All episodes of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot

Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot

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Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot

Published 12/18/11

090: Toby Ord - Dealing with Moral Uncertainty

What do you do if you don't know which moral theory is correct?

Published 12/18/11

089: John Shook – Dewey, Quine, and Some Varieties of Naturalism

John and I discuss a variety of naturalistic perspectives.

Published 09/14/11

088: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Becoming a Rationalist

Eliezer explains his journey from traditional rationality to BayesCraft.

Published 02/06/11

087: Nick Beckstead - Morality and Global Catastrophic Risks

Nick Beckstead explains the moral issues involved in catastrophic risks.

Published 01/30/11

086: Peter Rollins - The Role of Atheism in Christianity

Peter Rollins explains the role of doubt and disbelief in Christian practice.

Published 01/23/11

085: Marcel Brass - The Neuroscience of Free Will

Marcel Brass explains some of the latest research on intentional action on free will.

Published 01/16/11

084: Eddie Tabash - Engaging Religion in Politics and Debate

Eddie Tabash explains the importance of engaging religion in politics and debate.

Published 01/09/11

083: Richard Carrier - Historical Method and Jesus of Nazareth

Richard Carrier explains how to do history correctly, and the implications of these methods for our understanding of Jesus.

Published 01/02/11

082: Eric Schwitzgebel - The Unreliability of Naive Introspection

We are not so good at perceiving our own internal states.

Published 12/12/10

081: Neil Sinhababu - The Humean Theory of Motivation

Sinhababu defends a Humean theory of motivation.

Published 12/05/10

080: Robert Gressis - Christian Theism vs. Naturalism

Gressis and I chat about our competing worldviews.

Published 11/28/10

079: Robert Price - The Crisis of Biblical Authority

Price explains the current debate over Biblical authority in evangelical circles.

Published 11/21/10

078: Liane Young - How to Change Someone's Moral Judgments with Magnets

Young explains recent moral psychology and its implications for moral philosophy.

Published 11/14/10

077: Valerie Tiberius - Wisdom and Well-Being

Tiberius analyzes well-being and the notion of a wisely-lived life.

Published 11/07/10

076: Stephen Batchelor - Secular Buddhism

Published 10/31/10

075: Russell Miller - L. Ron Hubbard Was a Fraud

Published 10/24/10

074: Michael Bishop - An Epistemology for James Randi

Michael Bishop discusses Strategic Reliabilism.

Published 10/17/10

073: Wynne LeGrow - An Atheist Runs for U.S. Congress

Wynne LeGrow is an atheist political challenger for Virginia's 4th congressional district.

Published 10/13/10

072: Tyler Wunder - Why Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology Fails

Tyler Wunder explains why Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology fails.

Published 10/10/10

071: Lydia McGrew - The Probability of Christianity

Lydia McGrew discusses evidentialist Christianity.

Published 10/06/10

070: Ron Mallon - Experimental Ethics

Ron Mallon discusses experimental ethi

Published 10/03/10

069: Nathan Nobis – Moral Realism and Animals

Nathan Nobis and I debate moral realism, and then discuss the ethical treatment of animals.

Published 09/29/10

068: Matt Jordan - A Defense of Theistic Ethics

Matt Jordan discusses the criteria for an adequate moral theory, and explains the advantages of theism over naturalism when it comes to morality.

Published 09/26/10

067: Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

Robin Hanson discusses how to overcome our biases.

Published 09/22/10