TAC.27- The Argument from MIRACLES

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I’m joined by Dr. Daniel Rubio, a professor of philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University. He offers some criticisms of the ontological argument defended by William Lane Craig.

I’m joined by Dr. Luke Barnes. He comments on an animated video produced by Reasonable Faith that explains and defends the Fine-Tuning Argument.

I'm joined by Dr. Brian Cutter, a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss a paper he co-authored titled, "The Problem of Nomological Harmony" published in the prestigious journal Nous. Free access to paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nous.12463

I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Bonevac (professor of philosophy at the University of Texas Austin) to discuss his paper, "The Argument from Miracles."  The paper is linked below.  baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/80295.pdf   Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian

Cruz Davis is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In a forthcoming paper he presents the "Problem of the Ascension of Jesus" and then evaluates various solutions. Here are some of the questions we'll be discussing. If Jesus was *physically* raised from the dead, where is his body now?  If you say it's in heaven, does that mean heaven has a spatial location? If yes, does that mean it's theoretically possible to reach heaven if we just had enough advanced technology? If no, then how can Jesus have a physical resurrection body?   For more from Cruz Davis, check out his philpapers page linked below. https://philpeople.org/profiles/cruz-davis-1/publications?app=530&order=added  Please consider becoming a patron. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian  For merch and more, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com

If there is no best possible world, then for any world God picked to actualize, God could have picked a better one. But if God could have picked a better one, then it seems that God could have performed a better action. And if God could have performed a better action, then God could have been better. But how can God be better if God is essentially unsurpassable (a.k.a. "the greatest conceivable being"). This is a serious challenge to theism, and in this video Dr. Kraay offers five responses to this argument.    To read more about this topic, check out Dr. Kraay's paper linked below. https://people.ryerson.ca/kraay/Documents/2010Companion.pdf  To see Dr. Kraay's defense of the view that there is a best possible world, and it is a multiverse, check out my interview linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXDlyI0Swg&t=276s  Please consider becoming one of my patrons. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian  To purchase t-shirts and more merch, go to https://the-analytic-christian.creator-spring.com/  For more resources on Christian philosophy & theology, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com

There are several views of divine providence. Among these options is the view that God providentially controls the world using simple foreknowledge. In this interview, Dr. Hunt defends simple foreknowledge against two objections- what he calls the metaphysical problem and the doxastic problem.    If you'd like to go more in depth on this topic, check out Dr. Hunt's paper linked below. https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol10/iss3/8/   Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian   For more resources on Christian philosophy and theology, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com/

Dr. Matthew Flummer is a professor of philosophy at Porterville College, and co-host of the Free Will Show.  To go deeper into this topic, check out  the two links below.   Podcast: Season 3 of the Free Will Show https://youtu.be/tmFC10L2mJA  Book: Free- Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will by Alfred Mele https://www.amazon.com/Free-Science-Hasnt-Disproved-Will/dp/0199371628/ref=asc_df_0199371628/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=334440177734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5372019013947462128&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9014313&hvtargid=pla-493362807085&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=69762313169&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=334440177734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5372019013947462128&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9014313&hvtargid=pla-493362807085  If you'd like to participate in Ask A Scholar, become a patron! Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian  For merch and more, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com

Dr. Justin Mooney is a professor of philosophy at Denison University. He offers a simple argument for molinism, then we discuss possible objections to each premise.   To hear my other interview with Justin about molinism, check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHjRvyDitQ&t=170s  To hear an overview of views on free will check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMYRr8Cx4U&t=1s  To hear an argument against molinism, check out my interview with Dr. Philip Swenson linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0fxXY3hjE&t=29s  The slide in this video (and other videos) are available to patrons. To become a patron go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian  For merch and more, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com