Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill, an astute theological thinker and friend of The Pat Flynn Show, has recently appeared on The Classical Theism Podcast to critique the position of Jacques Maritain on the mystery of predestination and the permission of evil. Because this critique applies to much of the position that I defend, I thought a […]
The Soft Free Will Defense
Because I’ve gotten comments in response to recent conversations on predestination and the problem of evil where I’ve proposed a “soft” Thomistic free-will defense… I will skip the background metaphysics on this one, because 1) I have explored that metaphysics elsewhere (also here, and here), and 2) I want to quickly highlight the relevant philosophical […]
What Purgatory Is and Why People Go There with Karlo Broussard
Karlo Broussard, author of Why Purgatory is For Real, and staff apologist at Catholic Answers, returns to The Pat Flynn Show to discuss the doctrine of purgatory. In this episode, we focus on not just the Biblical justification for purgatory, but philosophical considerations, as well, including the nature of punishment, and why Purgatory is, in […]
Evaluating Arguments for the Existence of God
Alexander Pruss says arguments for the existence of God can be separated into the following categories. Purely logical. Partially empirical. The purely logical arguments are the ontological arguments. (I propose a pseudo-ontological argument here.) The partially empirical arguments can be broken out into categories of their own. Very specific data point (such as miracles = […]
Dr. Jim Madden on Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence, and Training with Kettlebells
Pat is joined by philosopher Dr. Jim Madden to discuss philosophy of mind questions (are we bodies or souls?), artificial intelligence, and training with kettlebells. Dr. Jim Madden on Kettlebells, Philosophy of Mind, and Artificial Intelligence About Dr. Jim Madden Jim Madden has taught at Benedictine since 2003, and lives with his family in Atchison, […]