A new episode of Philosophy for All is out. I spoke with Professor Roger Berkowitz, Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights at Bard College and Director of the Hannah Arendt Center, about his new book, A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World (Yale University Press). Berkowitz’s…
Even if every Catholic miracle claim is genuine, it does not follow that Catholicism is true. Here is why I think the current online debate is confused. If you spend any time on Catholic social media, you will have run into the debate over Catholic miracles. It has persuaded many people to become Catholic. It…
Limiting Knowledge to Make Room for Faith If God is all-good and all-powerful, why is there so much suffering in the world? It is one of the oldest questions in philosophy, and one of the most personal. This post introduces one popular response, called sceptical theism, and the problems it runs into. I then suggest…
A Week in the Wilderness Some fishing trips transcend the fishing. You remember the people, the setting, the culture, the time with Dad. But the fishing… that was amazing. This is the story of eight days chasing giant trevally, spot tail bass and the legendary Papuan black bass on New Britain, one of the most…
A sit down with one of the greats in the field. Whenever someone opens an A level Philosophy or Religious Studies textbook, few names are mentioned more than that of Prof. Richard Swinburne. Being one of the most influential members in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, the same can be said about his work in…
A Fundamental Oversight in Theodical Debates? The problem of evil has often been split into the theoretical and pastoral problems. Analytic philosophers of religion want to bracket out pastoral considerations whereas continental philosophers, and many anti-theodicists, argue that more attention needs to be paid towards the pastoral problem of evil. However, in all of this…
An underappreciated ‘Ultimate Question’ The meaning of life is one of the major questions in life, indeed, alongside God and the good, it is one of the ultimate questions. Would you be surprised in realising that this is a lesser discussed field in analytic philosophy? In this interview, I am joined by Dr. Tim Mawson…
A Forthcoming Publication in Faith and Philosophy In this article, I briefly introduce to you my forthcoming paper in Faith and Philosophy, widely considered as the leading journal in the field of the philosophy of religion. Beyond the attaching the abstract, I write mostly about the writing and submission process to give you an insight…
Interview with Fr. James Dominic Rooney If you’ve spent any time on Catholic social media lately, you’ve probably scrolled past a reel of a priest defending the Latin Mass, or a thread arguing that Vatican II was a heretical council, or news about the consecration of new bishops. Behind a striking amount of this content…
A reflection on our sitdown with Prof. Charles Taliaferro If you’ve ever stumbled across the phrase “philosophy of religion” and thought, that sounds either very academic or very niche — you’re not alone. It’s one of those labels that can make a field seem more intimidating than it actually is. So I sat down with Professor Charles…