In episode 228 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce and Dr. Sam Lebens to discuss which view of God better explains the creation we live in, Hassidic Idealism, wherein we live in God's mind, or Berklean Idealism, wherein the external world is separate from God's mind but intimately dependent on it. (Of course these options aren't the only ones!).
This episode is the culmination of two other episodes, one with Dr. Lebens and one with Dr. Pearce. Check them out here for more background on the discussion from this episode:
Pearce: https://youtu.be/1nTmoFyWuQo
Lebens: https://youtu.be/iPF_WsIhKDg
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4:44 - Can God create a world outside His Mind?
10:20 - Why Berkeleyan Idealism over Hassidic Idealism?
16:06 - Ontological Pluralism and Fictional Characters?
29:20 - Free Will and the Authorial Analogy
31:38 - How Many Stories is God telling right now?
37:17 - Contingency Arguments and Idealism
42:28 - God's Mental Causation on Hassidic vs. Berkeleyan Idealism
46:27 - Information Theory and God's Language
58:38 - Can you be a Classical Theists and an Idealist?
1:01:10 - Free Will, Pharaoh, Paul, and Divine Agency
1:08:40 - Simulation Hypothesis vs. Idealisms
