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Evidence and The Burden of Proof Evidence and the Burden of Proof are commonly talked about in discussions… Unfortunately, many people misunderstand these things so we hope to clear things up! In this stream, we cover: What is Evidence Claims of “not evidence” What is the Burden of Proof? Other Terms for the Burden of... Read More “BoPping to The Evidence – SciPhi” » The post BoPping to The Evidence – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Is Mental Illness Real? We are joined by Bearded Heretic to discuss mental illness. Our conversation will include, but is not limited to: What is mental illness? The medical model of mental health Neurosis vs. Psychosis Everyday behaviour and mental illness Other models of mental illness Is Mental Illnes Real? – The Video This SciPhi... Read More “Is Mental Illness Real? – SciPhi” » The post Is Mental Illness Real? – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is ‘The Problem of Dirty Hands’? We discuss the problem of dirty hands, no, not the german porn star. We question if it is possible to do the “right thing” by doing the “wrong thing”? We also question if that makes the “wrong thing” a “moral action”. If you hadn’t guessed ‘Dirty Hands’ is... Read More “The Problem of Dirty Hands – SciPhi” » The post The Problem of Dirty Hands – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

‘God is Dead…’ “God is dead, and we have killed him”. Or so Nietzsche’s madman proclaimed. As atheism becomes more popular, Nietzsche’s madman becomes more relevant. We discuss the madman’s words, and how they relate to atheism in the modern-day. Many people misunderstand what Nietzche was trying to say with his ‘God is Dead’ statement,... Read More “God is Dead – SciPhi” » The post God is Dead – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is the Problem of Other Minds? We take a brief introductory look at solipsism and the problem of other minds, covering some of the popular arguments. You can also follow allong using this handy PDF The Problem of Other Minds – The Video This was originally a LIVE YouTube stream, so, if you prefer... Read More “The Problem of Other Minds – SciPhi” » The post The Problem of Other Minds – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Philosophy in the Atheist Community We experience a number of bad takes on philosophy and philosophical concepts/arguments from our fellow atheists and we thought it would be good to do a stream to discuss these and the reasons why. We will be having a general chat about the disdain many atheists have for Philosophy and... Read More “Philosophy in The Atheist Community – SciPhi” » The post Philosophy in The Atheist Community – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

We had a discussion of new atheism and new atheists with Ozymandias Ramses II, both from the conception of the term and what it was meant to describe to how it now often used as an insult to a particular group of atheists who demonstrate a number of negative behaviours. This is one of our... Read More “New Atheism and New Atheists w/ Ozymandias Ramses II – SciPhi” » The post New Atheism and New Atheists w/ Ozymandias Ramses II – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Free Will is often thought of as one of the “Black Hole” Conversations, and I understand why. When discussing free will we see folks really focused on the libertarian/non-causal free will, even within this stream where we start to talk about different types of free will we can see all of us inadvertently shift back.... Read More “Free Will – SciPhi” » The post Free Will – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Hello and welcome to the Fresh Air: SciPhi Show – I am sorry to disappoint you but this isn’t a full show but just a little thing I am putting together to explain what we are about. The SciPhi Show is hosted by Dave (TrolleyDave) and Joe (Davidian) of answers-in-reason.com – an atheist site searching... Read More “What Are We About? – SciPhi” » The post What Are We About? – SciPhi appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Knowledge and Certainty Tonight’s chapter continues from the last on ‘Propositional Logic and Beliefs‘ but can be taken as its own entity. Like our last chapter this is also available as a VIDEO, but for the listener we have a PDF with all the information provided in said video. So what’s included in tonight’s show?... Read More “Knowledge and Certainty – Fresh AiR – S03:E02:C02 (AUDIO)” » The post Knowledge and Certainty – Fresh AiR – S03:E02:C02 (AUDIO) appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Propositional Logic and Beliefs Season 3 is all about trying something new. As you might have seen we have been running the SciPhi show on YouTube but in the background we have been planning and producing a bigger and better season 3 for you. Our last episode was on scepticism, and ties in nicely with... Read More “Propositional Logic and Beliefs – Fresh AiR – S03:E02:C01 (AUDIO)” » The post Propositional Logic and Beliefs – Fresh AiR – S03:E02:C01 (AUDIO) appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Scepticism and Self Reflection Tonight we discuss scepticism and how Cartesian scepticism can be applied introspectively. We speak about meme culture and commonly held opinions that might not stand up to scrutiny, but are often ingrained in to various communities. Further Reading Descartes, Scepticism, and You Denialism and Pseudoscepticism Fresh AiR – S01:E04 – Scepticism... Read More “Scepticism and Self Reflection – Fresh AiR – S03:E01” » The post Scepticism and Self Reflection – Fresh AiR – S03:E01 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What a great season we have had. We’ve discussed personhood, morality, moral theories, Nietzsche’s critique of morality, free will, a conversation about objective vs subjective morality, ethics in politics, etc. Season 2 Season 1 Personhood Personhood was the characteristics that make us a person, and what that applied to. Aspects of Personhood Life – intrinsic... Read More “Season Summary – Fresh AiR – S02:E06” » The post Season Summary – Fresh AiR – S02:E06 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

In our last episode of political ethics, at least for this season, we discuss political ideologies and how we would run political systems within our own country could we go for a total reform. The post Ideologies – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C07 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Political Ethics: Legislation Our penultimate episode on political ethics covers legislation, what it means, how we do it and a number of other topics. We also have discussions about weird laws, psychopaths, going psychotic and other random segues What is Legislation? What is law? Constitutions. Amendments. Who can see this? Weird laws! Insanity/Temporary insanity! Psychopathy... Read More “Legislation – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C06L” » The post Legislation – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C06L appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is Freedom? Types of Freedom– Political– Personal Is freedom a natural right or a political right? Primary definitions of (political) freedom Freedom From (religion, violence, government interference) Freedom to (be religious, masturbate, get an education) Freedom of (speech, movement, expression, choice) Satrean Freedom is apolitical – “physically free to do whatever” Freedom misconceptions (e.g.... Read More “Freedom – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C05” » The post Freedom – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C05 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is Justice? (e.g. is it simply fairness?) Cardinal Virtue / First Virtue of Social institutions Kantian Justice – The preservation of human dignity, respecting a person as ends in themselves rather than a means to an end. Rawlsian Justice (aka Distributive Justice) – The fair and equal distribution of goodsThis includes more than just... Read More “Justice – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C04” » The post Justice – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C04 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is Legitimacy In simplest terms this is a justification of validity, but how does that apply to politics? Theories of Legitimacy There is no legitimacy: political Legitimacy implies the right to use violence and the idea that some are worth more than others. This is immoral and untrue and thus itself illegitimate. Legitimacy by... Read More “Legitimacy – Fresh AiR -S02:E05:C03” » The post Legitimacy – Fresh AiR -S02:E05:C03 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

Obligation – Political Philosophy Chapter 2 We continue our second multi-chapter epiosode with a walk down Obligation. At the start we say we are going to be covering legitimacy and obligation, however we ran out of time, so will be covering off legitimacy next week. So what’s in this weeks episode? The key aspects, but... Read More “Obligation – Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C02” » The post Obligation – Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C02 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message

What is Political Ethics? We ask the question tonight, ‘What is Political Ethics’ and discuss topics such as: Why is Morality important (to all parties) Legitimacy (covered in a later chapter) Perception of Voters Do all parties act in accordance with their moral compass at all times? We also cover off our what chapters to... Read More “An Intro to Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C01” » The post An Intro to Political Ethics – Fresh AiR – S02:E05:C01 appeared first on Answers In Reason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/freshair/message