Walden Pod

Oct 09 2024 92 ep. 42 mins 236
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Walden Pod is a philosophy, science, and culture podcast hosted by Emerson Green (Counter Apologetics Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417) ).

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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

72 - The Core Theory vs. Strong Emergence

May 29 2024 25 mins  
The core theory, weak and strong emergence, micro-reductionism, and Sean Carroll’s skeptical argument against everything. Is Dr. Carroll correct in holding that physics has ruled out the afterlife, the soul, fundamental consciousness, parapsychology, and other immaterialist claims? Linktree Sean Carroll speaking to the Freedom From Religion Foundation https://youtu.be/40eiycH

AMA

Nov 18 2023 202 mins  
I recently asked for your questions, and I posted my responses on YouTube here. We touch on compatibilism, NDEs, aliens, euthanasia, abortion, death anxiety as an atheist, idealism, incest, Islam, Mormonism, subjectivism, psychophysical harmony, and more. (For those listening via podcast, I left the introduction in to preserve the timestamps for those who want to skip around to dif

71 - Against Epiphenomenalism

Oct 25 2023 41 mins  
Epiphenomenalism is the view that mental states have no effect on anything. The feeling of pain, counterintuitively, does not cause your aversion, mentally or physically. Beliefs don’t cause behavior. None of our actions occur in virtue of our thoughts, feelings, or sensations. Inspired by Matthew Adelstein’s post defending epiphenomenalism, I want to explain my opposition to

What is consciousness, anyway? (Appearance on Shannon Q)

Oct 18 2023 96 mins  
Here's my interview on Shannon Q's YouTube channel where we discuss dualism, panpsychism, personal identity, and other topics in the philosophy of mind! Linktree

70 - Substance Dualism w/ Michael Huemer

Aug 27 2023 98 mins  
Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to defend interactionist substance dualism, the view that the mind and body are composed of different substances and can exert causal influence over each other. Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy Linktree

69 - Alien Apologetics w/ Jimmy Akin

Aug 18 2023 141 mins  
Wouldn’t aliens manage to avoid crashing their ships, given how advanced they’d have to be? Aren’t the distances between life-supporting planets too vast to feasibly travel? If figures in the government actually knew something, wouldn’t a cover-up involve too many people to keep the secret for long? I’m joined by Jimmy Akin to answer ten common objections to UFO phenome