In this Easter episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg explains the type of reasoning called inference to the best explanation (IBE). He then uses IBE to argue that not only can it be demonstrated that Christ rose from the dead, but that all other attempts to explain the key facts are vastly inferior to the simple truth that God raised Christ from the dead. Links mentioned in the podcast: Bruce Russell’s short article on types of reasoning. http://theweek.com/articles/758592/how-know-what-know Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on abduction. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/ (April 19, 2019)

In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg and Ben Arbour continue discussing the Ontological Argument for the existence of God. In the second half Phil throws every "good" objection to the argument that he can find at Ben and gives Ben the chance to parry the objections. This is part two of a two part episode. (April 12, 2019)

Phil welcomes Ben Arbour for two special episodes discussing the Ontological Argument for the existence of God. In this first part Ben and Phil explain what the Ontological Argument is, what it attempts to do, and Ben gives his own take on how to make it work. This is part one of a two part episode. (April 5, 2019)

Phil and Peter Rasor continue discussing the Molinist perspective on the Problem of Divine Foreknowledge. Peter explains why he thinks the objections to Molinism don't work and gives his thoughts on the other perspectives.. This is part two of a two part episode. (March 29, 2019)

Continuing the series on the Problem of Divine Foreknowledge Phil welcomes Peter Rasor on the show to present the Molinist perspective. Peter explains what Molinism is and begins answering objections to it. This is part one of a two part episode. (March 22, 2019)

In this week's episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg welcomes Andrew Ike Shepardson to discuss his new book, "Who's Afraid of the Unmoved Mover? Postmodernism and Natural Theology." They discuss natural theology and the postmodern critiques and challenges to natural theology. (March 15, 2019)

In this episode of the Examined Life, Phil Kallberg and Tim Carter continue discussing and debating the Reformed Theology perspective on the problem of divine foreknowledge. Phil also shares some feedback the show has been getting. This is the second of two episodes. (March 8, 2019)

In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg welcomes Tim Carter back on the program to explain the Reformed Theology perspective on the problem of divine foreknowledge. They discuss the nature of free will and many other related topics. This is the first of two episodes. (March 1, 2019)

In this episode of "The Examined Life," Phil Kallberg explains what the Problem of Divine Foreknowledge is, briefly introduces the major response to it, and explains the nature of contradictions. He also gives out a sigh award of the week explains how moral arguments for the existence of God work. (February 22, 2019)

In this episode of The Examined Life, Phil Kallberg goes through the standard arguments for and against abortion and demonstrates how most arguments in favor of abortion appeal extreme, unusual, and rare cases. Also there is another face palm and sigh award of the week and Socrates is a philosopher you should know a few things about. (February 15, 2019)