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13 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Thu, Jun 6, 201327 mins
Is time the ultimate stage on which all events play? Some physicists and philosophers say no - time is an Illusion; time is not real. How can that be?
Episode 2
Sat, Jun 15, 201327 mins
To appreciate time is to touch the texture of reality. Does time differ from our common perceptions of it? Is time fixed or flexible?
Episode 3
Sat, Jun 22, 201327 mins
This is personal. Why should I want to believe in God? Is belief a circular path of self-deception? Or the shortest route to bedrock reality?
Episode 4
Sat, Jun 29, 201327 mins
Philosophers explore novel ideas of what God may be like. They challenge classical theism, the personal creator of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Episode 5
Mon, Jul 8, 201327 mins
Is our search for God too narrow? Why do some philosophers espouse Pantheism? Pantheism's claim is not shy; God is Everything and Everything is God.
Episode 6
Sat, Jul 13, 201327 mins
Everything we know, everything we think, comes from our brain. Are brains our window to reality, seeing what truly exists? Or are we bound by brains, mental slaves of the meat in our heads?
Episode 7
Sat, Jul 20, 201327 mins
Do stars and spaces go on forever? Do the numbers of galaxies, and even of universes, have no end? Here's how infinity enriches appreciation of reality.
Episode 8
Sat, Jul 27, 201327 mins
Does God exist in time, experiencing time's flow? Or is God eternal, existing outside of time, creating time? These questions help assess God's existence and discern God's essence.
Episode 9
Sat, Aug 3, 201327 mins
Free will seems obvious, simple, common; but it's subtle, profound, maddening, Free will probes the deep nature of human existence. But big questions have big problems.
Episode 10
Sat, Aug 10, 201327 mins
Some philosophers and scientists claim that because every event is determined by prior events, including every event in our brains, free will is not real. What are the arguments, the evidence?
Episode 11
Sat, Aug 17, 201327 mins
Judaism, Christianity and Islam each proclaim a resurrection of the dead, a bodily reconstruction of all people from all time. How would it work? Does it make sense?
Episode 12
Sat, Aug 24, 201327 mins
What kind of God would create hell? Does the truth of Christianity, Judaism and Islam depend on the reality of Hell? Does the nature of Hell offer Insight into what that God would be like?
Episode 13
Sat, Aug 31, 201327 mins
Consciousness is what mental activity feels like, the private inner experience of sensation, thought and emotion. Consciousness is like nothing else.