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Join Phil Halper, Alex Malpass, and Dan Linford for discussions around science, philosophy, and everything in between.... more
FAQs about The Sci-Phi Show:How many episodes does The Sci-Phi Show have?The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.
August 17, 2024Episode 7: The fine-tuning argument's hidden assumptions with Neil MansonIn this episode of the Sci-Phi show, we examine hidden assumptions in the fine-tuning argument for God's existence with Professor Neil Manson. Manson is a philosopher who specializes in design arguments for God's existence. We consider the claim that multiverse is fallacious and take a deep dive into Neil'ss paper 'How not be generous to fine tuning skeptics'. The episode features Phil Halper and Alex Malpass....more1h 23minPlay
July 14, 2024Episode 6: Atheists Debunk Christian Mathematician John LennoxAtheist philosophers Alex Malpass and Dan Linford join me, Phil Halper, to thoroughly debunk the claims of mathematician and well known Christian apologist John Lennox....more1h 25minPlay
June 12, 2024Episode 5: Replying to the New Kalam with Joe SchmidThere is now a "new" Kalam Cosmological Argument for God's existence based on Benardete paradoxes, such as the Grim Reaper. meant to establish causal finitism. What are these paradoxes? And how can a critic of the Kalam respond? Our very own Alex Malpass has teamed up with Joe Schmid of the Majesty of Reason and published a paper in Mind, one of the world's leading philosophy journals. (Article available here: https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHBPC.) We talk about all of that and much more in this episode of the Sci-Phi Show!...more1h 19minPlay
May 24, 2024Episode 4: Atheists debunk confused Christian apologist Frank TurekChristian apologist Frank Turek says he doesn't have enough faith to be an atheist, but he really doesn't have enough knowledge. In this video, leading atheist thinkers Alex Malpass and Dan Linford join host Phil Halper to expose Turek's never-ending errors, especially concerning infinity and cosmology. How many mistakes can a Christian apologist make in 8 minutes? Place your bets....more1h 12minPlay
April 30, 2024Episode 3: Hourglass Universe vs the Kalam ArgumentMany contemporary models of the Big Bang from The Hartle Hawking model to Loop Quantum Cosmology to String Gas Comsology, the Janus Universe, Carroll Chen, Aguirre-Gratton, and CPT symmetric universe, can be interpreted as giving the universe an hourglass-like structure. In this episode of the SciPhi Show, leading atheist philosophers Alex Malpass and Dan Linford examine what this might mean for the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In particular, we show that it faces an "interface dilemma" where defenders of the argument, like William Lane Craig, must give up one of the Kalam's fundamental premises....more1hPlay
April 20, 2024Episode 2: The Moral ArgumentJoin Phil Halper, Alex Malpass, and Dan Linford for a spirited, skeptical discussion of the moral argument for God's existence. Do objective moral facts require God's existence?...more1h 18minPlay
April 17, 2024Episode 1: Fine-Tuning & GenocidePhil Halper, Alex Malpass, and Dan Linford reply to William Lane Craig concerning the fine-tuning argument and the Biblical slaughter of the Canaanites....more1h 6minPlay
FAQs about The Sci-Phi Show:How many episodes does The Sci-Phi Show have?The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.