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In this new series, I want to talk about Simulation Theology (Sim Theology) and some of the big questions it asks.
In this first video, I'll talk about what simulation theology is and how it is an interesting (and unique) branch of theology. From here we will move into topics like Simulation Estachology and more.
#christianity #philosophy #god #theology
In this new series, I want to talk about Simulation Theology (Sim Theology) and some of the big questions it asks.
In this first video, I'll talk about what simulation theology is and how it is an interesting (and unique) branch of theology. From here we will move into topics like Simulation Estachology and more.
#christianity #philosophy #god #theology


![8 Critiques of Verificationism and Logical Positivism
#philosophy #philosophyofreligion #philosophyofscience #theology #apologetics #science
In this video, Ill talk about 8 big issues with Verificationism and Logical Positivism that eventually led to their demise in philosophy.
References:
[1] A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Courier Corporation, 1952.
[2] O. Hanfling, “Logical Positivism,” in Routledge History of Philosophy Volume IX, Routledge, 1997.
[3] J. A. Passmore, “Logical Positivism,” Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 129–153, 1944, doi: 10.1080/00048404408541199.
[4] S. Blackburn, “Verification Principle,” The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. OUP Oxford, p. 420, Aug. 21, 2008.
[5] Britannica The Editors of Encyclopaedia., “Verifiability Principle,” Encyclopedia Britannica. Apr. 26, 2016. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.britannica.com/topic/verifiability-principle
[6] J. D. Hunter, Democracy and Solidarity: on the cultural roots of america’s political crisis. in Politics and culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024.
[7] A. MacIntyre, After Virtue. A&C Black, 2013.
[8] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[9] H. Leitgeb and A. Carus, “Rudolf Carnap,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2024., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2024. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2024/entries/carnap/
[10] R. Carnap, The Logical Syntax of Language. Open Court Publishing, 2002.
[11] W. van Orman Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” in Can Theories be Refuted? Essays on the Duhem-Quine Thesis, S. G. Harding, Ed., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1976, pp. 41–64. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1863-0_2.
[12] L. Henderson, “The Problem of Induction,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Winter 2022., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022. Accessed: Sep. 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/induction-problem/
[13] D. Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning Into Moral Subjects, and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, vol. 1. Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878.
[14] W. Pietsch, On the Epistemology of Data Science: Conceptual Tools for a New Inductivism. Springer Nature, 2021.
[15] K. R. Popper, Conjectures and refutations: the growth of scientific knowledge, Repr. in Routledge Classics. London: Routledge, 2007.
[16] R. Carnap, “Testability and Meaning,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 419–471, Oct. 1936, doi: 10.1086/286432.
[17] H. Andreas, “Theoretical Terms in Science,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2021., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2021. Accessed: Sep. 10, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entriesheoretical-terms-science/ 8 Critiques of Verificationism and Logical Positivism](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E-ZHi8_ufFQ/mqdefault.jpg)

![Can Science Explain Anything?
#science #theology #philosophy #philosophyofreligion #philosophyofscience #gravity #newton #issacnewton #history #historyofscience
In this video, Ill explore whether science, properly understood, has any explanatory power at all.
References:
[1] J. C. Lennox, _Can Science Explain Everything?_ Good Book Company, 2019.
[2] J. C. Lennox, _God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?_ Lion Hudson plc, 2011.
[3] J. Drake, _Introduction to Logic_. Scientific e-Resources, 2018.
[4] M. Stokes, _How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland): Why Many Skeptics Aren’t Skeptical Enough_. Crossway, 2016.
[5] I. Newton, _Newton’s Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy_. D. Adee, 1848.
[6] S. Hawking and L. Mlodinow, _The Grand Design_. Random House Publishing Group, 2010.
[7] A. Chakravartty, “Scientific Realism,” in _The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy_, Summer 2017., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2017. Accessed: Sep. 03, 2024. [Online]. Available: [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/scientific-realism/](https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/scientific-realism/)
[8] S. Hawking, _A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes_. Random House, 2009.
[9] L. Wittgenstein, _Philosophical Investigations_. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. Can Science Explain Anything?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H7im9l2UYA8/mqdefault.jpg)

![Why is there something rather than nothing?
#philosophy #theology #christianity #god #apologetics #leibniz #theism #reasoning #reason #catholic #islam
In this video, Ill talk about Gottfried Leibniz and Thomas Aquinas ideas around why something exists
References:
[1] G. W. Leibniz, “The Principles of Nature and of Grace, Based on Reason,” in Philosophical Papers and Letters, G. W. Leibniz and L. E. Loemker, Eds., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989, pp. 636–642. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1426-7_67.
[2] G. W. Leibniz, “The Ultimate Origin of Things,” 1697.
[3] T. Aquinas, Summa Theologica. R. & T. Washbourne, 1922.
[4] (Quoted in) D. C. Lindberg and R. L. Numbers, God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science. Univ of California Press, 2023. Why is there something rather than nothing?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IdgRuVJ_gKo/mqdefault.jpg)
![My 3 Intellectual Reasons for Not Believing in God
#god #christianity #philosophy
In this video, I want to talk about my top 3 reasons for why I did not believe in God when I was a skeptic (and why these reasons were, for me, built on dubious assumptions)
References:
[1] David Wootton - The Fear of God in Early Modern Political Theory (1983)
[2] David Wootton - Humes ‘Of Miracles’: Probability and Irreligion (1990)
[3] John Earman - Hume’s Abject Failure (2000)
[4] Alasdair MacIntyre - After Virtue (1981)
[5] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/
[6] G. E. M. Anscombe - Modern Moral Philosophy (1958)
[7] C. S. Lewis - Miracles (1947)
[8] Alvin Plantinga - Where the Conflict Really Lies (2012)
[9] Charles Taylor - A Secular Age (2007) My 3 Intellectual Reasons for Not Believing in God](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IuTzSvIBScA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Pseudoskepticism (Bogus Skepticism)
In this video, Ill explain some of the issues around pseudoskepticism and why many skeptics or former skeptics have issues with mainstream skepticism as a social identity.
References:
[1] Truzzi - Zetetic Ruminations on Skepticism and Anomalies in Science (1987)
[2] Quite and Ullian - Web of Belief (1978)
[3] Bond - Why I Am No Longer a Skeptic
[4] Weinberg - Against Philosophy
[5] Hyslop - The Bias of Skepticism (1909)
#skeptic #skepticism Pseudoskepticism (Bogus Skepticism)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jbtg5dQr-zw/mqdefault.jpg)

