (again) 51:01 Timeless physical things 1:08:03 Craig misunderstands Joe 1:12:33 Joe’s VICIOUS ad hominem ATTACK 1:14:33 Craig misuses Vilenkin’s quote 1:17:11 Misusing science 1:21:30 Concluding comments RESOURCES (1) The podcast to which we're responding (@ReasonableFaithOrg): https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/does-william-lane-craig-misuse-science (2) Our previous response to Craig: https://youtu.be/7CiOudgSdeE?si=qBdm3IrulDrfKx61 (3) Dan and I respond to the scientific case and stage two: https://youtu.be/35tICdYtHsQ?si=oQ-LfJuWjSo6mWYb (4) Dan's dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: https://philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15 (5) Phil’s book, “Battle of the Big Bang”: (a) https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo244963115.html (b) https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Big-Bang-Cosmic-Origins/dp/0226830470 (6) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (7) My responses to the Grim Reaper Kalam: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/responses-to-the-grim-reaper-kalam/ (8) Linford, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2 (9) Linford, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3 (10) Linford, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188/1/FORTHCOMING_Big_Bang_or_Double_Bounce_Erk_Sub.pdf (11) Linford, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833/1/Online_Final_BJPS_Kalam_Mentaculus_Submission.pdf (12) Halper, "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence": https://philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC (13) My Springer book with Dan: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (14) My website: https://josephschmid.com </video> <video> Grim Reaper Paradoxes and Patchwork Principles | Ft. @Friction Description: The Grim Reaper Paradox does not support the Kalam cosmological argument. In this video, Troy and I explain why. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro & Outline 1:44 Benardete Paradoxes 6:43 Connection to the Kalam 8:31 Finitist B-Arguments 10:20 Grim Reaper Argument 21:40 Our first objection 22:41 A finite Benardete-like paradox 24:24 Our first premise 27:45 Our second premise 34:49 Our second objection 43:14 Diagnosis 45:48 Conclusion LINKS (1) Troy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Friction (2) Troy's other links: https://link.space/@Friction (3) The paper discussed in the video is “Grim Reaper Paradoxes and Patchwork Principles: Severing the Case for Finitism”, Journal of Philosophy (Forthcoming): https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHGRP-4 (4) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (5) Blog post, "Responses to the Grim Reaper Kalam", https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/responses-to-the-grim-reaper-kalam/ (6) Other papers of mine mentioned in the video: (6.1) “Branching Actualism and Cosmological Arguments”, Philosophical Studies (2023, with Alex Malpass): https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHBAA-22 (6.2) “Benardete paradoxes, patchwork principles, and the infinite past”, Synthese (2024): https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHBPP-3 (6.3) “The End is Near: Grim Reapers and Endless Futures”, Mind (Forthcoming): https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHTEI-19 (6.4) "Benardete Paradoxes, Causal Finitism, and the Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis", Mind (Forthcoming, with Alex Malpass): https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHBPC (7) My Springer book with Dr. Dan Linford: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (8) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Debunking Arguments Description: What are debunking arguments? How are they defended? And how are they attacked? Does the evolutionary debunking argument against moral realism work? Here I explore these questions and more. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 2:00 Debunking arguments 3:05 Varieties of debunking arguments 11:22 Structure of debunking arguments 17:49 Explanatory premise 19:30 Epistemic premise 21:01 Categories of response 23:35 Explanationist responses 24:57 Alethic 28:29 Doxastic 29:42 Minimalist responses 31:37 Indirect defense 33:56 Unstable minimalism 35:35 Stable minimalism 39:33 Third factor response 44:03 Plenitudinist response 46:00 Direct defense 55:55 Overgeneralization responses 58:32 Moorean responses 1:02:49 Summary 1:04:17 Flowchart 1:09:29 Conclusion RESOURCES (1) Korman (2019), "Debunking Arguments", https://philarchive.org/archive/KORDA-2 (2) Dan Korman's other papers on debunking arguments can be found here: https://danielzkorman.weebly.com/papers-and-books.html (2) Wielenberg (2016), "Ethics and Evolutionary Theory", https://philpapers.org/rec/WIEEAE-4 (3) My Metaethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy (4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Why the moral argument for God's existence fails Description: Here I explain what's wrong with the moral argument for God. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 00:00 Intro 1:14 Overview of criticisms 16:40 Different kinds of arguments 18:43 Morality is independent of God’s stances 23:16 Why is it so effective? 26:50 Euthyphro dilemma 38:31 Bruteness 48:37 A trilemma for the moral arguer 51:09 Essences under naturalism 53:12 Wielenberg’s view 59:33 But some atheists disagree with me! 1:05:43 Animal morality 1:11:20 Evolutionary debunking 1:22:44 Q and A LINKS (1) The original video with @intellectualcatholicism: https://www.youtube.com/live/eScm9Aoc05E?si=jxnqALAx9wxj3UJK (2) A brief survey of literature criticizing Craig-style moral arguments: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xjweiT6HE9kNVsWJeqVxpGekrWpnddnXiZryKSAZcJI/edit?usp=sharing (3) The notes I used in this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-VhI6Tt7c6l6bB-rineREWtAKkdooBj/view (4) Moral Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUcAQpHXN9ZNF2RxZLe7U_ (5) Response Videos playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaNtpoOwEZm9fuJq423BUrW (6) The video from @TruthUnites to which I'm responding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFXWmadid0 (7) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> The new REBUTTED case for God's existence Description: Trent Horn (@TheCounselofTrent) recently explained the new case for God's existence. In this video, I rebut his new case for God's existence. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 1:04 Trent’s preliminaries 3:49 Argument from change 27:14 Kalam 29:27 Scientific case 30:59 Hilbert’s Hotel 1:08:09 Benardete paradoxes 1:24:40 Modal contingency argument 1:49:42 Fine-tuning argument 2:00:29 Argument from miracles 2:18:45 Moral argument 2:33:18 Conclusion 2:34:16 A story 2:41:38 Bonus soccer LINKS (1) Want the script? Become a patron :) (2) Trent's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22qUGVZXlGg&pp=ygUKdHJlbnQgaG9ybg%3D%3D (3) Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (4) Argument from Change playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka2JpwLJaSaXdDZlBYkd9Cn (5) Response Videos playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaNtpoOwEZm9fuJq423BUrW (6) Moral Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUcAQpHXN9ZNF2RxZLe7U_ (7) Contingency Argument playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1 (8) Classical Theism playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka0E9laGDA83gN2UbQoa4F2 (9) Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g (10) My Free Will playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka4SMFOH-KH-hdJoTz6fG5F (11) My Common Mistakes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK (12) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148/ (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Why Cameron Bertuzzi MUST take atheism seriously Description: Here I respond to a recent video by @CapturingChristianity. I explain why you should probably still take atheism seriously, and I also explore problems for limited god hypotheses. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 0:27 Cameron’s video 11:53 Four main responses 12:37 Response #1: Arguments for global atheism 16:12 Response #2: Problems for a limited god 16:56 Imprecision 17:47 Arbitrariness 20:00 Probabilistic tension 23:13 Evidential dilemma 38:29 Deontological problem of evil 39:34 Ad hoc, likelihood ratio rigging, and unfalsifiability 42:02 Response #3: Atheistic arguments disconfirm theism 49:43 The Joy of Bayesianism 59:21 Twitter interaction 1:04:48 Response #4: The same problem applies to theism 1:11:09 Parody 1:17:05 Takeaways RESOURCES (1) The video to which I’m responding: https://youtu.be/oj6eCF63DAw?si=1UaTNK28TIV5JBRg (2) Oppy, “The Best Argument Against God”: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Argument-against-Palgrave-Pivot/dp/1137354135 (3) Oppy and Pearce, “Is There A God?”: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946 (4) Schmid, “Naturalism, Classical Theism, and First Causes”: https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHNCT-4 (5) Felipe Leon’s post collecting over 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html (6) Draper’s SEP entry “Atheism and Agnosticism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/ (7) My response to Cameron’s video on 150+ arguments for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4 (8) Aikin, “The Problem of Worship”: https://www.academia.edu/7062247/The_Problem_of_Worship (9) John Buck clip is from @EmersonGreen's here: https://www.youtube.com/live/mlMBzYTGuW4?si=IaPzPihfOuhOZ9qN (10) My response to @TheCounselofTrent on the problem of evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctHQlYbl6E (11) My Bayes’ Theorem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1MdtyLL3Uw&pp=ygUfbWFqZXN0eSBvZiByZWFzb24gYmF5ZXMgdGhlb3JlbQ%3D%3D (12) Steinhart, “Six Axiarchic Arguments”: https://ericsteinhart.com/articles/axiarchicargs.pdf (13) Nagel, “Mind and Cosmos”: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Cosmos-Materialist-Neo-Darwinian-Conception/dp/0199919755 (14) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR (15) My Contingency Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1 (16) My Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g (17) My Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t (18) My co-authored SEP entry “Ontological Arguments”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/ (19) My Springer book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (20) My website: https://josephschmid.com </video> <video> Yes, you CAN prove a negative Description: Please stop saying otherwise. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid RESOURCES (1) Original video: https://youtu.be/ThHsjYx-oEs (2) Resource Document from that video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sh_xOyu0gVh0GdEAD7s2XGUiAFUARmpqyH-JZ_ofLOo/edit?usp=sharing (3) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid </video> <video> Why it's silly to say atheism is silly Description: Matthew Adelstein joins me to explain what Cameron (@CapturingChristianity) gets wrong in his video on why atheism is silly. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE [Will complete after recording] RESOURCES (1) The video to which we're responding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roAlbt6ilms (2) Felipe Leon’s post collecting over 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html (3) My response to Cameron’s video on 150+ arguments for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4 (4) My Springer book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (5) My website: https://josephschmid.com </video>

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