
Philosophy for the People
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