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MA Thesis Available Online —“The Fine-Tuning of Nomic Behavior in Multiverse...

My Master’s thesis is now available for download. Department: Philosophy Degree: Master of Arts Chair: W. David Beck Primary Subject Area: Philosophy; Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics; Religion,...

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The Philosophy of Science Directory

This is a compilation of posts, which focus on the philosophy of science. These posts will cover a broad spectrum within the philosophy of science ranging from multiverse scenarios, scientific theory,...

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Q&A 28: The Multiverse, Many Worlds, and the Problem of Evil

Question: Hey Max, This was a great idea to start this Q&A section!  I have a question regarding the Problem of Evil that I have been working on for a couple months now.  I haven’t yet found an...

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Peter Atkins on the Origin of Everything: Much ado about Nothing

“The Origin of Everything: Much Ado About Nothing” is a talk by physical chemist Peter Atkins on the boundaries between science and philosophy when it comes to examining the origins of the universe and...

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Transcript and Thoughts on My Debate with Justin Schieber

Over the last month or two I’ve been working on a written/audio debate with Justin Schieber of Reasonable Doubts. The topic of the debate was “Does the Christian God Exist?” I imagine the debate may...

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Cosmic Darwinism: Evolving Laws of Nature?

The following are a few questions raised in light of Rupert Sheldrake’s The Science Delusion: Freeing The Spirit Of Enquiry.  The argument that he advances in the chapter involves something he calls...

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Top Ten Podcasts for the Christian Thinker

The following are a list of podcasts that I’ve been following and listening to that have been quite helpful in my philosophical, scientific, and theological studies.  The criteria for consideration are...

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Truth Will Rise to the Top Through a Free and Open Exchange in the...

The English poet John Milton did well when he said that “Truth will rise to the top through a free and open exchange in the marketplace of ideas.”  I am so encouraged when I have and see a substantive...

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A Theological Argument for Many Worlds

The following is the abstract to Don Page’s paper, “A Theological Argument for an Everett Multiverse.” Science looks for the simplest hypotheses to explain observations. Starting with the simple...

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When Asked if I was Surprised to Find Evidence for a Young Earth

Several years ago I was taking a [required] course that teaches creationism. I have a few comments about the course I’ll keep to myself [as in it shouldn't be in the university] but I think most...

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The Philosophy of Cosmology Flirts with the Multiverse

ID the Future just put out a new podcast reviewing an interview from The Atlantic discussing the new field in the philosophy of physics–the philosophy of cosmology. The content is from last year but...

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Max Tegmark and The Fluke Explanation for Life

I’m reading Max Tegmark’s newest and only book Our Mathematical Universe, which I will be reviewing for an academic journal. I wanted to share, as much as I could without copyright infringement an...

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Philosophical Fragments Botches the Multiverse

Philosophical Fragments is a blog with Patheos and there was a guest post (don’t hold it against he actual blog owner, it’s a guest) named Mark Goldblatt (I’m not certain that’s the author but notice...

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A New Cosmological Argument: EPS 2014

This year’s Evangelical Philosophical Society Annual Conference will be in San Diego, California, USA (500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, California 92108). I will be presenting from 0920 to 1000 on...

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Podcast: What Kinds of Multiverses are There?

Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/sententias/eavesdropping-ep25-levels-of-the-multiverse Contemporary physics seem to indicate that there are good reasons, theoretically and physically, for an idea that...

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Google Hangout –“God and the Multiverse” Oct. 11

This week on Oct. 11 I will be doing a public talk via Google + Hangout with the Christian Apologists in Calgary, Canada. The topic of my talk will be on God and the multiverse. This promo video will...

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VIDEO: The Thomisitic Abductive Cosmological Argument (TACA)

November 19-21 was this year’s annual Evangelical Philosophical Society’s conference. I coauthored a paper with Dave Beck of Liberty University. This is the third year in a row I’ve had a paper...

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Legitimate Models for an Infinite-Past Universe

The Borde-Guth-Vilenkinb Theorem states that any universe, which has, on average, a rate of expansion greater 0 that system had to have a finite beginning. This would apply in any multiverse scenario...

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Can Laws of Nature Evolve?

Given that we live in an evolutionary universe where stars are born from a cosmic dust and the gravitational affects on such dust particles form intense, massive, hot stars and where life can evolve...

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My E-Books: From Molinism to Existentialism

  I have gathered my four e-books that I’ve published through Amazon in one convenient spot. Although it would be advantageous to set up a proper author’s page with Amazon but I have yet to do that and...

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