The Eristicrats

By The Eristicrats

In this show we discuss all the concepts covered in our A-Level Philosophy, Ethics and Theology course. We debate and explore topics from the existence of God, to metaethical questions such as 'What i... more

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April 02, 2024 Episode ten: Natural law: can we derive true justice?
In this episode we discuss the applications of Aquinas natural law in contemporary normative situations. Moreover, we look at many powerful criticisms of the theory that might undermine natural law’s integrity.
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55min
March 22, 2024 Episode nine: what is ‘ethics’?
In this episode, we go over the core principles of ethics and look at the different bases of morality. Moreover, by by considering the conflicting perspectives of Aquinas and Sartre we delve deeper into meta-ethics and the concept of ‘good’
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54min
March 10, 2024 Episode eight: the problem of evil
In this episode we discuss the problem of evil in Christian theology. By looking at the origin of the critique with Epicurus and J.L.Makie, and the many apologist’s attempts at theodicy.
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58min
March 03, 2024 Episode seven: the Nature of Religious expirience
In this episode we attempt to answer the question of whether religious experience is a valid argument to say that ‘God’ exists. We do this by looking at the pragmatic concepts noted by William James and Swinburne. Also, the more theological approach’s of Ninian Smart and Rudolf Otto.
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1h 13min
February 11, 2024 Episode six: arguments for God based on reason
In this episode we discuss if it is possible to ‘prove’ the existence of God through logic and reason. We do this by employing St Anselm’s ontological argument and Kant’s insightful critiques of it.
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58min
February 10, 2024 Episode five: arguments for God based on observation.
In this episode we discuss whether we can conclude God exists by looking at the world around us and its complexity. We do this by evaluating both teleological and cosmological arguments.
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1h 9min
January 30, 2024 Episode four: Who am I? ( soul mind and body)
In this episode we discuss the ideas revolving around “soul mind and body”. Looking at the Christian perspectives of Descartes and Aquinas. While also exploring Ancient Greek and contemporary secular interpretations of souls through scholars such as B.F.Skinner and Richard Dawkins.

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54min
January 14, 2024 Episode three: Aristotle and causation
In this episode we discuss how Aristotle creates a cosmology based around his empirical understanding of the world. We also constant his ideas to Plato and his Ancient Greek background.
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52min
January 07, 2024 Episode two: Plato and the forms.
In this episode we review plato’s greatest theory’s and ideas while also exploring Athenian society and how that influenced his philosophy.
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1h 4min
December 10, 2023 Episode one: Philosophy- the big ideas
In this episode we cover the main overview of the A-level philosophy course and some A-level thought questions and how to answer them.
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41min

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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.