Hosted by Samuel Devis · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 158 episodes
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The Socratic Sessions explores humanity’s biggest questions—delving into philosophy, theology, history, science, and the enduring mysteries of religion.
Samuel Devis hosts The Socratic Sessions, a society show with 158 episodes published.
✍️ Substack : If you'd rather read than listen, you can do so over on Substack ! 🔍 Overview: Does Christianity reveal a knowable deity, or is it merely a powerful story? 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 Loca
🔍 Overview : In this episode of The Socratic Sessions , Samuel Devis speaks with Dale C. Allison Jr. about his book The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus . Together, they explore how memory, legend, oral tradi
🔍 Overview : Dale C. Allison Jr. argues that Jesus took his end-times beliefs literally. We explore how ancient views placed heaven above and hell below—and how early science pushed these ideas out of the physical world
🔍 Overview : Dale C. Allison Jr. casts doubt on efforts to extract a “pure” historical Jesus from the Gospels. Instead of hard facts, he argues we should treat them as memory-shaped impressions—inseparable from interpre
🔍 Overview : Dale C. Allison Jr. explains why scholars keep producing conflicting portraits of Jesus. With contradictory Gospel accounts and diverse reactions during his lifetime, Jesus was never just one thing to all p
🔍 Overview : In this episode of The Socratic Sessions , Samuel Devis speaks with sociologist Phil Zuckerman about the myths surrounding secularism. Drawing from his book Society Without God , Zuckerman explores how godl
🔍 Overview : Phil Zuckerman explores how most people—outside of philosophy departments—don’t struggle to find meaning without religion. Meaning, he argues, is something we create. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 Loca
🔍 Overview : Phil Zuckerman critiques the idea of a Christian resurgence, showing how long-term data contradicts the hype around a so-called religious revival in the West. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 Locals
🔍 Overview : Phil Zuckerman challenges the claim that secular values are just borrowed Christian ones, arguing that human morality evolves from humanity itself—not religion. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 Locals
🔍 Overview : In this episode of The Socratic Sessions , Samuel Devis speaks with Don Watkins, author of Effective Egoism , about Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s ethics, and the moral case for rational self-interest. Don explain
🔍 Overview : In this clip, Don Watkins explains why Christianity’s concept of unconditional love is unrealistic and immoral, and how Ayn Rand’s egoism offers a more authentic and selfish view of love. 🤝 Support The Sho
🔍 Overview : Don Watkins and Samuel discuss how Objectivism redefines happiness as a life of consistent, non-contradictory joy, challenging the shallow portrayals of happiness we often see on social media. 🤝 Support Th
🔍 Overview : In this clip, Don Watkins and Samuel discuss why intellectuals like Sam Harris often dismiss Ayn Rand and how her philosophy challenges modern ideas. 🤝 Support The Show 🤘 Locals
🔍 Overview : Are progressive myths shaping belief more than truth? In this conversation, Michael Huemer and Samuel examine their impact on ideology, groupthink, and polarization—along with the role of academia, media, a
🔍 Overview : Has progressivism lost sight of real injustices? Michael Huemer and Samuel argue that progressive discourse often replaces tangible systemic issues with abstract meta-issues—stalling progress for many while
✍️ Substack : If you'd rather read than listen, you can do so over on Substack ! 🔍 Overview: Does determinism leave room for real choice? In this episode, we explore the phenomenology of decision-making, the P
🔍 Overview : Who can we trust in an era of institutional distrust? Michael Huemer and Samuel examine the public’s scepticism of academia, media, and government—exploring how individuals can navigate truth in an age of p
🔍 Overview : Does progressivism function like a religion? Michael Huemer and Samuel explore its moral codes, community, and creeds—alongside John McWhorter’s claim that wokeism is a religion. They also discuss the rise
🔍 Overview : In semi-secular societies, people are engaging with religious traditions through practice rather than belief. In this conversation, Carl-Johan Palmqvist and Samuel explore religious fictionalism and non-dox
🔍 Overview : Can you entertain religious ideas without believing them? Carl-Johan Palmqvist and Samuel discuss non-doxasticism—the practice of engaging with faith while staying rooted in naturalism. 🤝 Support The Show
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The Socratic Sessions is hosted by Samuel Devis. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 158 episodes.
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