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Daniel Dennett vs Keith Ward: Are we more than matter? Mind, consciousness and free will

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🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In the 5th episode of The Big Conversation, Justin is joined by atheist guest Daniel Dennett and Christian guest Keith Ward. Daniel C Dennett is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, USA and a leading naturalist voice in the philosophy of mind. Keith Ward is a British philosopher and former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University as well as being an ordained priest in the Church of England.. They debate physicalism, idealism, the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness, whether an objective moral realm exists, freewill vs determinism and whether robots could have an immortal soul  Watch the video debate and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.thebigconversation.show/daniel-dennett-and-keith-ward  For Big Conversation videos, updates and bonus content sign up: http://www.thebigconversation.show  Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk  For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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0:00.0

Premier Podcasts

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Unbelievable with Justin Briley

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Welcome along to Unbelievable, the show from Premier Christian Radio in the UK broadcasting

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around the world as a podcast and bringing you conversations that matter between Christians

0:24.4

and skeptics every week.

0:25.7

I'm Justin Briley, thrilled to be bringing you the fifth episode of our big conversation

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series.

0:32.0

It launched back in June this year with a debate between Jordan B. Peterson and Susan

0:36.2

Blackmore on the psychology of belief.

0:38.8

The YouTube video of their conversation now has had over 800,000 views.

0:43.0

We've also released debates between Stephen Pinker and Nick Spencer, Darren Brown and

0:47.2

Reverend Richard Coles and last month our public debate on science, faith and the evidence

0:52.0

for God between John Lennox and Michael Rus.

0:55.2

Well today's big conversation gets philosophical.

0:58.6

I'm going to be joined by the well-known atheist philosopher Daniel Dennett and well-known

1:02.7

Christian philosopher Keith Ward.

1:04.7

I'll be introducing them and the subject very shortly.

1:08.2

But if you're new to this big conversation thing, it's a video series from unbelievable

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in which I'm sitting down with some of the biggest thinkers in the Christian and atheist

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world to talk about science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human.

1:21.4

And I encourage you to watch and share the video of today's discussion.

1:26.4

And while you're there, sign up for the unbelievable newsletter to be notified of new episodes,

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