Philosopher Interview: R. Scott Smith

Today’s interview is with R. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University (previous interviews here and here). He talks about his latest book, Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality (review here), defining naturalism, motivations for naturalism, methodological naturalism, ways of viewing reality, Darwinian views, the evolutionary argument against naturalism (similarities/differences), naturalism’s ontological resources, some objections to his view, testing religious truth-claims, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio (90 min)

Books by R. Scott Smith include:
• Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality
• Virtue Ethics and Moral Knowledge
• Truth and the New Kind of Christian: Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church

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Brian Auten is the founder emeritus of Apologetics315. He is also director of Reasonable Faith Belfast. Brian holds a Masters degree in Christian Apologetics and has interviewed over 150 Christian apologists. His background is in missions, media direction, graphic design, and administration. Brian started Apologetics315 in 2007 to be an apologetics hub to equip Christians to defend the faith.

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