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13. Salvation: A Philosophical Inquiry
2019 - Season 22
Salvation equals eternal life with God.
12. Atonement: A Philosophical Inquiry
2019 - Season 22
Whether atonement absolves sin.
11. The Incarnation: A Philosophical Inquiry
2019 - Season 22
Why would God become human; how could divine and human natures interact.
10. The Trinity: A Philosophical Inquiry
2019 - Season 22
How one God can be three persons.
9. Jesus as God: A Philosophical Inquiry
2019 - Season 22
The claim that Jesus is God.
8. Epistemology: How Can We Know God?
2019 - Season 22
What it means to know God.
7. Why Anything at All II?
2019 - Season 22
Why there is something rather than nothing.
6. What Exists II?
2019 - Season 22
What is absolutely fundamental and non-reducible -- the fewest number of categories within which everything can be classified.
5. What's Strong Emergence?
2019 - Season 22
Each level of the scientific hierarchy has its own laws that can't be explained by deeper laws.
4. Is the Anthropic Principle Significant?
2019 - Season 22
Is the Anthropic Principle significant? Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? For sure, it’s often misunderstood and controversial.
3. What's Fine-Tuning in Physics?
2019 - Season 22
What is fine-tuning in physics? Why do the “constants of nature” — masses of subatomic particles and strengths of forces like gravity and electromagnetism — have the values they do? Does fine-tuning “cry out” for explanation? Featuring interviews with Bernard Carr, Luke Barnes, Geraint Lewis, George F. R. Ellis, and Abraham Loeb.
2. What's Fine-Tuning in Cosmology?
2019 - Season 22
What is fine-tuning in cosmology? Here’s the claim: cosmic conditions that allow complex structures — galaxies, stars, planets, people — depend on a few “constants of nature” lying within tight ranges of values. But is fine-tuning valid? Featuring interviews with Geraint Lewis, Luke Barnes, Fred Adams, Joseph Silk, and Abraham "Avi" Loeb.
1. What's Philosophy of Cosmology?
2018 - Season 22
What is philosophy of cosmology? We search the deepest levels of cosmic reality, the big picture of the puzzle of the universe — beginning, size, structure, future, far future. We seek significance in cosmology, if there’s any to be. Featuring interviews with Barry Loewer, Mario Livio, George F. R. Ellis, and David Albert.
