Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor
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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.

  1. 16 FEB

    #143 Hinduism, Consciousness and Advaita Vedanta - Swami Sarvapriyananda

    Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase). Come to my UK tour: https://www.livenation.co.uk/alex-o-connor-tickets-adp1641612. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. - Swami Sarvapriyananda is a Hindu monk belonging to the Ramakrishna Order. He is the current resident Swami and Minister in Charge, of the Vedanta Society of New York. - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Tour 00:32 – An Intro to Hinduism and Advaita Vedanta 14:31 – What Are the Upanishads 22:08 – Where Do the Vedas (Scripture) Come From? 29:02 – What Does “Upanishad” Mean? 34:36 – What Do the Upanishads Teach Us? 47:07 – What Is Brahman, or Ultimate Existence? 1:02:52 – What Is the True Nature of Consciousness? 1:08:15 – Non-Dualism in Advaita Vedanta 1:18:34 – Why Isn’t There Just One Big Consciousness? 1:29:06 – What Is the Self? 1:36:30 – Are Brahman and Atman the Same Thing? 1:45:25 – What Does ‘God’ Mean in Hinduism? 1:49:07 – Does Hinduism Believe Other Religions Are Incorrect?

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  2. 8 FEB

    Atheist Slogans You Should Stop Using - Joe Schmid

    Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. Get tickets to my UK tour here. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack. Joe Schmid is a PhD student in philosophy at Princeton University and creator of the Majesty of Reason YouTube channel. He graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Purdue University in 2022. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of time, and the author of books including "Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs". Felipe Leon’s 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Tour 00:32 – Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence 07:50 – There Is No Evidence for God 25:27 – Who Created God? 49:44 – Science Flies You to the Moon, Religion Flies You into Buildings 01:02:33 – Your Location Determines Your Religion 01:28:33 – Claims Are Not Evidence 01:32:50 – You Can’t Prove a Negative 01:38:35 – What Can Be Asserted Without Evidence Can Be Dismissed Without Evidence 01:43:51 – Faith Is Belief Without Evidence 01:54:59 – Religion Makes Good People Do Bad Things 01:55:32 – Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence 01:56:31 – Theism Is Unfalsifiable 02:01:03 – Science Books Would Come Back, Religions Would Not 02:12:58 – Evolution Disproves God

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  3. 3 FEB

    #141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars

    Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase). Come to my tour in February: https://www.livenation.co.uk/alex-o-connor-tickets-adp1641612. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. - VIDEO NOTES John Sellars is a Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford. His books include Lessons in Stoicism, The Fourfold Remedy, Aristotle and his work has been translated into over a dozen languages. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Tour 00:32 – Did Socrates Found Stoicism? 08:03 – The Three Eras of Stoicism 17:50 – Stoic Logic 26:19 – Empiricism: How the Stoics Got Knowledge 34:33 – Materialism: Only Physical Things Exist 43:00 – How Reason Fundamentally Animates the Universe 48:43 – Did the Stoics Believe in God? 59:37 – Do the Stoics Contradict Themselves? 01:08:17 – Stoic Ethics 01:24:24 – How Did the Stoics Deal With Evil? 01:36:32 – Can You Choose Your Outcome If Everything Is Determined?

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  4. 26 JAN

    #140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation

    Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. Come to my UK tour: https://www.livenation.co.uk/alex-o-connor-tickets-adp1641612. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. Sean Michael Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Tour 0:32 – Can Science Alone Explain the Universe? 6:08 – The Principle of Sufficient Reason 10:07 – What Are the Laws of Physics? 18:22 – The Fine-Tuning Argument 32:39 – Does the Multiverse Undermine Morality? 36:29 – Free Will and the Multiverse 42:24 – What Is Emergence? 56:21 – What “Stuff” Do Materialists Believe In? 1:02:41 – How Does Consciousness Work on Materialism? 1:17:31 – What Could Move Sean Away from Materialism?

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  5. 18 JAN

    #139 David Bentley Hart - All Things Are Full of Gods

    Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor - https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase). Come to my tour in February, click here for tickets. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro 0:32 – Are All Things Full of Gods? 8:51 – Subjectivity and the Scientific Third Person 18:56 – What is the Materialistic Worldview? 28:45 – Consciousness of the Gaps? 38:21 – What’s Wrong with Emergence? 1:00:18 – Why Panpsychism is False 1:10:25 – Is There a Fundamental Unit of Consciousness? 1:23:08 – Why Are There Individual Selves? 1:27:43 – What’s Special About the Brain? 1:40:35 – Where Does the Self Go After Death?

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  6. 11 JAN

    #138 Rhett McLaughlin - How to Save Christianity From Christians

    Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $75 purchase). For tickets to my UK tour, click here. -- Rhett McLaughlin is a comedian best known for creating the internet’s most-watched daily talk show, Good Mythical Morning‬, alongside Link Neal. The pair also host a weekly podcast, ‪Ear Biscuits‬. -- Timestamps: 0:00 – Tour 0:32 – Did Rhett Break Christianity on Easter Sunday? 6:15 – What About Christianity Needs Rethinking? 12:16 – Christians Should Embrace Faith 23:39 – Christians Should Stop Relying on Evidence 37:01 – Christians Should Stop Relying on Philosophy 49:05 – Christians Should Embrace Truth 55:15 – Why Do Christians Resist Evolution? 1:02:55 – Are Alex and Rhett About to Convert to Christianity? 1:07:49 – Christians Should Embrace Jesus 1:34:30 – Rhett’s New Channel

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  7. 4 JAN

    #137 Debunking Arguments for God - Graham Oppy

    Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University. An Australian philosopher of religion, he is often considered one of the most thoughtful and important academic atheists in the world. Buy his book, Arguing About Gods, here. Timestamps: 00:00 - Tour 00:31 - The First Cause Argument 14:14 - Can There be an Infinite Regress? 30:46 - The Modal Fatalism Objection 36:08 - The Kalam Cosmological Argument 51:12 - The Fine Tuning Argument 1:06:15 - The Multiverse 1:10:01 - Are the Constants of the Universe Just Necessary?1:15:37 - Was the Hole Designed for the Puddle? 1:20:20 - Anselm’s Ontological Argument 1:33:59 - The Modal Ontological Argument 1:38:23 - Closing

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  8. 26/12/2025

    #136 Why Did The World Get So Ugly? - Alain de Botton

    Get tickets for my UK tour here. Alain de Botton is the creator of The School of Life. A Swiss-born British author and public speaker, his books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasising philosophy's relevance to everyday life.

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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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  • Kreator
    Alex J O'Connor
  • Tahun Aktif
    2019 - 2026
  • Episode
    139
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    © Alex J O'Connor
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    Within Reason

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