Podcast · 56 episodes
Within Reason, page 3
by Alex J O'Connor · English
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.
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#118 Joe Folley - Everything You Need to Know About LogicThe episode explains what “logic” is in philosophy, contrasts logical monism vs logical pluralism (“one true logic” vs “logic as tools”), and walks through core concepts like validity vs soundness,…24 Aug 2025 · 1 h 33 min · 32 chapters
#117 Dan McClellan - The Bible Has More Than One GodDan McClellan argues that the Hebrew Bible reflects a divine council and multiple “gods/godlike beings,” with Yahweh presiding, and that later Christian monotheism frameworks (including Trinity…17 Aug 2025 · 1 h 29 min · 24 chapters
#116 Peter Godfrey Smith - Animal Consciousness: What Can We Know?Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses animal consciousness and the evolution of nervous systems and brains, arguing that “nervous system” and “brain” are not clean categories and that consciousness can be…10 Aug 2025 · 1 h 56 min · 30 chapters
#115 Phil Halper & Niayesh Afshordi - What Came Before The Big Bang?The episode debates what “the Big Bang” means and whether it was the beginning of time.4 Aug 2025 · 2 h · 52 chapters
#114 Simon Blackburn - What is Ethical Emotivism?Simon Blackburn explains ethical emotivism (and related “quasi-realism”): how moral language works without treating ethics as describing non-natural properties.28 Jul 2025 · 1 h 22 min · 26 chapters
#113 Sabine Hossenfelder - Superdeterminism: Why Are Physicists Scared of It?Sabine Hossenfelder discusses “existential physics” themes (free will, consciousness, God, qualia) and then focuses on a physics controversy: superdeterminism—why many physicists avoid it.21 Jul 2025 · 1 h 1 min · 21 chapters
#112 Rick Alan Ross - Do Cult Leaders Believe Their Own Lies?The episode argues that “cult” is not just a synonym for “religion,” and proposes a definition of destructive cults centered on an all-powerful, worshipped charismatic leader plus…13 Jul 2025 · 1 h 55 min · 35 chapters
#111 Helen Bond - The Forgotten Female Disciples of JesusThe episode argues that early Christianity included far more female disciples and leaders than later tradition suggests, focusing on sparse New Testament references and how they were interpreted.6 Jul 2025 · 1 h 25 min · 27 chapters