115. Alex Malpass | Religion

If you'd like to support the series and get early access (plus other perks), you can join on Patreon or become a paid Substack subscriber:   / friction   https://fric.substack.com/subscribe My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. Alex Malpass's work focuses on philosophical logic, philosophy of time, philosophy of physics, and more. His website is https://useofreason.wordpress.com/, and he runs the Thoughtology YouTube channel. 00:00 - Introduction 00:46 - What got you into philosophy? 03:28 - Grim Reaper paradox 13:34 - Omniscience and infinity 16:16 - Lord of non-contradiction 25:15 - Other divine conceptualist views 27:30 - Non-propositional knowledge 29:26 - Platonism and naturalism 36:10 - Intentionality of phenomenal states 36:52 - Divine simplicity 37:45 - Principle of sufficient reason 47:26 - Argument against Christianity 55:20 - Privation theory of evil 1:01:00 - Transworld depravity 1:10:55 - Evolutionary argument against naturalism 1:21:50 - Act and potency 1:28:30 - Is "existence" a predicate? 1:29:58 - Free will 1:35:22 - Conclusion