
Majesty of Reason Philosophy Podcast
A podcast that explains, analyzes, and evaluates philosophical issues. Buckle up for philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of time.
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Sep 15, 2022 • 1h 8min
Naturalism, Classical Theism, and First Causes | (MoR No. 82)
Naturalism vs. classical theism — who would win the world philosophy championship?
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RESOURCES
Schmid, J.C. Forthcoming. “Naturalism, classical theism, and first causes”. Religious Studies, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
Classical theism playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
DDS/Trinitarianism post: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com...
My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep...
My website: https://josephschmid.com
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Sep 15, 2022 • 55min
How to Write a KILLER Philosophy Paper | (MoR No. 81)
"Ever since the dawn of time, philosophers have pondered..." No. Stop. Here's how you ACTUALLY write (and publish) a philosophy paper.
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Many thanks to Esteban from The Guarded Acumen for the video. The Guarded Acumen is an online, educational channel producing academic content exploring various topics in contemporary analytic philosophy. Go subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOS...
The original video: https://youtu.be/m0SgSIq0fRE
RESOURCES
(1) The Do’s and Don’ts of Philosophical Research (@The Analytic Christian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNCk...
(2) How to Publish in Philosophy (Alan Coffee): http://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/index....
(3) How to publish your paper in a top philosophy journal (IHS): https://theihs.org/blog/how-to-publis...
(4) Publishing in Philosophy (Mike Huemer): https://www.owl232.net/publishing.htm
(5) Publishing Your Philosophy (Neil McKinnon): http://www.colyvan.com/publishing.pdf
(7) Guidelines

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 24min
Divine Contradictions and Non-Classical Logic with Dr. Jc Beall & Mike DeVito | (MoR No. 80)
Can there be true contradictions? If so, could they arise in theology and philosophy of religion? Jc Beall and Mike DeVito join me to talk about these questions and more.
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RESOURCES
(1) Mike DeVito's channel (w/ Dr. Tyler McNabb): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOlN...
(2) Jc's book, "The Contradictory Christ": https://www.amazon.com/Contradictory-...
(3) Beall's book, "Logic: The Basics": https://www.amazon.com/Logic-Basics-J...
(4) Embracing the contradiction of Christ's incarnation (@The Analytic Christian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcP8...
(5) Is Christ's nature contradictory? Beall vs Anderson (@Capturing Christianity): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQHOc...
(6) Beall's SEP article on the Liar Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/li...
(7) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com/

Sep 14, 2022 • 20min
God doesn't exist (April Fools Vid) | (MoR No. 79)
Want irrefutable proof of atheism? Watch this.
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RESOURCES
(1) Kabay, P.D. 2008. "A Defense of Trivialism". Dissertation, University of Melbourne. https://rest.neptune-prod.its.unimelb...
(2) My contingency argument playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
(3) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com/

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 15min
Moral Realism and Metaethics with Dr. Russ Shafer-Landau and @Kane B | (MoR No. 78)
Is moral realism true? What should our metaethical methodology be? Does the evolutionary debunking argument work? Are there categorical reasons? I'm joined by Russ Shafer-Landau and Kane B to discuss these questions and more.
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RESOURCES
(1) Russ' website: https://philosophy.wisc.edu/staff/sha...
(2) Kane's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KaneB
(3) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com/

Sep 14, 2022 • 50min
The Argument for God from Logic | (MoR No. 77)
Does logic prove God? I don't think so. In this video, I explain why. Enjoy the bonus soccer, too ;)
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RESOURCES
(1) God and Abstract Objects playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
(2) The Lord of Non-Contradiction: https://www.proginosko.com/docs/The_L...
(3) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 23min
Is Omniscience Possible with Dr. Josh Rasmussen | (MoR No. 76)
Could there be a barber who shaves exactly those who don’t shave themselves? Could there be a God who knows exactly those acts of knowledge that aren’t of themselves? The answer might surprise you. Everything is at stake.
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RESOURCES
(1) Rasmussen, “How to Expand God’s Sight”, wherein he argues for a dynamic view of God’s knowledge based on the Russellian paradox: https://c4ort.com/essays/how-to-expan...
(2) How to Discuss the Nature of Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qtrx...
(3) My website: https://josephschmid.com
NOTES
(1) I'm kind of incompetent at Zoom, as you can tell from the beginning of the video. Lol
(2) Thumbnail photo of Josh is credited to Cameron Bertuzzi from Capturing Christianity.

Sep 14, 2022 • 40min
Platonism and Theistic Conceptualism with Dr. Scott Berman & Gunther Laird | (MoR No. 75)
Platonism has been the subject of much criticism, as has theistic conceptualism. Do such criticisms work? That's the question we investigate in this video.
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RESOURCES
(1) Scott's book, "Platonism and the Objects of Science": https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/platoni...
(2) Gunther's book, "The Unnecessary Science": https://www.amazon.com/Unnecessary-Sc...
(3) God and Abstract Objects playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
(4) My video with Scott on his book: https://youtu.be/ZrDMkQQ6aGg
(5) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com

Sep 14, 2022 • 3h 3min
Rebutting REBUTTING an atheistic documentary on the Kalam by @The Counsel of Trent | (MoR No. 74)
@skydivephil recently made a documentary criticizing the Kalam cosmological argument. Trent Horn (@The Counsel of Trent) claims to have 'REBUTTED' the documentary. I claim he has done no such thing.
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RESOURCES
Kalam documentary: https://youtu.be/pGKe6YzHiME
Trent Horn's 'REBUTTAL': https://youtu.be/8V7BU3gvKdQ
My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irfj8...
Malpass, A. and Morriston, W. 2020. “Endless and Infinite”, The Philosophical Quarterly. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XuA...
Malpass, A. 2021. “All the time in the world”, Mind. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z07W...
Malpass, "Craig's Five Point Response: A Response": https://useofreason.wordpress.com/202...
Malpass, "The Paradox of Dry Eternity": https://useofreason.wordpress.com/202...
My review of the Horn-Watkins debate on @Capturing Christianity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b4Zi...
My video with Malpass on Hilbert's Hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6RQa...
My video with Malpass on the end

Sep 14, 2022 • 2h 39min
Causal Finitism and The Kalam with Dr. Alex Malpass & Dr. Wes Morriston | (MoR No. 73)
Interested in the Grim Reaper Paradox, Causal Finitism, the Kalam, and patchwork principles? I have just the video for you. I'm joined by Alex Malpass and Wes Morriston to review my Kalam discussion with Rob Koons.
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RESOURCES
My discussion with Rob Koons on Intellectual Conservatism: https://youtu.be/9jV2AfeIC60
My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Note: Patrons have access to the document I'm using :)
My website: https://josephschmid.com