

CC029: The Argument from Contingency - Josh Rasmussen Ph.D. & Lance Hannestad
May 19, 2020
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Introduction
00:00 • 6min
What Is the Difference Between a Contingent Being and a Necessary Being?
05:40 • 2min
Is It Everlasting?
08:02 • 4min
Is Everything Contingent?
11:51 • 2min
Is There a Marsh Mellow?
13:44 • 5min
Is There a Law of Non Contrast?
19:05 • 5min
Is There an Overarching Explanation of the Totality of the Whole?
23:38 • 2min
The Infinite Regress Doesn't Remove the Need for an Explanation
26:05 • 5min
Is There a Cause of Contingent Things?
30:54 • 4min
Is There a Reverse Onological Argument?
34:49 • 4min
Is There a Constant Reality That Doesn't Have an Explanation?
39:08 • 2min
Is There a Dog in Thisa Fight?
41:24 • 1min
Is There a Stage Two of the Argument?
42:54 • 2min
The Theistic Theory of the Totality
44:39 • 5min
Is There a Hand?
50:05 • 3min
The Number of Basic Concepts Required to Express a Theory
52:48 • 3min
Isn't Complexity Relative to Your Concepts?
55:43 • 6min
How Do We Measure Conceptual Complexity?
01:01:21 • 2min
Are We Going Too Far Too Far That Way?
01:03:12 • 5min
I've Been Muting Lance Manually.
01:08:29 • 1min
Is There Any Maximumly Perfect World?
01:09:36 • 5min
How Did Your Tub Channel Lies Come About?
01:14:27 • 2min
Is There a Limit to Explanatory Power?
01:16:11 • 4min
Is There a Maxima Imaginable Causal Capacity?
01:20:22 • 4min
Is There Value at the Foundation?
01:24:42 • 5min
The Perfect Foundation Theory Explains Everything
01:29:53 • 6min
Are Moral Values and Duties Contingent?
01:35:45 • 5min
Is a 200 Horse Power Engine Not as Great as a 400 Horsepower Engine?
01:41:09 • 2min
The Inference From Maximam Power to Maximum Power
01:42:53 • 2min
What Is Maximal Power?
01:44:54 • 5min
The Limit of Creating Gratuitous Evil
01:50:06 • 3min
Why Don't We Do This?
01:52:40 • 6min