Majesty of Reason Philosophy Podcast

Is divine foreknowledge incompatible with human freedom? I explore this question by summarizing Dr. Linda Zagzebski's article "Omniscience, Time, and Freedom". Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... RESOURCES Zagzebski, "Omniscience, Time, and Freedom": https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O9UJ... The document I'm using: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G... Zagzebski's SEP article, "Foreknowledge and Free Will": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fr... The Free Will Show episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS82r... Two other videos I've done on divine foreknowledge vs. human freedom: (1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4_c... and (2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eo6Z... MoR podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GZc... My website: https://www.josephschmid.com/

Interested in arguments from contingency and change, the Kalam, causal finitism, the gap problem, existential inertia, and more? Interested in Zizek impressions and “Let’s Talk About Sex” by Salt-N-Pepa? I’ve got just the rebuttal for you. In this video, I respond to Trent Horn’s (@The Counsel of Trent) defense of his case for God. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason  If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... RESOURCES Here’s the document I’m using: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K... “So you think you understand Existential Inertia?”: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com... My response to Trent’s CCV1 case for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b4Zi... My response to Trent’s opening statement with Alex O’Connor (@CosmicSkeptic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zszHh... Trent’s response to the above video [the video I’m responding to here]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdEpI... LINKS My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website [new website coming soon…]: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/ My PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep...

Interested in Arguments from Motion, the Kalam, the Moral Argument, and Žižek and Swinburne impressions? I have just the video for you. Here, I respond to Trent Horn's (@The Counsel of Trent) recent case for God. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... RESOURCES Here's the document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cL00... "So you think you understand Existential Inertia?": https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com... LINKS My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website [new website coming soon…]: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/ My PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep... SMALL NOTE: I said, in the video, that Paul Audi (2019) explicitly rejects a

Does the successive addition argument prove the finitude of the past? Hear an elephant’s take on the question. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... RESOURCES The Kalam and Successive Addition | Dr. Wes Morriston. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bI4m... My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Morriston’s 2021 paper “Infinity, Time, and Successive Addition”. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... [If you don’t have institutional access to Morriston’s paper, I’ll send you a PDF. Email majestyofreason @ gmail . com] Malpass’ forthcoming paper “All the time in the world”. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z07W... LINKS My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website [new website coming soon…]: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/ My PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep...

What is existence? Are there different ways to exist? Is ‘being’ univocal? Dr. Trenton Merricks joins me to discuss these questions and more. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Link to Merricks’ paper, “The Only Way to Be”: ​​https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... If you don’t have institutional access to the paper, here’s a pre-print PDF: https://philpapers.org/archive/MERTOW... Merricks’ website: https://www.trentonmerricks.com/ And the usual links: My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/ My PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep...

Can you prove God exists from the reality of abstract objects? That’s the question I investigate in this video. I examine Feser’s Augustinian proof and Anderson & Welty’s argument from logic. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Resources: “Existential inertia and the Aristotelian Proof”, IJPR: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHEIA-20 “Stage One of the Aristotelian proof: A Critical Appraisal”, Sophia: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHSOO-8 Chapter 3 of my book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vJ4U... Arguments for Classical Theism | Part 1/2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJkT... Feser’s Aristotelian Proof: An Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_DUg... Existence and Ontological Pluralism | Dr. Trenton Merricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSnu... Feser on Schmid on the Aristotelian proof: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com... Feser on Schmid on Existential inertia: A Comprehensive Response: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com... So you think you understand Existential Inertia?: https://majestyofrea

If God is identical to God’s act of creation as divine simplicity requires, does creation exist necessarily? And does God have the potential to have created another universe if he's purely actual? I cover these questions and more. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Many thanks to Parker from @Parker's Pensées for allowing me to upload the discussion on my channel. The original discussion is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLwj... You can find Parker’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... The paper we're discussing is: Schmid, J.C. Forthcoming. “The fruitful death of modal collapse arguments”. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Link: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHTFD-5 Wanna explore over a DOZEN more modal collapse arguments? Check out my video “Arguments Against Classical Theism | Part 1/3”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sByg... My new website! Link: https://www.josephschmid.com

If we have libertarian free will, are our decisions just a matter of luck or chance? Your freedom is on the line. Plus some bonus soccer for kicks (ha!) and giggles. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Free Will Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7J6... Website: www.josephschmid.com

Is atheism inherently nihilistic? Philosopher Eric Steinhart argues in a forthcoming book that the answer is no. In this video, we discuss Steinhart's metaphysically robust, atheistic, Platonic worldview. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josep... Steinhart’s book is not available for purchase yet, but if you wanna check out the table of contents and chapter abstracts, check out: http://ericsteinhart.com/atheoplatoni... My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason... My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/

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