Reason and God | Joshua Rasmussen | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #10

🔍 Overview: In this episode, Joshua Rasmussen and Sam explore how logic and reason grant access to fundamental reality, and then examine what that fundamental reality could be.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: How can Reason and Logic enable us to learn about fundamental reality?
[Highlight 2]: How do Independence, Necessity and Ultimacy remain separate but yet intertwine?
[Highlight 3]: How can Evil exist if the Foundation of Everything is Perfect?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
3:15 - Truth and Treasure
8:57 - Something Rather Than Nothing (The Blob of Everything)
20:02 - Semantic Rumblings
26:45 - Independence (Beam 1)
38:23 - Necessity (Beam 2)
42:16 - Ultimacy (Beam 3) and The Principle of Actuality
46:14 - Objections (in passing)
48:45 - The Logic of Possibility (in passing)
51:30 - Eternal Power
54:18 - Foundational Simplicity vs Felt Complexity
1:00:06 - Mind
1:12:06 - Mind, Matter, Morals and Math(s)
1:17:30 - Morals
1:25:24 - Matter
1:28:26 - Math(s)
1:35:11 - The Perfect Foundation
1:40:38 - The Problem of Evil (Clip)
1:51:27 - Closing Remarks

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How Reason Can Lead to God: A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith by Joshua Rasmussen: https://amzn.to/4bvdnk8
Who Are You, Really? A Philosopher's Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Persons by Joshua Rasmussen: https://amzn.to/48XXxNG
Mind, Consciousness and Fundamentality | Joshua Rasmussen | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #1: https://youtu.be/oOB3aP3_saE

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