“The certainty problem has crept in and polluted the whole enterprise of knowing.” – J.P. Moreland. In this episode, J.P. and Stan have a practical discussion about how to engage with the cultural obsession with a narrow definition of certainty.

In this podcast, we discuss:

• What is skepticism? How did it become a cultural “virtue”?
• Why doubting everything is more dangerous than you think
• What are the different forms of skepticism?
• How should we engage with different kinds of skeptics?
• How can a broad understanding of the history of ideas benefit us when addressing skepticism?
• Is there a legitimate place for skepticism?
• What is the Problem of the Criterion?
• What is the difference between the methodist approach and the particularist approach to the Problem of the Criterion?
• Why should we reflect on the way we engage with knowledge claims?
• The big three categories in philosophical thought: What is real? What can we know? What should we do?

Resources and Citations:

• P. Moreland and William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview – Chapter 4, The Problem of Skepticism
• Dallas Willard, Hearing God