{"id":38164,"date":"2016-11-21T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T21:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=38164"},"modified":"2016-11-21T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T21:27:15","slug":"podcast-160-dr-graham-oppy-on-the-conflict-between-christianity-and-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-160-dr-graham-oppy-on-the-conflict-between-christianity-and-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 160 &#8211; Dr. Graham Oppy on the Conflict between Christianity and Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9525\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-38164-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities160.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities160.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities160.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities160.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=38164-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities160.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities160.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Four-Views-Christianity-Philosophy-Counterpoints\/dp\/0310521149\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1479761731&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=four+views+on+christianity+and+philosophy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-38165 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-views-on-christianity-and-philosophy.jpg\" alt=\"four-views-on-christianity-and-philosophy\" width=\"311\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-views-on-christianity-and-philosophy.jpg 311w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-views-on-christianity-and-philosophy-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-views-on-christianity-and-philosophy-90x137.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Christian claims clash with Philosophy?<\/strong> This is the view of leading philosopher of religion Dr. Graham Oppy. Editors Dr. Paul Gould and Dr. Richard Davis called on him to defend<strong> a &#8220;conflict&#8221; model<\/strong> of the relation between Christianity and Philosophy\u00a0in their new book <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0310521149\"><em>Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B01863JKZS\">kindle<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In this wide-ranging interview Dr. Oppy and I discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>his own background<\/strong>, and how he got into philosophy of religion<\/li>\n<li>his preferred way to understand the terms<strong> &#8220;atheism,&#8221; &#8220;irreligion,&#8221; and &#8220;metaphysical naturalism,&#8221;<\/strong> and where &#8220;minds&#8221; fit into this last<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>relevance of evil<\/strong> and arguments from evil to making a case for atheism or for naturalism<\/li>\n<li>some <strong>criteria<\/strong> for evaluating competing worldviews<\/li>\n<li>his view that <strong>trinitarian theology<\/strong> is overall a &#8220;cost&#8221; of Christian theism as compared with naturalism<\/li>\n<li>his commitment to Aristotle-style <strong>virtue ethics<\/strong>, and the fit of this with his naturalism<\/li>\n<li>his definition of <strong>Philosophy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>whether one can know any philosophical claim, such as atheism or metaphysical naturalism<\/li>\n<li>his view that there is <strong>a first state of the cosmos<\/strong> which is metaphysically necessary<\/li>\n<li>his way of approaching modality (truths about what is metaphysically possible, impossible, or necessary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/profiles.arts.monash.edu.au\/graham-oppy\/\">Dr. Oppy&#8217;s homepage at Monash University<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ontological-Arguments-Belief-Graham-Oppy\/dp\/0521039002\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1479762136&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Ontological+Arguments+and+Belief+in+God\"><em>Ontological Arguments and Belief in God<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=assoc_res_sw_view_all?tag=trinitiesorg-20&amp;link_code=w14&amp;linkID=ISZSX35I27NLT3KG&amp;_encoding=UTF-8&amp;field-keywords=oppy%2C+arguing+about+gods\"><em>Arguing About Gods<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Argument-against-Palgrave-Pivot-ebook\/dp\/B00D5UKBH4\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1479761994&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Best+Argument+Against+God\"><em>The Best Argument Against God<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=assoc_res_sw_view_all?tag=trinitiesorg-20&amp;link_code=w14&amp;linkID=ISZSX35I27NLT3KG&amp;_encoding=UTF-8&amp;field-keywords=Describing+Gods%3A+An+Investigation+of+Divine+Attributes\"><em>Describing Gods: An Investigation of Divine Attributes<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0310521149\"><em>Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B01863JKZS\">kindle<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Aj5Tsp_lbII\">co-editor Dr. Paul Gould on this book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DtYI2JcPY5o\">co-editor Dr. Richard Davis on this book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/evil\/\">the problem of evil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/trinity\/trinity-history.html#ThoAqu\">Aquinas on the Trinity<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38170 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aristotle_Bust.png\" alt=\"aristotle_bust\" width=\"199\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aristotle_Bust.png 199w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aristotle_Bust-90x123.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/10-steps-towards-getting-less-confused-about-the-trinity-5-persons-part-1\/\">10 steps towards getting less confused about the Trinity \u2013 #5 \u201cPersons\u201d \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/10-steps-towards-getting-less-confused-about-the-trinity-6-get-a-date-part-1\/\">10 steps towards getting less confused about the Trinity \u2013 #6 get a date \u2013 part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oCh407iUMuE?list=PL0B58AB39400D982E\">Aristotle on human flourishing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rm2wShHJ2iA\">Is God Necessary for Morality? &#8211; William Lane Craig and Shelly Kagan Discuss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6wKkbquUDSM\">Is God Necessary for Morality? William Lane Craig and Louise Antony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/possible-worlds\/\">possible worlds<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This week&#8217;s <strong>thinking music is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Jason_Shaw\/Audionautix_Acoustic\/WORDS______________________________2-35\">Words<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong> by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Jason_Shaw\/\">Jason Shaw<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Christian claims clash with Philosophy? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71,16,64,56,9,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atheism","category-books","category-evil","category-interview","category-philosophy","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38173,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38164\/revisions\/38173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}