The Analytic Christian

Dr. Philip Swenson is a professor of philosophy at the College of William & Mary. His dissertation defended the view that moral responsibility is incompatible with causal determinism.   

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https://sites.google.com/site/philipjswenson/home 

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I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce, a professor of philosophy at James Madison University in Virginia. In this interview he defends a cosmological argument he's developed. For more on this argument, check out Dr. Pearce's debate book with Dr. Graham Oppy titled, "Is There A God?"

Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946

Link to Dr. Pearce's website: http://www.kennypearce.net/

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Dr. Max Baker-Hytch argues that the evil God challenge can succeed only if the "symmetry thesis" holds, but this symmetry thesis breaks down in three distinct ways.  To explore Dr. Baker-Hytch's argument in depth, check out his paper linked below. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papq.12304 

To hear a defense of the evil God challenge, check out my interview with Dr. Asha Lancaster-Thomas (TAC.17).  

For more of Max's work, check out his website below. https://www.theocca.org/author/max-baker-hytch/ 

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Dr. Asha Lancaster-Thomas has written a two part paper providing an  overview of the Evil-God Challenge. The papers are linked below.  

(Part 1)  https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12502

(Part 2)  https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12543 

In this interview, Dr. Lancaster-Thomas summarizes three versions of the argument, and defends one version against various objections. In next week's  interview (TAC.19),  Dr. Max Baker Hytch will critique the argument.  

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In this interview, Dr. Andrew Moon summarizes Alvin Plantinga's Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN), then responds to some objections. 

For a short animated summary of the argument, check out the video linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qap_FyQxILM 

To go more in depth, check out Dr. Moon's recent paper, "Global Debunking Arguments" linked below. https://philpapers.org/rec/MOOGDA 

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In Romans 1:18-20 (NASB), Paul writes,  "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Does this text mean every single non-believer is resistant in their non-belief? In this video, Dr. Rauser provides several reasons to think the answer is no.  

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For more on Dr. Anne Jeffrey, go to 

https://www.annejeffrey.com/

Link to Dr. Jeffrey's book, God and Morality

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/god-and-morality/DDCD901317223C56BDEDB8E57D0366DE

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In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Anne Jeffrey, a professor of philosophy at Baylor University. In 2019, her book, God & Morality was published with Cambridge University Press. There are three sections of the book. The first section surveys the philosophical literature on God's role in grounding moral normativity. The second section of the book surveys the philosophical literature on God's role in explaining moral knowledge. Our interview will be a summary of these two sections, and Dr. Jeffrey will explain how "thin theism" does not explain moral normativity and moral knowledge as well as "thick theism."  

Here's the link to the Dr. Jeffrey's book- 

https://www.amazon.com/God-Morality-Elements-Philosophy-Religion/dp/1108469442/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=god+and+morality&qid=1613158960&sr=8-3  

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Here's the google doc Dr. Sampson mentions in the interview.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBPYK_UHOoQhEKjR1URok4tO_tXgqCY5wy5pyFzSZDk/edit

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In this interview, Dr. Tomas Bogardus will offer an argument from dualism to theism. Check out last week's episode to hear a defense of dualism.

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