Majesty of Reason | Fine-Tuning, Cosmic Purpose, and Psychophysical Harmony | Dr. Philip Goff @MajestyofReason | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 minutes ago.
Is there purpose behind the universe? Philip Goff joins me to explain why he thinks the answer is yes. We cover fine-tuning, psychophysical harmony, and more.

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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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