Episodes
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Episode 004 - Complexity, Cosmic Evolution, Change and Certainty
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Paul elaborates on how the hylomorphic principle, if anything, fits quantum physics better than it fit the world the medievals knew. Bill asks whether the worldview of people of faith is too rigid, while that of the secular masses is too loose. Paul wonders what "shades of gray" really means, and points out that even though the materialist worldview has become harder and more dogmatic, 20th century physics really exploded its scientific foundation. This epsiode brought to you by Arthur Compton's Freedom of Man and Stephen Barr's Modern Physics and Ancient Faith.
Monday Apr 16, 2018
Episode 003 - Metaphysics and the Divorce between Science and Philosophy
Monday Apr 16, 2018
Monday Apr 16, 2018
Bill and Paul talk about whether the old convention of hylomorphism at least initially seems to describe the world of quantum physics, the medieval dispute over plurality of forms, and the degree to which science and philosophy became delinked in the late second millennium.
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Episode 002 - Is Your Metaphysics Up for This?
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
What is metaphysics, and is it any more relevant to modern life than Casper the Friendly Ghost? Paul discusses how the ancient metaphysical framework of matter and form (hylomorphism) involves some tricky terms for us moderns but can still make sense of some examples of scientific issues from mineralogy and zoology. Next week we see if it can cope with undergrad quantum physics...
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Why pick either science or religion when you can have both? We open the discussion and touch on how fields as disparate as cosmology, neuroscience, and psychology interweave with faith in fascinating ways.
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Marriage, Divorce, the Church, and Psychology
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
We recorded this discussion as we were making Episode 1 and decided it needed to be a separate bonus episode.