Episode 164: Choosing to Believe

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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How Does It Feel Like the Tamler Has More Followers Than You on Twitter?

02:12 • 2min

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What the Hell Would a Philosopher Have to Do?

04:14 • 2min

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PhDs Aren't Able to Talk to a Philosopher

05:45 • 3min

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Would You Want That Job?

08:15 • 2min

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I Wouldn't Do It, I'm Built to Hate It

09:50 • 2min

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Why Are We Not Paying Graduate Students?

11:23 • 2min

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Academic Twitter Has Some Salty, Bitter People on It

13:43 • 3min

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The Odds Are Stacked Against You to Be a Successful Artist

16:20 • 2min

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Is Grad School a Mourning?

17:57 • 3min

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Do You Love That You Can Study What You Want to Study?

21:03 • 2min

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Very Bad Wizards - Thank You for Your Support

23:23 • 3min

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William James Essay on Justification of Faith

26:24 • 2min

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Is It a Live Hypothesis to Believe Certain Islamic Religions?

28:23 • 2min

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Are You Agnostic About Certain Beliefs?

30:24 • 3min

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James's Definition of Religious Belief

33:00 • 3min

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We Don't Believe Any of Our Beliefs Because There Is Enough Evidence for It

36:16 • 2min

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The New Atheist - The Clifford Quote That James Is Saying

37:54 • 2min

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You Can Believe in Jesus Without 100% Evidence

39:53 • 2min

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Is There Any Evidence?

41:41 • 3min

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Avoiding Error or Finding Truth?

44:18 • 2min

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Clifford's Threshold Is Sufficient

46:45 • 3min

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The Earth Is Flat Is Not a Live Hypothesis

49:36 • 2min

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The Risk Aversion in James

51:13 • 4min

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Is There Evidence of Racism in Social Psychology?

54:58 • 2min

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Is It Necessary to Adopt a Pragmatist Approach to What Truth Is?

56:31 • 2min

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Is There a Rule of Thinking That Would Absolutely Prevent Me From Acknowledging Certain Kinds of Truth?

58:35 • 2min

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Clifford's Argument Is He's Characterizing the Belief

01:00:28 • 3min

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What Makes a Live Hypothesis?

01:03:11 • 2min

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You Have a Right to Believe That Your Daughter Will Recover

01:04:58 • 3min

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The Spurs, the Spurs Coming Back From Three Goals Down to Be Ajax

01:07:34 • 2min

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Is There a Rational Rule That Would Force Kanye Not to Believe That Right?

01:09:27 • 2min

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Do You Believe That Someone Likes You?

01:10:59 • 2min

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The Difference Between Live and Dead Hypotheses

01:12:52 • 3min

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Is There a Live Dead Hypothesis?

01:16:16 • 2min

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Very Bad Are You?

01:18:43 • 3min