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In this final part of the common mistakes series, we cover mistakes about free will, Christianity, and consciousness.

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Level up your philosophy of religion game by avoiding these common mistakes about models of God, divine simplicity, Thomism, and more.

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Are ordinary people moral realists? Dr. Lance Bush doesn't think so. He joins me today to discuss his reasons why.

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There seems to be widespread moral disagreement across cultures, societies, time periods, and even individuals. Many people think this poses a serious problem for moral realism. In this epic lecture, I evaluate a number of arguments to this effect.

Presentation Outline  

0 Introduction and Definitions 

1 Tolerance 

1.1 Conflates theoretical and practical reasons 

1.2 Absurd extensions 

1.3 It’s not actually intolerant 

1.4 Premise (2)

1.5 Self-defeat 

2 Self-evidence 

2.1 Premise (2) 

2.2 Premise (1) 

3 Inference to the Best Explanation

3.1 Realist-friendly alternative explanations of moral disagreement 

3.2 Fallacy of understated evidence 

3.3 Is moral disagreement in need of explanation? 

3.4 Does widespread, deep moral disagreement really exist? 

3.5 Holistic explanatory assessment 

3.6 Self-defeat 

3.7 IBE-argument extended

3.8 Summary 

4 No Method Argument 

4.1 Premise (1) 

4.2 Premise (2) 

5 Rationally irresolvable disagreement 

5.1 What is rational irresolvability? 

5.2 Justification vs. dialectical efficacy 

5.3 Epistemic peerhood

5.4 Why accept premise (1)? 

6 Undermining realist epistemology 

6.1 Knowledge doesn’t require knowledge-how 

6.2 Proves too much 

6.3 Not really an argument from disagreement 

7 Self-defeat

8 The extent of moral disagreement 

9 Moral Disagreement as evidence for realism?

Enoch, David. “How is Moral Disagreement a Problem for Realism?”: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBcq...   

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Aquinas's Third Way aims to demonstrate God's existence. But does it succeed?

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What is philosophy? What's the value of philosophy? How should we think philosophically? What are some book recommendations for philosophical reasoning? I answer these questions and more.

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Also known as the Argument from Motion, Aquinas's First Way aims to demonstrate God's existence. But does it succeed? Buckle up for some juicy philosophy, a (bad) Trump impression, and exciting Patreon news.  

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SLIDE CORRECTION: It's q2a3 :)

Moorean Defeaters Resources  

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTsSW...  

(2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hCRG...  

(3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK46W...

(4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuE_...  

(5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lqq...  

(6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6di...  

(7) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U...

(8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZFf...  

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(10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watXa...

(11a) https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com...

(11b) https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com...

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Is classical theism compatible with eternalism? Is Christianity compatible with eternalism? Does Christianity actually require eternalism, as Alex Pruss argues? Helsinki Hero Dr. Ryan Mullins joins me to discuss these questions and more. Outline below!  

1. Defining terms 

-----Eternalism and presenting 

-----Four-dimensionalism (of which perdurantism and stage theory are versions) and endurantism 

-----Classical theism and neo-classical theism 

-----The method of perfect being theism 

-----Christian theism

2. Classical theism and eternalism 

-----Creation ex nihilo 

-----Act and potency 

3. Perfect being theism and eternalism 

4. Christian theism and eternalism 

-----Undefeated/Unredeemed evil 

-----Personal identity over time and life after death 

5. Christianity entails eternalism? (Alex Pruss) 

-----The Christian life and Christ’s suffering 

-----Salvation and the gift of grace

Intellectual Conservatism recently held a discussion criticizing existential inertia. I don't think their criticisms work. In this two-part series, I explain why. 

Existential Inertia Defended, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dG1H...  

A User's Guide to Existential Inertia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr44d...  

Intellectual Conservatism's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJgV...

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Intellectual Conservatism recently held a discussion criticizing existential inertia. I don't think any of their criticisms work. In this two-part series, I explain why.  

Part 1 covers the first 75 minutes of their discussion. Part 2 covers the second 75 minutes of their discussion and should be posted within the next week (or so).

In part 2, I examine Christopher's criticisms, the distinction between essence and existence, and much more.  

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJgV...  

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