Majesty of Reason
From Abstracta to Atheism? | Dr. Felipe Leon
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
2:22 Craig’s video
9:22 Material causality
18:14 Beginning to exist
20:05 Big Bang and cosmological models
33:18 No particular model is probable?
36:26 Past finitude doesn’t imply beginning
51:57 Quantum gravity
55:51 Window shade analogy
1:00:10 BGV Theorem
1:17:13 Vilenkin’s paper
1:26:00 Sean Carroll and Guth
1:38:12 The fixed Kalam
1:41:20 Abstract object counterexamples?
1:51:45 Second law of thermodynamics
1:55:10 The universe as a counterexample?
1:57:56 Document! Don’t just assert!
2:06:45 Conclusion
NOTE
At 1:15:05, I wanted to summarize the problems with Craig’s use of the BGV theorem. I didn’t provide the most helpful summary in the video, so here’s a summary:
(1) At best, the BGV theorem shows that a spacetime region which has been expanding on average throughout its history could not have been expanding forever. Such an expanding region must have begun its expansion at some finitely distant point in the past. This does *not* imply that all of spacetime *itself* has a beginning because all of spacetime may not have been expanding on average throughout its history. In such a case, the BGV Theorem would be inapplicable to the whole of spacetime itself. In fact, as pointed out in the video, both Guth and Vilenkin explicitly say that the BGV theorem only shows that the *inflation* of the universe has a beginning, it doesn’t show that the *universe as a whole* or *spacetime as a whole* has a beginning.
(2) Recent literature purports to give grounds to doubt the BGV theorem. Whether or not this recent literature is correct, it reveals that this is not a settled issue. Instead, it is an active area of research and debate. Relevant papers here include Lesnefsky et al (2023) journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.044024, Geshnizjani et al (2023) link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)182, Nomura (2012) arxiv.org/abs/1205.5550, and Aguirre (2007) arxiv.org/abs/0712.0571.
(3) The BGV theorem is only a theorem about classical spacetimes. But we probably don’t live in a classical spacetime. We have good reasons internal to the standard model and general relativity for thinking that these theories will be surpassed by a new theory able to incorporate both. So our current understanding of spacetime will be replaced by something else. So the BGV theorem does not apply to the spacetime we live in.
(4) Even if we do live in a classical spacetime, the Malamant-Manchak theorems show that, in all likelihood, we couldn’t ever know enough about the global structure of spacetime to know that *all* of spacetime had a beginning.
(5) Even if the BGV theorem shows that the past is finite — and, as explained above, it does not — we cannot infer that the universe (i.e., the totality of all physical reality) began to exist, for the reasons given in the section of the video entitled “Past finitude does not entail beginning to exist”.
RESOURCES
(1) The video to which we're responding (@ReasonableFaithOrg): youtu.be/-Aq9rET8_BE?si=9a3Q5cxkkxjdlIYg
(2) Dan's dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15
(3) Saatsi, “Non-causal explanations in physics”: philarchive.org/archive/SAANEI
(4) “No, science doesn’t show the universe began to exist”: youtu.be/35tICdYtHsQ?si=oQ-LfJuWjSo6mWYb
(5) Phil’s book, “Battle of the Big Bang”: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo244963115.html
(6) @PhilHalper1's Kalam video: youtu.be/pGKe6YzHiME?si=XvhKyGYeEwecvAX4
(7) Phil's video responding to Craig's responses: youtu.be/femxJFszbo8?si=TV2fEGjS91K7HB65
(8) My Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(9) Linford, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2
(10) Linford, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3
(11) Linford, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188/1/FORTHCOMING_Big_Bang_or_Double_Bounce_Erk_Sub.pdf
(12) Linford, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833/1/Online_Final_BJPS_Kalam_Mentaculus_Submission.pdf
(13) Halper, "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence": philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC
(14) My Springer book with Dan: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(15) My website: josephschmid.com
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:04 Trent’s preliminaries
3:49 Argument from change
27:14 Kalam
29:27 Scientific case
30:59 Hilbert’s Hotel
1:08:09 Benardete paradoxes
1:24:40 Modal contingency argument
1:49:42 Fine-tuning argument
2:00:29 Argument from miracles
2:18:45 Moral argument
2:33:18 Conclusion
2:34:16 A story
2:41:38 Bonus soccer
LINKS
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(2) Trent's video: youtube.com/watch?v=22qUGVZXlGg&pp=ygUKdHJlbnQgaG9ybg%3D%3D
(3) Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(4) Argument from Change playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka2JpwLJaSaXdDZlBYkd9Cn
(5) Response Videos playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaNtpoOwEZm9fuJq423BUrW
(6) Moral Arguments playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUcAQpHXN9ZNF2RxZLe7U_
(7) Contingency Argument playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1
(8) Classical Theism playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka0E9laGDA83gN2UbQoa4F2
(9) Design Arguments playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g
(10) My Free Will playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka4SMFOH-KH-hdJoTz6fG5F
(11) My Common Mistakes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(12) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:45 Summary of the paper
28:40 Symmetry argument
34:33 Necessary evil theodicies
56:32 Necessary permission theodicies
1:12:03 Divine right theodicies
1:26:28 Final thoughts
1:34:00 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Justin's website with all his papers: justinmooney.net
(2) Luis' PhilPeople profile with all his papers: philpeople.org/profiles/luis-r-g-oliveira
(3) Luis' article "God and gratuitous evil: between the rock and the hard place": philpapers.org/archive/OLIGAG.pdf
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:50 Overview
3:30 Body Count Reasoning
8:04 Four notes
13:18 Embryo Rescue Case
19:17 Objection: death vs. unjust killing
20:57 Objection: committing unjust killing
23:25 Objection: cooperating with evil
29:22 Objection: timing of abortion
31:59 Objection: non-inferential beliefs
38:20 Crummett himself
52:02 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Crummett (2023), "Is abortion the only issue?", https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2270/
(2) McNabb and DeVito's response paper, "Basic Beliefs, the Embryo Rescue Case, and Single-Issue Voting", pdcnet.org/ncbq/content/ncbq_2021_0021_0002_0203_0208?file_type=pdf
(3) Debate between @TheCounselofTrent and @dustin.crummett: youtu.be/RKfa4vAAaPI?si=uaDtEoQXZ-6-_jgR
(4) Crummett's interview on @going_awoll: youtu.be/7m0fSYIWn8g?si=U04p-u-Hc4dzzB8c
(5) My Applied Ethics playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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For more on why the Kalam fails, see my Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
For a specific video on this argument, see (especially Response #1 in) youtube.com/watch?v=wt-rEeUIcR4
This clip is taken from @HarrisonDean: youtu.be/H0GG_HhaiAI?si=mNXLCP6ugnc5eUsw
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro & Outline
1:44 Benardete Paradoxes
6:43 Connection to the Kalam
8:31 Finitist B-Arguments
10:20 Grim Reaper Argument
21:40 Our first objection
22:41 A finite Benardete-like paradox
24:24 Our first premise
27:45 Our second premise
34:49 Our second objection
43:14 Diagnosis
45:48 Conclusion
LINKS
(1) Troy's channel: youtube.com/@Friction
(2) Troy's other links: https://link.space/@Friction
(3) The paper discussed in the video is “Grim Reaper Paradoxes and Patchwork Principles: Severing the Case for Finitism”, Journal of Philosophy (Forthcoming): philarchive.org/rec/SCHGRP-4
(4) My Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(5) Blog post, "Responses to the Grim Reaper Kalam", majestyofreason.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/responses-to-the-grim-reaper-kalam
(6) Other papers of mine mentioned in the video:
(6.1) “Branching Actualism and Cosmological Arguments”, Philosophical Studies (2023, with Alex Malpass): philpapers.org/rec/SCHBAA-22
(6.2) “Benardete paradoxes, patchwork principles, and the infinite past”, Synthese (2024): philpapers.org/rec/SCHBPP-3
(6.3) “The End is Near: Grim Reapers and Endless Futures”, Mind (Forthcoming): philpapers.org/rec/SCHTEI-19
(6.4) "Benardete Paradoxes, Causal Finitism, and the Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis", Mind (Forthcoming, with Alex Malpass): philarchive.org/rec/SCHBPC
(7) My Springer book with Dr. Dan Linford: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(8) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:50 Key definitions
19:30 Molina’s argument
23:34 Theological utility
35:00 Mooney’s argument
37:37 Hasker’s ‘might’ argument
44:42 Objective probability argument
48:30 Grounding objection
58:42 TSB argument
1:03:55 Bruteness argument
1:08:15 Explanatory priority argument
1:14:28 Swenson’s dilemma
1:24:00 Explaining freedom away
1:31:50 God’s unlucky day
1:33:37 Voodoo Argument
1:41:07 Kryptonite argument
1:45:45 Providential collapse argument
1:54:54 Tier List
1:56:59 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Dr. Rubio’s website: danielkfrubio.com
(2) Climenhaga & Rubio, “Molinism: Explaining Our Freedom Away”: philpapers.org/archive/CLIMEO.pdf
(3) Rubio, “Still Another Anti-Molinist Argument”: ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/theologica/article/view/84353
(4) Law, “If Molinism is true, what can you do?”: philpapers.org/archive/LAWIMI.pdf
(5) Rasmussen, “On creating worlds without evil given divine counterfactual knowledge”: philpapers.org/rec/RASOCW
(6) Rusavuk, “Molinism’s Kryptonite: Counterfactuals and circumstantial luck”: philpapers.org/archive/RUSMKC.pdf
(7) Zimmerman, “Yet another anti-molinist argument”: https://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/zimmerman/Anti.Molinist.arg.proofs.pdf
(8) Mooney’s argument for molinism (by @TheAnalyticChristian): youtube.com/watch?v=fzv37U2alAo
(9) Swenson’s argument against molinism (by @TheAnalyticChristian): youtube.com/watch?v=HE0fxXY3hjE
(10) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:18 Effective altruism
9:22 Actualism and possibilism
18:20 Not Demanding Enough Objection
22:11 Bad Behavior Objection
25:25 Non-Ratifiability Problem
29:03 Worst Outcome Objection
34:34 Asymmetry Objection
38:58 Hybridism
51:40 Dilemma for effective altruism
1:08:21 A hybridist solution?
1:15:15 Other practical implications
RESOURCES
(1) Dr. Timmerman's website: travistimmerman.com
(2) "Effective Altruism's Underspecification Problem": philpapers.org/rec/TIMEAU
(3) Dr. Timmerman's co-authored SEP entry on actualism and possibilism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/actualism-possibilism-ethics/
(4) "Sweatshops and Free Action: The Stakes of the Actualism/Possibilism Debate for Business Ethics": philpapers.org/rec/TIMSAF
(5) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro & Outline
2:06 General structure of MOA
12:55 Representative argument
15:16 Simpler variant
16:17 Criticisms
26:43 Symmetry Breakers
32:59 Presumption of possibility
40:45 Conceivability
45:07 Deontic
56:12 Ontomystical
1:06:33 Motivational centrality
1:11:05 Godelian
1:27:25 Maximal God
1:33:07 Modal continuity
1:44:23 Desire
1:54:08 Open-mindedness
1:59:30 Explicability
2:06:39 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) My co-authored SEP entry with Oppy and Rasmussen: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/
(2) The paper on PhilPapers: philpapers.org/rec/SCHSBF-2
(3) Ontological Arguments playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:45 Summary of the paper
3:08 Grim Reaper paradox
8:07 The Kalam
9:52 Causal finitism
12:55 The UPD
23:16 Problems with causal finitist solution
44:30 Mysterious force objection
56:47 Patchwork objection
1:13:20 Finite Benardete-like paradoxes
1:15:35 Final notes
LINKS
(1) The original video from @PhilHalper1: youtu.be/vgLzMkxhEiQ?si=cIM4SZzykNmoOvod
(2) The paper discussed in the video is “Benardete Paradoxes, Causal Finitism, and the Unsatisfiable Pair Diagnosis”, Mind (Forthcoming, with Alex Malpass): philarchive.org/rec/SCHBPC
(3) My Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(4) Here are four other papers of mine mentioned in the video:
(4.1) “Branching Actualism and Cosmological Arguments”, Philosophical Studies (2023, with Alex Malpass): philpapers.org/rec/SCHBAA-22
(4.2) “Benardete paradoxes, patchwork principles, and the infinite past”, Synthese (2024): philpapers.org/rec/SCHBPP-3
(4.3) “The End is Near: Grim Reapers and Endless Futures”, Mind (Forthcoming): philpapers.org/rec/SCHTEI-19
(4.4) “Grim Reaper Paradoxes and Patchwork Principles: Severing the Case for Finitism”, Journal of Philosophy (Forthcoming, with Troy Dana): philarchive.org/rec/SCHGRP-4
(5) My Springer book with Dr. Dan Linford: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(6) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
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LINKS
(1) The video from which this is clipped: youtu.be/938qqjwCYC0
(2) My Free Will playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka4SMFOH-KH-hdJoTz6fG5F
(3) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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RESOURCES
(1) Peter Singer's famous paper "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", originally published in 1972: personal.lse.ac.uk/robert49/teaching/mm/articles/Singer_1972Famine.pdf
(2) Applied Ethics: An Impartial Introduction: amazon.com/Applied-Ethics-Introduction-Elizabeth-Jackson/dp/1647920116
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(4) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro and outline
2:48 Key background
15:52 The wager
23:36 Many gods objection
32:16 Mixed strategies objection
39:00 Al’s dilemma
51:21 Pascal’s mugging
1:01:02 Is wagering even possible?
1:10:34 Is wagering impious?
1:14:25 St. Petersburg Paradox
1:30:17 Closing remarks
LINKS
(1) The paper Liz and Al co-authored on Pascal's wager: philpapers.org/archive/HAJPEA.pdf
(2) Liz's YouTube channel (@lizjackson111) and website: liz-jackson.com
(3) Al's PhilPeople profile: philpeople.org/profiles/alan-hajek
(4) Some of Liz's papers on Pascal's wager: (i) philpapers.org/rec/JACFTP-2 (ii) philpapers.org/rec/JACAPD-9 (iii) philpapers.org/rec/JACSPW
(5) Some of Al's papers on Pascal's wager: (i) philpapers.org/rec/HJEWWO (ii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
(6) An earlier video I made with Liz on Pascal's Wager: youtube.com/watch?v=9qTC7OZB_1A
(7) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(8) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:00 Definitions
1:48 Trent’s video
4:24 Are atheists blaming Craig?
6:05 ‘Should’ implies alternative possibilities?
8:14 Power to change the future
8:50 Linguistic incaution
10:39 Sapolsky
11:49 Trent’s core argument
16:11 What’s the difference???
20:12 Leeway freedom
24:22 Atheism and reductive physicalism
25:51 Humans vs. animals
28:24 Libertarianism and laws of nature
32:55 Does theism preclude moral responsibility?
38:56 Luck objection
42:43 Punishment and moral responsibility
47:07 Old Testament God = North Korea
48:53 Clarifying compatibilism
51:54 Trent contra compatibilism
54:19 Trent’s second argument
57:21 Frankfurt cases
1:04:20 Flickers of freedom
1:11:02 Resources and conclusion
CORRECTIONS
(1) In the section entitled "Should’ implies alternative possibilities?", I contest the idea that 'S should φ' implies 'S could do something alternative to φ-ing'. I think my counterexamples to that idea are correct, but I don't think they actually address Trent's claim in the preceding clip. In particular, Trent's claim was instead that 'S should φ' implies 'S could φ'. Importantly, though, many of my examples can be modified to motivate denying this claim too. For instance, just imagine the boulder-trapping-arm case to be one in which you're compelled *not* to hack off your arm by your psychology (maybe you're very queasy). Still, it seems like you *should* hack off your arm!
LINKS
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(2) My Free Will playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka4SMFOH-KH-hdJoTz6fG5F
(3) My Common Mistakes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(4) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
(5) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:56 The nature of philosophy
11:43 The value of philosophy
14:30 Is reason beautiful?
19:07 Intellectual virtues
25:34 How to communicate and engage philosophically
33:45 Pervasive mistakes
36:55 Mind changes
40:11 Personal factors
46:31 Recommendations
LINKS
(1) Original video with @NaHoa: youtu.be/3TPIgKRvc7o?si=eNRYtjUqjDFZozwO
(2) Doing Philosophy playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbOGcxCZPjybRASmKynBfGN
(3) The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
(4) How to Analyze Arguments like a Philosopher: youtube.com/watch?v=uD5_2p-vUjs&pp=ygUqaG93IHRvIGFuYWx5emUgYXJndW1lbnRzIGxpa2UgYSBwaGlsb3NvcGh5
(5) Common Mistakes series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:27 The proof
1:08 Ontological nihilism
3:29 Ad
4:24 Proof of ontological nihilism
6:10 Non-fundamental nihilism
9:16 Anti-foundationalism
13:19 Appearances?
15:45 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Westerhoff, Jan. 2024. "An Argument for Ontological Nihilism". Inquiry, available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1bAsqb8F599XsAR9CyUnNNIOVbGL2oFOH/view?usp=sharing
(2) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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ARBITRARY OUTLINE (SEE DESCRIPTION FOR QUESTIONS)
0:00 Black shirt
1:19:51 Dark blue shirt
2:14:17 Grey-ish shirt
3:44:49 Light blue shirt
LINKS
The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy: amazon.com/Majesty-Reason-Critical-Thinking-Philosophy/dp/B086FW6XV4
My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 (c) majestyofreason.wordpress.com/2022/12/05/details-and-errata-for-existential-inertia-and-classical-theistic-proofs
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OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
1:03 Mistake 163
20:10 Mistake 164
21:36 Mistake 165
22:29 Mistake 166
23:40 Mistake 167
25:17 Mistake 168
40:56 Mistake 169
44:19 Mistake 170
46:13 Mistake 171
47:21 Mistake 172
47:49 Mistake 173
49:02 Mistake 174
52:56 Mistake 175
54:09 Mistake 176
59:22 Mistake 177
1:09:02 Mistake 178 (Bonus)
CORRECTION
25:28 I should have explicitly and clearly specified that a large portion of the section on OT atrocities — Mistake 168 — was not just drawn from Josh Parikh’s talk but *directly* drawn from Parikh’s talk, ie, quoted therefrom. Apologies for not clarifying this at the outset. I've now updated the document containing Mistake 168 to reflect this clarification. You can see the updated document here: docs.google.com/document/d/15_GnNWL8lZJUU-640OoKwNP3BSocQJDfWD38OYJF9Y0/edit?usp=sharing
You can also find Parikh’s talk here: youtu.be/b3Ey8-ypa_A?si=38oYSElHN1JnjUso
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 7: docs.google.com/document/d/1yB118TjWVxTVk09LB95sd_IcvNAAHTZueWnHRYlsJXQ/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Common Mistakes Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Mereological nihilism
4:16 Explanatory Exclusion Argument
9:40 Moorean objection
11:58 Other arguments and resources
LINKS
(1) My discussion with Dr. Olson: youtube.com/watch?v=qoO9VpgzPIg
(2) My video on whether birds exist: youtube.com/watch?v=LgMY3-67uwk
(3) @KaneB's video on ordinary objects: youtube.com/watch?v=07PZ1a-gZxw
(4) Relevant SEP entries: (i) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ordinary-objects/ (ii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/material-constitution/ (iii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/ (iv) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
(5) Dr. Crummett's popular case for mereological nihilism: capturingchristianity.com/two-more-arguments-for-substance-dualism
(6) Portions of this video are drawn from Schaffer's "From Nihilism to Monism", AJP (2007): http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/nihilism.pdf
(7) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:12 Mistake 142
2:42 Mistake 143
4:06 Mistake 144
9:08 Mistake 145
10:12 Mistake 146
12:08 Mistake 147
15:30 Mistake 148
17:09 Mistake 149
25:39 Mistake 150
25:59 Mistake 151
32:54 Mistake 152
39:02 Mistake 153
40:28 Mistake 154
41:27 Mistake 155
41:58 Mistake 156
42:43 Mistake 157
43:05 Mistake 158
44:07 Mistake 159
45:35 Mistake 160
51:21 Mistake 161
52:36 Mistake 162
59:09 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 6: docs.google.com/document/d/1V4FkN4yqSf0zrVZBs2QpMd6_157PohjzgeWSmWarCl4/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Common Mistakes Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
2:55 The paper
8:18 The unsatisfiable pair
14:35 B-arguments
17:34 A grim dilemma
20:55 A future-oriented paradox
31:44 First line: Patchwork principles
41:33 Second line: Mysterious forces
50:37 Summary
51:58 Conclusion
CORRECTIONS
At 8:02, I accidentally cut out the last two words of my sentence. I should have said "...equally motivate this new linking premise."
RESOURCES
(1) Free access link to the official article: academic.oup.com/mind/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mind/fzad065/7492631?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=mind&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=79959771-76b4-4604-a90a-419f5de3ab39
(2) If the link in (1) doesn't work, you can read a pre-print here: philpapers.org/rec/SCHTEI-19
(3) Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(4) My forthcoming Synthese paper, "Benardete paradoxes, patchwork principles, and the infinite past": philpapers.org/rec/SCHBPP-3
(5) My 2023 Phil Studies paper with Alex Malpass, "Branching actualism and cosmological arguments": philpapers.org/rec/SCHBAA-22
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro & Outline
2:15 Key terms
13:12 Sapolsky’s opening
47:43 Huemer’s opening
1:50:20 Conclusion
LINKS
(1) Original debate on @PercyPrior1: youtu.be/FjAYvhv1-Lg?si=5Fs3NRhXhPHA45E9
(2) Taylor's website: taylorwcyr.com
(3) The Free Will Show (@thefreewillshow2132): thefreewillshow.com
(4) Fischer's review of Sapolsky's book: https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/determined-a-science-of-life-without-free-will/
(5) My Free Will playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka4SMFOH-KH-hdJoTz6fG5F
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:49 Mistake 126
8:57 Mistake 127
19:05 Mistake 128
21:51 Mistake 129
24:28 Mistake 130
25:08 Mistake 131
26:39 Mistake 132
30:03 Mistake 133
34:33 Mistake 134
36:28 Mistake 135
38:45 Mistake 136
39:34 Mistake 137
44:14 Mistake 138
48:05 Divine Hiddenness
55:18 Mistake 139
1:09:35 Mistake 140
1:12:01 Mistake 141
1:15:41 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 5: docs.google.com/document/d/1yxhbQRLtYzX-j-ZtWJi1Vyag49J4noPPkYvQGq6Odpg/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Common Mistakes Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:37 Mistake 105
2:46 Mistake 106
5:33 Mistake 107
15:18 Mistake 108
22:33 Mistake 109
39:54 Mistake 110
51:49 Mistake 111
53:04 Mistake 112
55:52 Mistake 113
58:09 Mistake 114
59:26 Mistake 115
1:02:15 Mistake 116
1:07:49 Mistake 117
1:09:24 Mistake 118
1:11:48 Mistake 119
1:16:03 Mistake 120
1:21:18 Mistake 121
1:31:10 Mistake 122
1:37:30 Mistake 123
1:43:21 Mistake 124
1:44:07 Mistake 125
1:45:29 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 4: docs.google.com/document/d/1Voy-_z92sFBBrVGFo2Hb2qjV1khVcthVxLS6jAKZCsA/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Document with resources criticizing WLC-style moral arguments: docs.google.com/document/d/1xjweiT6HE9kNVsWJeqVxpGekrWpnddnXiZryKSAZcJI/edit?usp=sharing
(3) Common Mistakes Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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Reference:
Goldschmidt, Tyron. 2016. "A Demonstration of the Causal Power of Absences". Dialectica 70(1): 85. Available at philarchive.org/archive/GOLADO-4
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LINKS
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:12 Mistake #73
16:39 Mistake #74
20:00 Mistake #75
20:49 Mistake #76
45:12 Mistake #77
46:35 Mistake #78
48:32 Mistake #79
51:16 Mistake #80
53:15 Mistake #81
54:49 Mistake #82
1:00:51 Mistake #83
1:03:19 Mistake #84
1:04:56 Mistake #85
1:06:56 Mistake #86
1:07:09 Mistake #87
1:10:18 Mistake #88
1:17:23 Mistake #89
1:18:02 Mistake #90
1:18:56 Mistake #91
1:20:37 Mistake #92
1:22:25 Mistake #93
1:23:25 Mistake #94
1:25:17 Mistake #95
1:26:49 Mistake #96
1:34:14 Mistake #97
1:37:04 Mistake #98
1:38:21 Mistake #99
1:46:30 Mistake #100
1:48:37 Mistake #101
1:49:33 Mistake #102
1:52:16 Mistake #103
1:56:12 Mistake #104
1:56:46 Conclusion
CORRECTIONS
54:37 I should have written and said “Nothing in science shows that *none* of (a)-(d) hold.”
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 3: docs.google.com/document/d/1awjudXbCE0SlyWV_UuESTqctJPS2UmDdPZYW_WCUVBM/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(3) Contingency argument playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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RESOURCES
(1) Original video: youtu.be/ThHsjYx-oEs
(2) Resource Document from that video: docs.google.com/document/d/1Sh_xOyu0gVh0GdEAD7s2XGUiAFUARmpqyH-JZ_ofLOo/edit?usp=sharing
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:22 About the book
3:54 Fine-tuning
15:01 Epistemically illuminated region
24:23 Multiverse & Inverse gambler’s fallacy
55:27 Electrons in love
1:01:00 Too low intrinsic probability
1:07:08 Psychophysical harmony
1:20:23 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Dr. Goff's book "Why? The Purpose of the Universe": (a) amazon.co.uk/Why-Purpose-Universe-Philip-Goff/dp/0198883765 (b) global.oup.com/academic/product/why-the-purpose-of-the-universe-9780198883760
(2) Dr. Goff's Halloween Special episode on his book: youtube.com/live/tf3hp3G4OA8
(3) Dr. Goff's website: philipgoffphilosophy.com
(4) The Draper paper from the video: philarchive.org/archive/DRAPAF
(5) Dr. Goff's podcast / youtube channel @MindChat: youtube.com/@MindChat
(6) Dr. Goff's twitter: twitter.com/Philip_Goff
(7) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:20 Mistake #55
4:42 Mistake #56
12:47 Mistake #57
16:28 Mistake #58
17:23 Mistake #59
18:45 Mistake #60
20:59 Mistake #61
21:28 Mistake #62
25:13 Mistake #63
33:40 Mistake #64
35:25 Mistake #65
39:50 Mistake #66
44:17 Mistake #67
45:40 Mistake #68
46:38 Mistake #69
48:36 Mistake #70
50:05 Mistake #71
50:57 Mistake #72
51:49 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 2: docs.google.com/document/d/1msopHLrp1QiwNBtM7AGDyLapNPBD36128A6oBFQmpJs/edit?usp=sharing
(2) Common Mistakes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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RESOURCES
(1) Original video: youtu.be/ThHsjYx-oEs
(2) Resource Document from that video: docs.google.com/document/d/1Sh_xOyu0gVh0GdEAD7s2XGUiAFUARmpqyH-JZ_ofLOo/edit?usp=sharing
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro & Outline
2:16 Defining terms
4:31 What’s at stake?
9:57 Motivating necessitarianism
39:10 Motivating contingentarianism
1:03:37 Truth & A gadfly among gadflies!
1:11:52 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Dr. Karofsky’s book “A Case for Necessitarianism”, amazon.com/Case-Necessitarianism-Routledge-Studies-Metaphysics/dp/1032026162
(2) Dr. Karosky’s PhilPeople profile: philpeople.org/profiles/amy-karofsky
(3) My video with Dr. Karofsky on her book: youtu.be/Kf0BjBBGjxA
(4) Dr. Rasmussen’s website: http://joshualrasmussen.com
(5) Dr. Rasmussen’s YouTube channel (@WorldviewDesignChannel): youtube.com/@WorldviewDesignChannel
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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(1) Original video: youtu.be/ThHsjYx-oEs
(2) Resource Document from that video: docs.google.com/document/d/1Sh_xOyu0gVh0GdEAD7s2XGUiAFUARmpqyH-JZ_ofLOo/edit?usp=sharing
(3) The Priest lecture from @Philosophy_Overdose: youtube.com/watch?v=BsLYCgXufBI
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:00 Prelims
3:05 Overview of series
4:01 Mistake #1
16:51 Mistake #2
19:58 Mistake #3
22:34 Mistake #4
26:33 Mistake #5
27:51 Mistake #6
29:17 Mistake #7
29:59 Mistake #8
30:40 Mistake #9
31:23 Mistake #10
32:00 Mistake #11
41:40 Mistake #11 (extended)
45:01 Mistake #12 (corrected #)
46:34 Mistake #13 (corrected #)
49:30 Mistake #14 (corrected #)
53:54 Mistake #15
55:24 Mistake #16
56:14 Mistake #17
57:37 Mistake #18
1:01:52 Mistake #19
1:03:29 Mistake #20
1:11:10 Mistake #21
1:11:57 Mistake #22
1:14:44 Mistake #23
1:15:28 Mistake #24
1:16:53 Mistake #25
1:17:48 Mistake #26
1:38:56 Mistake #27
1:39:15 Mistake #28
1:42:22 Mistake #29
1:46:11 Mistake #30
1:54:01 Mistake #31
1:55:41 Mistake #32
1:58:07 Mistake #33
1:59:18 Mistake #34
1:59:41 Mistake #35
2:02:21 Mistake #36
2:03:55 Mistake #37
2:06:44 Mistake #38
2:08:51 Mistake #39
2:09:37 Mistake #40
2:10:41 Mistake #41
2:15:15 Mistake #42
2:16:30 Mistake #43
2:19:04 Mistake #44
2:26:03 Mistake #45
2:28:00 Mistake #46
2:28:47 Mistake #47
2:30:58 Mistake #48
2:32:26 Mistake #49
2:33:55 Mistake #50
2:40:37 Mistake #51
2:43:14 Mistake #52
2:45:34 Mistake #53
2:47:30 Mistake #54
3:04:57 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Resource Document for Part 1: docs.google.com/document/d/1Sh_xOyu0gVh0GdEAD7s2XGUiAFUARmpqyH-JZ_ofLOo/edit?usp=sharing
(2) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:30 Problem of evil
2:10 Rowe’s ‘noseeum’ argument
5:44 Common sense argument
15:51 Draper’s Humean argument
18:51 Skeptical theism
20:01 Wykstra’s CORNEA
23:45 Bergmann’s skeptical theism
29:11 Deontological skeptical theism
36:45 Addressing Rowe’s argument
46:40 Addressing the common sense argument
54:41 Addressing Draper’s argument
56:18 Climenhaga’s objection
1:01:20 Draper’s objection
1:13:48 Damaging natural theology
1:18:16 Moral paralysis
1:21:36 Divine deception
1:27:20 Radical skepticism
1:31:25 Horrific world: a reductio?
1:36:25 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Perry's website with all his papers: perryhendricks.com
(2) Climenhaga's paper contra skeptical theism: philpapers.org/rec/CLIIWC
(3) Perry's forthcoming book, "Skeptical Theism": amazon.com/Skeptical-Palgrave-Frontiers-Philosophy-Religion/dp/3031342704
(4) Perry's paper, "Deontological skeptical theism proved": cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/abs/deontological-sceptical-theism-proved/F2C7C8BF7AAE5AD81C75C3B36ACA44F6
(5) Perry's paper, "We are not in the dark: refuting popular arguments against skeptical theism": scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/article-abstract/58/2/125/283427/WE-ARE-NOT-IN-THE-DARKREFUTING-POPULAR-ARGUMENTS?redirectedFrom=fulltext
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
1:45 Experimental philosophy
3:11 Stances, commitments, and intuitions
13:09 Metaethics and folk metaethics
18:02 Moral realism and anti-realism
21:10 Disagreement paradigm
30:45 WEIRD populations
37:07 Confounds and validity
39:50 Tolerance confound
44:22 Normative confound
49:15 Epistemic confound / scope ambiguity
58:28 Open response data
1:04:32 Polzler & Wright 2020
1:20:08 Folk metaethical indeterminacy
1:27:45 Lance’s quantum mechanics study
1:41:14 Moral realism is the common sense view?
1:44:20 Lance’s closing comments
1:50:17 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Lance’s dissertation: search.proquest.com/openview/862c9bde93de6fbe84a38345b2c50a25/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
(2) Lance’s Youtube channel, @lanceindependent: youtube.com/channel/UCcBjfs5Stfr-v66B7F7vo0Q
(3) Lance’s blog: lanceindependent.com
(4) Lance’s professional website: lancesbush.com
(5) My metaethics playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy
(6) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:39 A false dichotomy
2:06 Three arguments for the causal principle
3:51 Argument from intuition (or magic?)
14:20 Argument from chaos
19:00 Science and everyday experience
26:52 Dan’s reasons for rejecting the principle
32:24 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) The video to which we're responding (from @ReasonableFaithOrg): youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0
(2) Dan’s notes for this video (and our previous video on the scientific case for the Kalam): drive.google.com/file/d/1JjfleKIyFsPPLjUZL_6jieeLW9aI14nP/view?usp=sharing
(3) Dan’s dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15
(4) Dan’s paper, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2
(5) My analysis of the Kalam's causal principle: youtu.be/XslZE3luFq4
(6) My Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(7) My Springer book co-authored with Dan: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
2:30 WLC’s video
3:16 Past finitude doesn’t imply beginning
19:45 Second Law of Thermodynamics
28:00 Red shift and Big Bang cosmology
36:53 Successive failure of models
39:45 Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem
46:05 Stage Two: Properties of the cause
46:55 Spaceless?
53:13 Timeless?
56:02 Immaterial?
59:38 Uncaused?
1:02:57 Unimaginably powerful?
1:06:42 God?
1:12:35 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) The video to which we're responding (from @ReasonableFaithOrg): youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0
(2) Dan’s notes for this video (and our next video on the causal principle): drive.google.com/file/d/1JjfleKIyFsPPLjUZL_6jieeLW9aI14nP/view?usp=sharing
(3) Dan’s dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: philarchive.org/archive/DAN_SA-15
(4) Dan’s paper, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2
(5) Dan’s paper, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3
(6) Dan's paper, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair on the Interpretation of Bounce Cosmologies": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188/1/FORTHCOMING_Big_Bang_or_Double_Bounce_Erk_Sub.pdf
(7) Dan’s paper, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833/1/Online_Final_BJPS_Kalam_Mentaculus_Submission.pdf
(8) My Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(9) My Springer book co-authored with Dan: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(10) Phil Halper's (@PhilHalper1) recent article "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence", also on the scientific case for the Kalam: philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC
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OUTLINE
00:00 A note
1:01 Intro and overview
2:01 Defining terms
8:34 Statue and clay
24:11 Sorites
31:00 Problem of the Many
37:30 Causal redundancy
41:50 Conclusion
LINKS
(1) Dr. Olson's website: olsonphilosophy.blogspot.com
(2) Dr. Olson's PhilPeople profile: philpeople.org/profiles/eric-t-olson
(3) Relevant SEP entries: (i) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ordinary-objects/ (ii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/material-constitution/ (iii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/ (iv) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
(4) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
3:52 Gratuitous evil
6:39 Evil requires God?
10:48 Back to gratuitous evil
15:04 The price of a lawful ecosystem?
19:47 Intuition, methodology, and dialectic
29:20 Clarifying gratuity
35:44 Reversing the modus ponens
45:05 Total evidence requirement
46:39 Theodicy: Original Sin
51:45 Theodicy: Free Will
59:42 Theodicy: Virtue
1:03:17 Intrinsic human dignity
1:06:20 Compensation in heaven?
1:08:37 Non-human animal suffering
1:17:39 Evil God Challenge
1:20:46 Privation theory of evil
1:27:49 Soteriological confusion
1:30:57 Conclusion
MENTIONED RESOURCES
(1) Trent’s video to which I’m responding (from @TheCounselofTrent): youtu.be/ZzM443aJbyM
(2) Bengson, Cuneo, and Shafer-Landau’s paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1RDyu0j6vb-W_-bWMreQqw_XM8fLuvlKG/view?usp=sharing
(3) Murray’s “Nature Red in Tooth and Claw”: amazon.com/Nature-Red-Tooth-Claw-Suffering/dp/0199237271
(4) Draper’s paper on panpsychotheism: philpapers.org/rec/DRAP-3
(5) Sebastian’s post explaining why he’s an atheist: naturalismnext.blogspot.com/2022/12/why-im-atheist_6.html
(6) Emerson’s opening statement: emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/27/god-probably-doesnt-exist
(7) Felipe Leon, "200 (or so) Arguments for Atheism": http://exapologist.blogspot.com/2022/06/120-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html
(8) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
(9) My papers on classical theism can be found on my PhilPeople profile ( philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid ) or my website ( josephschmid.com/research )
(10) Pruss’ presentation on the privation theory: youtube.com/watch?v=rYs0ompB0kk
(11) My video “Over 100 Arguments for God ANSWERED”: youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4
(12) Stephen’s (and my) response to Ben Shapiro (from @rationalityrules): youtube.com/watch?v=_W4I3G9ahCw&pp=ygUXc2hhcGlybyBhcmd1bWVudCBjaGFuZ2U%3D
RELEVANT PLAYLISTS
(1) Argument from Change: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka2JpwLJaSaXdDZlBYkd9Cn
(2) Existential Inertia: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbm7dtYaTCuJ33bePOTYBBB
(3) Kalam: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(4) Contingency Argument: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1
(5) Moral Argument: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaUcAQpHXN9ZNF2RxZLe7U_
(6) Response Videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkaNtpoOwEZm9fuJq423BUrW
(7) Classical Theism: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka0E9laGDA83gN2UbQoa4F2
CORRECTIONS
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OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
2:32 Bird’s eye view
3:33 Step 1
8:17 Step 2
8:55 Step 2.1
13:00 Step 2.2
14:49 Step 2.3
16:17 Step 2.4
21:51 Step 3
27:00 Step 4
27:49 Step 4.1
28:33 Step 4.2
33:10 Step 4.3
38:10 Step 4 continued
40:26 Step 5
44:46 Step 6
48:21 12 Tangible Tips
55:25 How to ruin your worldview
58:37 Book recommendations
1:00:22 Summary
LINKS
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(2) Summary of the step-by-step guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1Ox4vxAQmK83-Y4BC-IPw-9bFdJUstpXEkuZs_52kpqI/edit?usp=sharing
(3) Kalam playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR
(4) The Kalam's Causal Principle: An Analysis: youtube.com/watch?v=XslZE3luFq4
(5) A User's Guide to the Modal Ontological Argument: youtube.com/watch?v=iKgJvGHYqs8&list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB
(6) Ontological Arguments from Anselm to Godel: youtube.com/watch?v=SVQz7AMUcyI&list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t&index=9&pp=gAQBiAQB
(7) Dr. Graham Oppy on the Nature and Purpose of Arguments: youtube.com/watch?v=ybUW693C8UY&pp=ygUfZ3JhaGFtIG9wcHkgbmF0dXJlIG9mIGFyZ3VtZW50cw%3D%3D
(8) Oppy, "What derivations cannot do": drive.google.com/file/d/1OmD1ecbqp_hNsKfO4SMXZsM101RGZ19p/view?usp=sharing
(9) Dr. Josh Rasmussen's video "How to ruin your worldview", from @WorldviewDesignChannel: youtu.be/5Y4PQQOH5vo
(10) Doing Philosophy playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbOGcxCZPjybRASmKynBfGN
BOOKS I RECOMMENDED
(1) "Classical Logic and its Rabbit-Holes: A First Course" by Nelson Lande
(2) "Language, Proof, and Logic" by Dave Barker-Plummer, Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy
(3) "The Norton Introduction to Philosophy" edited by Rosen, Byrne, and others.
(4) "Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy" by Michael Huemer
(5) "Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy" by Simon Blakburn
(6) "The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy" by yours truly
(7) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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CLARIFICATION
Thanks to commenter Tym Miara for inviting this helpful clarification:
In the video, I argued that we cannot infer from the Kalam alone that the cause is spaceless. I began by using an example: “if, *for instance*, you’re only showing [in stage 1] that the past must be finite…” Using this example, I explained how we can’t then go on to infer that the cause of the beginning of (metric) time is spaceless.
I intended the points I made subsequently — about the epistemic possibility of there being some sort of space in which the first cause resides, etc. — to generalize to *other* ways of defending stage 1 of the Kalam, including the appeals to Big Bang cosmology. I wasn’t intending to impute to Craig the inference from ‘x causes the beginning of time’ to ‘x is therefore spaceless’. My point was, firstly, that *if* we only show in stage 1 that metric time is past-finite, *then* we cannot infer that the first cause(s) thereof is spaceless; and, furthermore, that the point about the epistemic possibility of some space in which the first cause(s) resides is a problem for *other* extant ways of defending stage 1, not just a way of defending stage 1 which only shows that the past must be finite. I used the finite-metric-past defense of stage 1 as an example to introduce the point which I intended to generalize more broadly.
So, then, the clarification is that I wasn't intending to say that Craig takes his spacelessness conclusion to be derived from the finitude of the past, though I can understand if what I said suggests that. I’m here canceling any such implicature, and explaining what I was intending to convey.
My point, instead, is precisely that *none* of the points in Craig's stage 1 case show that the cause is spaceless — even the points pertaining to Big Bang cosmology. They only show, at best, that the cause doesn't exist in the spatial framework of our local spatiotemporal manifold, i.e., the self-contained one that began to expand about 13.8 billion years ago. As I noted in the video, there may be a different space that exists causally prior to the beginning of metric time (and hence causally prior to the beginning of the spatial manifold associated with that metric time) and in which the cause resides. This space may be the same sort of space as our local spatiotemporal manifold's space (e.g., three-dimensional); or it may be some more exotic state space that various philosophers have proposed for the 'location' of the universal wavefunction; or it may be a higher dimensional spatial framework; and so on. The epistemic possibilities are boundless, and Craig — in claiming the cause must be spaceless — illegitimately assumes that none of these are the case. The crucial point is that they straightforwardly undercut the claim that the cause of our local spatiotemporal manifold must be spaceless, i.e., without any space.
And, of course, I think it's important to emphasize that Big Bang cosmology doesn't show that the universe, understood as all of physical reality, began to exist; for more on this, see Dr. Linford's dissertation here :)
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro & Outline
2:53 Understanding the Causal Principle
10:44 Arguments For the Causal Principle
11:07 Intuition
52:16 Induction and Abduction
1:42:41 Argument from Chaos
2:29:12 Modus Tollens Argument
2:53:40 Arguments Against the Causal Principle
2:54:02 Intuition: Reverse Card!
2:57:23 Free Will
3:15:55 Conceivability
3:23:34 Quantum Mechanics
3:32:35 Non-Causal Explanations
3:37:53 Grünbaum’s argument
3:41:47 Summary of Arguments Against
3:47:39 Conclusion
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(3) My co-authored article “Branching actualism and cosmological arguments”, forthcoming in Philosophical Studies: philpapers.org/rec/SCHBAA-22
(4) Special thanks to Stephen Woodford from @rationalityrules not only for allowing me to re-use the relevant videos, but also for playing an integral role in making them stellar. Check out his channel (or my Kalam playlist) for the original videos and their reference documents! :)
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Necessity and contingency
2:51 Necessitarianism vs. Contingentarianism
8:20 Necessitarianism vs. Fatalism & Determinism
18:42 Historical backdrop
24:15 Arguments for Contingentarianism
24:57 Deliberation
27:53 Imaginability
31:51 Powers, actuality, and natural kinds
40:48 Quantifying probability
43:07 Quantum mechanics
46:40 Intuition
49:55 Majority belief
52:50 Contingency-talk and counterfactuals
57:00 Ought implies can
1:02:49 Principle of Alternative Possibilities
1:05:59 Arguments for Necessitarianism
1:07:00 Ground of contingency
1:17:07 Simplicity
1:19:39 Conclusion
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(1) Dr. Karofsky’s book “A Case for Necessitarianism”, amazon.com/Case-Necessitarianism-Routledge-Studies-Metaphysics/dp/1032026162
(2) Dr. Karosky’s PhilPeople profile: philpeople.org/profiles/amy-karofsky
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1:13 Anselm's Ontological Argument
4:19 Descartes’ Ontological Argument
5:37 Parodies
14:38 Modal Ontological Argument
22:23 Gödelian Ontological Argument
30:13 Dialectical problem
43:44 Riposte
45:43 Dilemma for the riposte
50:01 Another dialectical problem
56:30 Further criticisms
58:43 Bonus soccer
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(4) Oppy (2000), “Response to Gettings”: philpapers.org/archive/OPPRTG-2.pdf
(5) Oppy (2017), “The Ontological Arguments”: drive.google.com/file/d/1y2cbpSqcTUwnySsJv18SKlz7hLCDV6vl/view?usp=sharing
(6) A User’s Guide to the Modal Ontological Argument: youtube.com/watch?v=iKgJvGHYqs8&list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t&index=2
(7) Four Ontological Arguments in 12 Minutes: youtube.com/watch?v=a8yl8suh7aA&list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t&index=5
(8) Graham Oppy responds to Josh Rasmussen’s Ontological Argument: youtube.com/watch?v=MIhwDlT2Eu8&list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t&index=7
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
2:56 Thesis and key terms
9:55 The open future
18:20 Problem of future contingents
21:29 Grounding problem
31:40 Symmetry objection
41:50 Future-directed properties and abstracta
47:44 Competing intuitions
53:00 Moorean shift
1:05:44 Credence-based objection clarified
1:13:22 Companions in innocence: CCFs
1:20:20 Logical problem, semantics, and neg-raising
1:32:25 Conclusion and giveaway
LINKS
(1) Dr. Todd’s book, “The Open Future: Why Future Contingents are all False”, amazon.com/Open-Future-Why-Contingents-False/dp/0192897918
(2) Dr. Todd’s website: http://www.patricktodd.co
(3) Dr. Todd’s interview on open theism for @thefreewillshow2132: youtube.com/watch?v=3marFR9gr3g&pp=ygUYcGF0cmljayB0b2RkIG9wZW4gZnV0dXJl
(4) Dr. Todd’s interview on the open future for @TheAnalyticChristian: youtube.com/watch?v=dXeHp-R7xhw&pp=ygUYcGF0cmljayB0b2RkIG9wZW4gZnV0dXJl
(5) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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0:00 Intro
0:49 What is religion?
12:53 What is naturalism?
32:07 Religious naturalism
56:21 Religious naturalist practices?
LINKS
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(2) Steinhart’s website: ericsteinhart.com
(3) My video with Steinhart on atheistic platonism: youtu.be/dQrNFMExwso
(4) Steinhart’s book, “Atheistic Platonism”, amazon.com/Atheistic-Platonism-Manifesto-Frontiers-Philosophy/dp/3031177517
(5) Tiddy Smith (ed.), “Animism and Philosophy of Religion”, amazon.com/Animism-Philosophy-Religion-Palgrave-Frontiers/dp/3030941698
(6) Tiddy Smith, “A common consent argument for the existence of nature spirits”, drive.google.com/file/d/1ITKus5fqUyqvpIibeQzjPdCivjuxr5Oi/view?usp=sharing
(7) Kohn, “How Forests Think”, amazon.com/How-Forests-Think-Toward-Anthropology/dp/0520276116
(8) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
1:13 Merch
2:47 Birds don’t exist
8:18 The Picometer Argument
11:13 No sharp transition?
20:50 Disproving Christianity
24:14 Believe or burn
26:53 Conclusion
LINKS
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(2) The clip of Winger is extracted from @TheNonAlchemist's video here: youtube.com/watch?v=00IiRv6sJAc
(2) More on arguments against the existence of birds: (i) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/problem-of-many/ , (ii) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/material-constitution/ , (iii) youtube.com/watch?v=07PZ1a-gZxw
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193121 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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(1) Ryan's paper we'll be discussing, "The Axiology of Panentheism": drive.google.com/file/d/10_LEZVm5YCwW4ZVB7lzRyy4jsccsMGNG/view?usp=sharing
(2) The book we'll be giving away: routledge.com/Value-Beyond-Monotheism-The-Axiology-of-the-Divine/Lougheed/p/book/9780367540203
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(4) My classical theism playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXka0E9laGDA83gN2UbQoa4F2
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0:00 Intro and published work
4:42 Pre-writing and research
12:17 Writing
29:52 Submitting
38:01 Post-submission
49:34 Publishing books
54:43 Q&A
1:20:01 Bonus soccer
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(2) If you liked this video, you'll love my Doing Philosophy playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbOGcxCZPjybRASmKynBfGN
(3) My Springer book: (a) amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs/dp/3031193148 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro and outline
3:10 What is Bayes’ Theorem?
4:50 Belief and credence
14:46 Interpretations of probability
24:52 Epistemic probability
28:32 Bayesian epistemology
30:50 Core normative rules
33:05 Propositional logic background
42:32 Kolmogorov’s axioms
54:25 Dutch Books
57:25 Ratio Formula
1:02:03 Conditionalization principle
1:10:47 Subjective vs. Objective Bayesianism
1:13:50 Bayes’ Theorem: Standard form(s)
1:39:25 Bayes’ Theorem: Odds form
1:53:06 Evidence
2:09:25 Visualizing Bayes’ Theorem
2:49:41 Common mistakes
2:49:53 Base rate fallacy
2:52:28 Evidence for H vs. Making H probable
2:53:43 Total evidence requirement
2:54:58 Fallacy of understated evidence
2:59:36 Confirmation is comparative
3:01:07 Evidential symmetry
3:07:56 Strength asymmetry
3:11:40 Falsifiability as a virtue
3:12:27 Likelihood ratio rigging
3:19:32 Conclusion and Resources
NOTES
(1) The argument I give around the ten-minute mark admittedly doesn't address the view that (i) credences don't exist, and yet (ii) we can still account for the relevant data about our doxastic lives by appeal to beliefs about probabilities. It also doesn't address the view that while credences exist and are distinct from beliefs, beliefs about probabilities suffice to account for the relevant data.
While I have independent reservations for these views, it's worth noting them nonetheless. The belief/credence part of the video was mainly an exercise in warming listeners up to talk of credences so they would be more receptive to the rest of the video. It's a necessary preamble to the main event: Bayes' Theorem. I grant that a proper defense of belief-credence dualism — and a proper defense of the overly-basic motivations I sketched at the ten-minute mark — would need to contend with these alternative proposals!
CORRECTIONS
(1) At 52:55, I meant to say that the SECOND claim entails the FIRST while the FIRST does not entail the SECOND. Oops!
(2) Thankfully, the audio improves at 28:32! Remind me to never record a solo presentation using Zoom…
(3) Here's an important clarification about the roommate/magical marker example given around 2:07:00. In the video, I was not clear about the content of the hypotheses in question and how this affects their likelihoods and priors. Here is how I should have spelled out the example.
Consider two hypotheses:
H1: My friend wrote on my board
H2: My marker by itself wrote on my board
The data is:
D: "Don't forget to take out the trash!" is written on my board
Now, H1 renders D quite surprising, given that my friend knows all about my diligent habits of taking out the trash, etc. If H1 is true, he would most likely have written something on the board then erased it (since he knows I don't like him touching my board, etc.). And even if he didn't erase it, it would be very odd for him to write this given that he knows I'm super diligent about the trash.
But H2 renders D far, far more surprising. Of all the possible things the marker could conceivably have written on the board by magically floating upwards etc., only an absurdly small fraction are even coherent, let alone English words strung together to compose an intelligible, grammatical, contextually relevant English sentence.
Of course, H1 has higher prior than H2. But the point made in the video stands, since the likelihood of H1 (i.e., P(D|H1)) is very low, but it's still much greater than the likelihood of H2 (i.e., P(D|H2)), and hence data can still be evidence for a hypothesis even though the data is very surprising on that hypothesis.
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(3) Videos from Dr. Ben Page (@thinkingillustrated5281): (i) youtube.com/watch?v=RNQeOJoeiW0 , (ii) youtube.com/watch?v=4zlaFnYqGYo
(4) Page's article on the Bayesian Bar: https://www.academia.edu/41820082/Introducing_Bayesianism_Through_The_Bayesian_Bar
(5) Over 100 Arguments for God ANSWERED: youtu.be/iP0Mh42jvV4
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