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I had taught a course recently.
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I used that question, why is there something rather than nothing?
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And the student put her head down and said, Oh, and I said, What, you don't like the question?
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She goes, No, I do, and I don't want to like the question because I'm gonna spend so much time thinking about it.
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Thinking about it, thinking about it.
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
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Is truth just whatever we say it is?
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Can you believe in God and still think clearly?
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Most of us carry answers to questions like these, whether we've ever looked at them or not.
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Philosophy is what happens when you finally do.
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Philosophy is a bit like taking off the glasses instead of looking through them, you look at them and examine the glasses yourself.
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This is Philosophy Matters, a podcast from the S.
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L.
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Brown Foundation studio.
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Your hosts are two philosophers and longtime friends.
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Tony Bolos is director of New College Madison, an initiative of the SL Brown Foundation.
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James Collin is assistant professor of philosophy at Vinn University in Vietnam.
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They met as graduate students in Edinburgh, and they've been arguing ever since.
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Alvin Planaga, the very well-known Christian philosopher, he said something along the lines of there really is only one objection to theism, and that is the problem of evil.
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I remember quite young thinking about the Ark and wondering how the heck did they get all those animals on the Ark?
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Together, they take on the questions that shape how we think about truth, knowledge, and faith.
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Is morality relative?
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What did Descartes doubt, and why does it still matter?
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Can belief in God be rational?
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What about evil and suffering?
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And do science and Christianity really have to be at war?
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No easy answers, no dodging the hard questions, just careful thinking and honest conversation.
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It's not that anything goes, it's not that, hey, however I reason to this conclusion, Dr.
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Bollis is going to give me a thumbs up.
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That's not what philosophy is about.
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Whether you're a student meeting these questions for the first time, or someone who has been wrestling with them for years, there's a seat at the table for you.
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Philosophy matters.
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