Within Reason

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Sean Michael Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Tour
0:32 – Can Science Alone Explain the Universe?
6:08 – The Principle of Sufficient Reason
10:07 – What Are the Laws of Physics?
18:22 – The Fine-Tuning Argument
32:39 – Does the Multiverse Undermine Morality?
36:29 – Free Will and the Multiverse
42:24 – What Is Emergence?
56:21 – What “Stuff” Do Materialists Believe In?
1:02:41 – How Does Consciousness Work on Materialism?
1:17:31 – What Could Move Sean Away from Materialism?

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro
0:32 – Are All Things Full of Gods?
8:51 – Subjectivity and the Scientific Third Person
18:56 – What is the Materialistic Worldview?
28:45 – Consciousness of the Gaps?
38:21 – What’s Wrong with Emergence?
1:00:18 – Why Panpsychism is False
1:10:25 – Is There a Fundamental Unit of Consciousness?
1:23:08 – Why Are There Individual Selves?
1:27:43 – What’s Special About the Brain?
1:40:35 – Where Does the Self Go After Death?

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Rhett McLaughlin is a comedian best known for creating the internet’s most-watched daily talk show, Good Mythical Morning‬, alongside Link Neal. The pair also host a weekly podcast, ‪Ear Biscuits‬.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Tour
0:32 – Did Rhett Break Christianity on Easter Sunday?
6:15 – What About Christianity Needs Rethinking?
12:16 – Christians Should Embrace Faith
23:39 – Christians Should Stop Relying on Evidence
37:01 – Christians Should Stop Relying on Philosophy
49:05 – Christians Should Embrace Truth
55:15 – Why Do Christians Resist Evolution?
1:02:55 – Are Alex and Rhett About to Convert to Christianity?
1:07:49 – Christians Should Embrace Jesus
1:34:30 – Rhett’s New Channel

Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University. An Australian philosopher of religion, he is often considered one of the most thoughtful and important academic atheists in the world.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Tour
00:31 - The First Cause Argument
14:14 - Can There be an Infinite Regress?
30:46 - The Modal Fatalism Objection
36:08 - The Kalam Cosmological Argument
51:12 - The Fine Tuning Argument
1:06:15 - The Multiverse
1:10:01 - Are the Constants of the Universe Just Necessary?1:15:37 - Was the Hole Designed for the Puddle?
1:20:20 - Anselm’s Ontological Argument
1:33:59 - The Modal Ontological Argument
1:38:23 - Closing

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Alain de Botton is the creator of The School of Life. A Swiss-born British author and public speaker, his books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasising philosophy's relevance to everyday life.