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Closer to Truth Season 18 Episodes
Season 18 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
The Multiverse: What's Real?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
What could be more startling than many universes - multiple universes, innumerable universes, perhaps an infinite number of universes? But does the multiverse really exist?
Episode 2
Critical Realism in Science & Theology
Fri, May 22, 2026
What's the world as it really is? Not filtered, not represented, not interpreted. Bedrock reality. Meaning and purpose, if any, depends on it. But can we know if what we perceive is bedrock reality?
Episode 3
Why Consonance in Science and Theology?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
The relationship between science and theology has easy conflicts and hard harmonies. Is consonance possible? What is consonance in science and religion that we should quest for it?
Episode 4
Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
What causes consciousness? Our inner sense of awareness is at once most mundane and most bizarre. No explanation makes sense. Here are three novel candidates for explaining consciousness.
Episode 5
Cosmology and Creation
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
To most physicists, mindless laws generated the universe. A few believe that a supreme being is the creator. But don't the discoveries of cosmology eliminate the need for supernatural causes?
Episode 6
What is Philosophy of Biology?
Fri, May 22, 2026
Biology has big questions. What is life, language, race, gender, morality, wisdom, religion, extraterrestrial intelligence? A new field of inquiry seeks underlying structure and coherence.
Episode 7
Epistemology: How Do I Know?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
How can we have confidence in what we know or believe? What is knowledge? What is belief? How is belief justified? And is justified belief knowledge? How can we not doubt everything?
Episode 8
What is Analytic Theology?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
Can the analytic enrich the theological, sharpening distinctions of doctrine? Can deep questions about God be addressed with methods and practices that are precise and rigorous?
Episode 9
Being in the World- A Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
Hubert Dreyfus, renowned philosopher of phenomenology, died in 2017. A few years earlier, we discussed consciousness, AI, God, creation, religion, body and soul, existence, and meaning of life.
Episode 10
If God, What's Evolution?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
If God does not exist, evolution is a full explanation of human origins, without deep meaning or purpose. But if God does exist, what is evolution and how did it happen? Here are possibilities.
Episode 11
What is Extended Mind?
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
How does the mind work? It's not obvious. Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? What is extended mind? What is embodied mind?
Episode 12
God's Sovereignty: A Tribute to Hugh McCann
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
Hugh McCann, philosopher of action and advocate of God's absolute sovereignty, died in 2016. A few years earlier, we discussed God's radical, maximal nature.
Episode 13
Challenges of Analytic Theology
Fri, May 22, 202626 mins
Is analytic theology for the better, clarifying beliefs? Or for the worse, undermining faith? How does it compare with philosophy of religion, biblical studies and exegesis, and systematic theology?
