The Ultimist

JD Walters

The Ultimist features interviews with emerging scholars producing cutting-edge research on topics of ultimate concern

Episodes

  1. 06/18/2019

    Sabrina Little on Admiration and Moral Exemplars

    On this episode I talk with PhD student Sabrina Little about her work on the role of moral exemplars and admiration in character formation. We also talk about animal ethics, classical education and much more! Sabrina Little on Twitter Academia.edu page

    58 min

  2. 02/03/2019

    Hilary Yancey on Hylomorphism and Medical Ethics

    On this episode I talk with doctoral student and author Hilary Yancey about her dissertation on hylomorphism-the thesis that material objects are most fundamentally compounds of matter and form-and how it illuminates the problem of what relationship our bodies' parts have to us. We also get into some issues in metaphysics, medical ethics, near death experiences and Robocop! Hilary Yancey's website

    1h 3m

  3. 03/27/2018

    Brandon Rickabaugh on Substance Dualism and Bodily Souls

    On this episode I walk with Brandon Rickabaugh, a doctoral student at Baylor University, about the intersection of philosophy and spiritual formation, and then about substance dualism, hylomorphism and the 'bodily soul' view of the mind-body problem.  Brandon's website (see especially his papers "Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls: A Critique of Christian Physicalism" and "What Does it Mean to Be a Bodily Soul?")

    1h 10m

  4. 03/10/2018

    Calum Miller on theism as a simple hypothesis

    On this episode I talk to Calum Miller, a medical practitioner who has also completed graduate work in philosophy and biblical studies, on Bayesian reasoning and whether theism is a simple hypothesis. Calum's website Is theism a simple hypothesis? The simplicity of omni-properties (the paper we discussed)

    56 min

  5. 02/19/2018

    Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness

    On this episode I talk to Liz Jackson, a PhD student at the University of Notre Dame, about Pascal's famous wager on believing in God and how it might apply to John Schellenberg's famous argument from divine hiddenness against the existence of God. Liz Jackson's Website (includes a link to the paper we discussed) Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Pascal's Wager

    45 min

  6. 01/15/2018

    Josh Parikh on the Moral Arena

    On this episode I talk with Josh Parikh, a recent graduate of Oxford University, about the thesis he wrote on a new version of the moral argument for God's existence that widens our lens from the isolated existence of objective moral values to the entire moral arena in which we perceive and act according to our understanding of right and wrong.    Josh's appearances on the Unbelievable? podcast: Does the problem of evil presuppose God? Debating the "Cosmic Dice" video with Alex O'Connor   Some of Josh's pieces online: Why is God hidden? Why it's time to start talking about sex robots Could a robot have moral status? Effective Altruism and the Christian (with Randal Rauser)

    59 min

  7. 01/02/2018

    Steven Nemes on Universalism and Theological Method

    On the inaugural episode I talk with Steven Nemes, a new PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary, about his work on universalism and theological method. We discuss two paradigmatic objections to universalism and think about the authority of Scripture in the context of church tradition. Steven Nemes' Webpage  Academia profile

    59 min
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The Ultimist features interviews with emerging scholars producing cutting-edge research on topics of ultimate concern

Information

  • Creator
    JD Walters
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © JD Walters
  • Show Website
    The Ultimist