Reasonable Faith Podcast Scientific Materialism and Woke Ideology
Apr 8, 2024
The podcast delves into the relationship between Scientific Materialism and Woke ideology, exploring how materialist philosophy inadvertently led to the rise of woke ideology. It critiques the coherence of scientific materialism with reason and discusses the implications of woke ideology on education and societal well-being. The speakers also explore the role of Christians in mainstream academia and the clash between scientific materialism and woke ideology.
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Scientific Materialism's Self-Undermining
- Scientific materialism is self-referentially incoherent and undermines the reliability of human reason.
- Darwin himself doubted the trustworthiness of human convictions if derived from evolution alone.
Plantinga's Evolutionary Argument
- Alvin Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism shows naturalism undercuts trust in human cognition.
- Believing naturalism and evolution leads to a defeater for the reliability of all beliefs, including naturalism itself.
Materialism vs. Woke Morality
- Scientific materialism implies nihilism, focusing purely on survival without regard for truth or moral values.
- Woke ideology, by contrast, asserts moral realism and new forms of moral absolutism without grounding in reality.