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Philosophy for the People

Patrick Flynn
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141 episodes

Philosophy for the People's mission is an educational program aimed at overcoming the paucity of serious, fair-minded, and accessible philosophical discourse available to a popular audience. Though we are ourselves dedicated to the Catholic intellectual tradition, we are likewise committed to exploring ideas from all rigorous traditions of philosophizing (scholastic, classical, analytic, and phenomenological). We pursue this mission by providing long-form guided readings of great texts, discussions with expert guests, our own open-ended philosophical discussions of issues and thinkers, live question and answer opportunities, in depth lecture courses, and our own articles and book-length writings. Philosophy for the People's pedagogical...

Episodes

My Dissertation on God: Divine Simplicity, Arguments for God, and More

about 17 hours ago

2h 1m


Is Hell Just? w/ Ethan Muse

Jul. 16

1h 55m


Why Thomism Still Matters w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Mar. 31

1h 5m


Aquinas's Five Ways Are Stronger Than You Think (w/ Dr. Rob Koons)

Jan. 13

1h 22m


Can Evolution Fit With Christianity? Dr. Tim Pawl Says Yes.

Nov. 25

1h 18m


Did the Church Change Her Mind on the Death Penalty? (Catholics Debate the Death Penalty)

Oct. 16

2h 12m


Does God Exist? Contingency, Beauty, and Evil | Dr. Mark Spencer

Aug. 21

58m


Bible Basics w/ John Derosa

Aug. 18

45m


John Henry Newman on Common Sense, Faith, and Epistemology | w/ Dr. Logan Paul Gage

Aug. 1

1h 4m


Philosophy and the Interpretation of Scripture w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Jul. 21

1h 4m


The Nature and Conditions of Knowledge w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Jul. 14

1h 5m


Establishing the Real Distinction w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Jul. 7

44m


Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? w/ Tomas Bogardus

Jul. 2

1h 30m


Analyzing (Some of) Jordan Peterson's Claims

Jun. 23

57m


Flynn & DeRosa Respond to Dr. Brett Weinstein on Creation & Evolution

Jun. 2

53m


1 philosopher everyone should read

May. 21

32m


talking arguments for God (w/ Mike Schramm)

May. 12

42m


The Philosophy of Freud (Part 1)

Jan. 13

50m


Our Favorite Philosophy Books of 2024 (Plus Live QnA)

Jan. 6

1h 5m


Divine Hiddenness and Dogmatic Authority w/ Fr. James Dominic Rooney

Dec. 10

55m


What Exactly Is a Brute Fact?

Dec. 9

12m


Boethius, the Good, and Philosophy as Therapy w/ Dr. Tom Ward

Oct. 28

1h 2m


Ratzinger's Notion of Person: a Thomistic Response w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Oct. 20

1h 20m


Thomistic Metaphysics: an Introduction w/ Dr. Michael Gorman

Oct. 2

1h 2m


Contingency, Grounding, and God w/ Dr. Kenneth Pearce

Sep. 20

1h 11m


How God Knows He's Not a Brain In a Vat w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Sep. 19

52m


Skeptical Theism w/ Dr. Perry Hendricks

Aug. 27

37m


The Best Arguments for God w/ Matthew Adelstein

Aug. 26

1h 57m


Existential Inertia and Thomistic Esse w/ Jack Boczar

Aug. 23

1h 3m


The NEW Philosophical Case for Theism w/ Dr. Joshua Sijuwade

Jul. 30

1h 25m


The Problem of Animal Suffering w/ Dr. Kyle Keltz

Jul. 3

1h 22m


Discussing Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund

May. 4

59m


Fr. Thomas Joseph White on the Existence of God and the Rationality of Religious Belief

Apr. 25

56m


Mathematical Objects Are Non-Physical (and You Are Too) w/ Dr. Selmer Bringsjord - Part 1

Mar. 28

25m


Classical Theism, Divine Simplicity, and Ultimate Explanation (replay from Classical Theism Podcast)

Mar. 4

1h 13m


The Problem of Divine Hiddenness | Is There Non-Resistant Non-Belief Belief? w/ Dr. Stephen Napier

Jan. 24

57m


Philosophy QnA w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Jan. 22

1h 10m


Substance Dualism w/ Dr. Stewart Goetz and Dr. Charles Taliaferro

Jan. 8

1h 6m


Scripture and Metaphysics (plus QnA) w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Dec. 29

1h 21m


Catholicism and the Problem of God w/ Dr. Mark Spencer

Dec. 12

56m


Is God the World's Soul? A Thomistic Critique of Panentheism w/ Fr. James Dominic Rooney

Dec. 5

1h 9m


The Logical Problem of Evil - Is It Dead or Alive?

Nov. 29

4m


A Brief History of the Problem of Evil w/ Dr. Jim Madden

Nov. 28

48m


The Value of Knowing: Myth or Reality? The Epistemic Value Question w/ Dr. Jonathan Fuqua

Nov. 24

47m


Read Philosophy Like a Pro: Simple Techniques for Deep Understanding

Nov. 20

21m


The Power of Why: What Philosophy Is and Why Do It

Nov. 16

6m


Unlocking Reality: Aristotle's 4 Causes Explained!

Nov. 9

6m


Mind Meets World: A Thomistic-Kantian Approach to Understanding Reality w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Nov. 6

58m


The Essence of Being: Philosophical Inquiries into Existence

Nov. 2

7m


Can We Rule Out Immortality?

Oct. 20

34m


The One Has the Many: A Synthesis of Aquinas, Scotus, and Palamas w/ Dr. Spencer and Fr. Kirby

Oct. 17

1h 14m


The Perennial Importance of Thomistic Philosophy

Oct. 16

31m


Philosopher Vs. ChatGPT: Respectful Debate on the Ontological Argument!

Oct. 7

1h 10m


Pt.3: Fresh Perspectives on The Mind-Brain Debate | Roundtable on Philosophy of Mind

Oct. 5

51m


Pt.2: Fresh Perspectives on The Mind-Brain Debate | Roundtable on Philosophy of Mind

Oct. 3

42m


Fresh Perspectives on The Mind-Brain Debate | Roundtable on Philosophy of Mind, Pt. 1.

Sep. 25

43m


Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition w/ Dr. Jim Jacobs

Sep. 21

57m


Phaedo by Plato | What Is It Really About?

Sep. 16

33m


Aquinas's Theory of the Atonement w/ Dr. John Joy

Sep. 6

53m


Discussing Religious Epistemology w/ Dr. Tyler McNabb

Aug. 30

30m


The Best Argument for God INTERVIEW REPLAY

Aug. 25

1h 11m


The Primordial Free Will Defense to The Logical Problem of Evil

Aug. 22

59m


It's Almost Here! (Major Book Announcement)

Aug. 14

14m


Dr. Brian Miller on Science and Natural Theology

Jul. 26

49m


The Feser-Lofton Tiff and the Case for Intellectual Populism

Jul. 26

47m


Thoughts on Joe Rogan, Stephen Meyer, and Intelligent Design

Jul. 18

54m


Can the Gospels Be Trusted? w/ Gary Michuta

Jul. 6

40m


Masculinity is NOT Toxic w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Jun. 27

1h 7m


The Trinity and Monotheism w/ Dr. Joshua Sijuwade

Jun. 22

1h 40m


When Protestants Argue Like Atheists w/ Trent Horn

Jun. 13

27m


Discussing the Fine-Tuning Argument w/ Luke Barnes

May. 31

1h 6m


A Philosophical Defense of the Incarnation w/ Dr. Tim Pawl

May. 24

58m


Are We Living In a Computer Simulation? w/ Parker Settecase

May. 19

1h 3m


The New Relativism w/ Karlo Broussard

May. 5

54m


Is Color In Things? w/ Dr. Brian Cutter

Apr. 13

59m


Classical Theism and the Problem of Evil w/ Dr. Jonathan Fuqua

Mar. 24

1h 26m


Can Reason Lead to God? w/ Dr. Joshua Rasmussen

Mar. 21

1h 45m


Defending Aquinas's De Ente Argument for God's Existence w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Mar. 7

1h 41m


Best Christian Apologetics Book?

Mar. 2

19m


How Philosophers Think About God | 9 Intriguing Approaches

Feb. 24

39m


Sex and Epistemology w/ Dr. Tomas Bogardus

Feb. 15

1h 23m


8 (or so) Responses to the Problem of Evil

Feb. 9

45m


Plato's Timaeus pt. 2 w/ Dr. Jim Madden

Feb. 1

44m


Thomism vs. Scotism w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr and Dr. Tom Ward

Jan. 24

1h 56m


The Papacy w/ Erick Ybarra

Jan. 19

1h 28m


Classical Theism, The Argument from Contingency, and Avoiding Necessitarianism w/ Dr. Kenny Pearce

Jan. 16

1h 44m


Can Naturalism Explain Moral Knowledge w/ Dr. Stephen Napier

Jan. 13

1h 11m


Thomistic Existentialism, Sense Realism, and Cosmological Reasoning w/ Dr. John Knasas

Jan. 7

1h 58m


A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence w/ Dr. Robert J. Marks

Jan. 6

1h 3m


Scotus's Way to God w/ Dr. Thomas Ward

Jan. 3

1h 28m


Re(Collapsing) the Modal Collapse Argument

Dec. 24

1h 16m


Evaluating the Computational Theory of Mind w/ Dr. Jim Madden

Dec. 23

46m


Mind and World: A Thomistic Perspective w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr

Dec. 22

1h 34m


Libertarian Freedom and Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. W. Matthews Grant

Dec. 19

1h 33m


Transcendental Arguments w/ Dr. Jim Madden

Dec. 16

1h 2m


The New Eliakim Argument for The Papacy w/ Suan Sonna

Dec. 14

52m


Aristotle's Philosophy of Religion

Dec. 9

48m


God and Political Authority w/ Dr. Tyler McNabb

Nov. 30

52m


Relations and Moral Normativity w/ Dr. Brian Kemple

Nov. 29

1h 7m


The Biblical Roots of Marian Consecration w/ Shane Kapler

Nov. 22

41m