Within Reason

Within Reason

For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
#101 Brian Greene - String Theory, Fine Tuning, and Divine Design

#101 Brian Greene - String Theory, Fine Tuning, and Divine Design

Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, director of its centre for theoretical physics, and the chairman of the World Science Festival. He is best known for his work on string theory, especially in his book “ The Elegant Universe ”, which turns 25 this year.

2 apr. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 20 دقائق 28 ثانية

 
#100 Philosopher Shootout - 16 Thinkers, Ranked (With Joe Folley)

#100 Philosopher Shootout - 16 Thinkers, Ranked (With Joe Folley)

For episode 100 of Within Reason, I'm joined by Joe Folley, from the YouTube Channel "Unsolicited Advice" , to tackle a completely arbitrary and ridiculous tournament of thinkers, each of whom are to some degree relevant to the show. Joe graduated from Cambridge University with an MPhil in Philosophy, specialising in logic, in 2023.

23 mars 2025 - 03 دقيقة 08 دقائق 46 ثانية

 
#99 Penn Badgley - My Religious Conflicts With Playing a Killer

#99 Penn Badgley - My Religious Conflicts With Playing a Killer

Penn Badgley is an actor best known for his roles in Netflix’s You and the popular drama series Gossip Girl. He is less known as a podcaster and member of the Baháʼí Faith, a religion which teaches that there is a historical unity between major world religions and their prophets, having itself developed out of a branch of Twelver Shia Islam in the 19th century.

17 mars 2025 - 01 دقيقة 56 دقائق 26 ثانية

 
#98 Jacob Hansen - A Mormon Explains Mormonism

#98 Jacob Hansen - A Mormon Explains Mormonism

Jacob Hansen is a Mormon YouTuber at the channel Thoughtful Faith .

10 mars 2025 - 02 دقيقة 21 دقائق 53 ثانية

 
#97 Kipp Davis - What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

#97 Kipp Davis - What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Kipp Davis ( ‪@DrKippDavis‬ ) is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway, where he specialises in the assignment and reconstruction of fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls and their interpretation. (Google Books) The Dead Sea Scrolls are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE, the Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest surviving manuscripts of entire books later included in the biblical canons, including deuterocanonical manuscripts from late Second Temple Judaism and extrabiblical books. At the same time, they cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and of Rabbinic Judaism. (Wikipedia)

2 mars 2025 - 02 دقيقة 15 دقائق 06 ثانية

 
#96 Music, Mormonism, and Peter Hitchens - 1.25m Subsrciber Q&A

#96 Music, Mormonism, and Peter Hitchens - 1.25m Subsrciber Q&A

A Q to celebrate hitting 1.25 million subscribers on YouTube.

1 mars 2025 - 01 دقيقة 01 دقائق 46 ثانية

 
#95 James McGrath: John the Baptist, the Bible's Most Mysterious Man

#95 James McGrath: John the Baptist, the Bible's Most Mysterious Man

James Frank McGrath is the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. He is the author of two books on John the Baptist: "John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptiser" , and "Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist" .

31 jan. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 23 دقائق 47 ثانية

 
#94 Dan McClellan - What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?

#94 Dan McClellan - What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?

Dan McClellan is an American public scholar of the Bible and religion. His forthcoming book, "The Bible Says So", is available here .

27 jan. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 19 دقائق 56 ثانية

 
#93 The Etymology Nerd - How Social Media is Transforming Our Language

#93 The Etymology Nerd - How Social Media is Transforming Our Language

Adam Aleksic is a linguist known online as "The Etymology Nerd". His educational videos are watched regularly by millions. His forthcoming book " Algospeak " is currently available for preorder.

21 jan. 2025 - 01 دقيقة 09 دقائق 39 ثانية

 
#92 Bart Ehrman - The Dark Side of Christmas

#92 Bart Ehrman - The Dark Side of Christmas

Bart Ehrman is a New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. Get Bart Ehrman's new course, The Dark Side of Christmas (affiliate link).

20 des. 2024 - 01 دقيقة 01 دقائق 16 ثانية