Walden Pod

Feb 20 2025 96 ep. 44 mins 238
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Walden Pod is a philosophy and science podcast with an emphasis on the philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. Hosted by Emerson Green of the Counter Apologetics Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417) and the Emerson Green YouTube Channel. (https://www.youtube.com/c/emersongreen)

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81 - Philip Goff, Re-Animator

Feb 20 2025 71 mins  
Explore zombieland with Philip Goff and I as we discuss type-b physicalism, the link between conceivability and possibility, Goff’s differences with David Chalmers, and much else related to the conceivability argument against materialism. First Zombie Argument Video Support the podcast Linktree

80 - You Are A Soul w/ Ralph Stefan Weir

Feb 10 2025 216 mins  
Ralph Stefan Weir joins me to discuss his book, The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics: An Argument from Consciousness to Mental Substance. We talk about the myth of the interaction problem, the connection between theism and the soul, the implausibility of property dualism, substance dualism in Eastern thought, the causal closure argument and energy conservation, a posteriori necess

Atheism & materialism are not the same thing

Dec 20 2024 8 mins  
I am once again begging apologists to stop treating atheism and materialism as interchangeable concepts. It's intellectual laziness at best and dishonesty at worst. This was originally a short video posted on my youtube channel. Linktree

79 - The Hidden Mind: For Privacy and Against Illusionism

Dec 12 2024 62 mins  
Today, we explore the privacy of consciousness, a feature of the mind rejected by qualia antirealists. (summary of the arguments begins at 43:45) A few of the papers and books referenced: Is Mental Privacy Defensible? Jaffer Ahmed Explaining Mental Privacy - Colin McGinn Other minds are neither seen nor inferred - Mason Westfall Understanding Knowledge - Michael Huemer I

78 - Ghosts? Yeah, why not. Ghosts.

Dec 01 2024 26 mins  
Today we discuss three skeptical arguments from Wang Chong, a first-century Chinese philosopher who railed against the belief in ghosts. Although the skeptics who initially presented these arguments to me seemed to think they were decisive, I was unimpressed and wanted to explain why I think they miss the center of the spectral target. As summarized on Wang’s IEP entry: (1) A

77 - The Knowledge Argument Against Physicalism - A New Angle

Nov 10 2024 23 mins  
Today we discuss Mary the color scientist, her cousin Fred, and a colorblind Norwegian neuroscientist. Specifically, we talk about why Philip Goff thinks "phenomenal curiosity" threatens the ability hypothesis and the phenomenal concept strategy, ruling out moderate forms of physicalism. Curiosity and the Knowledge Argument - Philip Goff Linktree

76 - Philip Goff's Conversion to Christianity

Oct 09 2024 54 mins  
We discuss Philip Goff’s conversion, the online reaction to it, and what his “heretical Christianity” involves. Is he a real Christian? What does he think about the resurrection, the ascension, the miracles of Christ, the virgin birth, the trinity, inerrantism, the atonement, and God’s nature? Amos Wollen - Conversion Review: Christianity gains a new smart person Randal

75 - Why panpsychism is counterintuitive

Sep 06 2024 24 mins  
I give three reasons why panpsychism typically strikes us as counterintuitive, and why we shouldn't credit our innate bias against it. David Papineau: Physicalists who find panpsychism counterintuitive haven’t truly freed themselves from dualist thinking Jonathan Birch on overconfidence about sentience This episode was available early to supporters at patreon.com/waldenpod

74 - Return of the Zombies: Phenomenal Transparency

Aug 12 2024 22 mins  
Today we continue our exploration of the conceivability argument, covering the best response in the physicalist arsenal, and why it doesn't help physicalists escape the hoard of zombies in the end. Linktree

73 - Zombie Argument Against Physicalism

Aug 08 2024 40 mins  
Today we discuss David Chalmers' conceivability argument against physicalism: the zombie argument. Linktree