Episode #020 ... Two Medieval Approaches To God

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Philosophize This‪!‬

社会与文化

2014-04-25

34 分钟
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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the concept of God from a philosophical perspective. We first broaden our definition of God by recalling the multitude of ways that the philosophers we’ve already studied have approached the subject. Next, we examine St. Anselm’s famous “Ontological Argument” in proof of God’s existence, which is strangely reminiscent of a tongue twister Ron Burgundy might use to prepare for his evening newscast. Finally, we learn why Moses Maimonides would say that the first rule of God is, “You do not talk about God.” Or at least, “You do not talk about what God is, only what he isn’t.” All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow
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  • One of the hallmarks of philosophy is looking at one question from multiple different angles.

  • I mean,

  • it's not enough to just think about stuff for a while and come to what seems like a reasonable conclusion about something and then just call it a life after that.

  • You can't do that.

  • In fact, our thoughts on any subject should really be a constant evolution in my opinion.

  • Well, the subject we're going to talk about today is one that we've danced around a little bit.

  • We've covered little pieces of it, but today we're going to talk about it much more.

  • By the end of the show today, you guys are all going to definitively know the answer to the question, does God exist?

  • Now, obviously, I'm just kidding.

  • I mean, people have been arguing about that for thousands of years.

  • I'm certainly not going to solve it on one episode of this show,

  • but I would like to talk about some common ways that people think about that question and address them.

  • A long time ago, for about a year of my life,

  • I spent most of my free time reading proofs of God's existence or non-existence.

  • Not just philosophical proofs, although I did read a lot of those.