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"If our thoughts are just the result of blind physical causes, there’s no reason to trust them as reliable guides to truth— which undermines naturalism itself."
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In this video, I respond to a popular form of atheism—naturalism—the belief that only the natural world exists and that everything, including human thought, can be explained by physical causes. I challenge this worldview by showing that if naturalism were true, it would ultimately undermine our ability to reason itself. Drawing on influential atheist thinkers like Hume, Marx, Russell, and Dawkins, I explore why the rejection of anything beyond nature leads to a self-defeating contradiction when it comes to rational thought.
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
"If our thoughts are just the result of blind physical causes, there’s no reason to trust them as reliable guides to truth— which undermines naturalism itself."
Support the channel by visiting: brianholdsworth.ca/help
In this video, I respond to a popular form of atheism—naturalism—the belief that only the natural world exists and that everything, including human thought, can be explained by physical causes. I challenge this worldview by showing that if naturalism were true, it would ultimately undermine our ability to reason itself. Drawing on influential atheist thinkers like Hume, Marx, Russell, and Dawkins, I explore why the rejection of anything beyond nature leads to a self-defeating contradiction when it comes to rational thought.
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
