Public Philosophy | Liz Jackson

Below are some of my interviews and blog posts that make aspects of my work accessible to a wide audience. There’s also a number of videos available on my YouTube Channel.

Videos

In this 45-min video interview with Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity, we discuss my work on the rationality of faith, including belief, evidence, certainty, desire, and much more (August 2019). See also here and here.

In this video interview with Jordan Hampton of the Analytic Christian, we discuss my paper “Salvaging Pascal’s wager,” including why many of the common objections to Pascal’s wager fail (September 2019).

In this video interview with Jordan Hampton of the Analytic Christian, we discuss my paper “Wagering Against Divine Hiddenness” (February 2020).

In this video interview with Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity, we discuss a number of common objections to Pascal’s wager, including the many-gods objection and the doxastic voluntarism objection, and why they fail (March 2020).

In this live discussion with Tom Jump, we discuss whether Pascal’s wager is a good argument (March 2020). See reviews of this debate here and here.

In this live discussion with Alex O’Connor, hosted by Capturing Christianity, we discuss whether Pascal’s wager is a good argument (April 2020). See a review of this debate here.

In this interview with Sean Hurst of Believing Thinkers, we discuss the relationship between belief and credence, and how this relates to faith (April 2020).

In this video interview with Jordan Hampton of the Analytic Theist, we review my debate with Cosmic Skeptic on whether Pascal’s wager is a good argument (April 2020).

In this video interview with Will Hess of the Church Split, we discuss faith, Christian philosophy, Pascal’s wager, belief and credence, and more (May 2020).

In this video interview with Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer of Brain in a Vat, we discuss my paper, “Belief, Faith, and Hope,” and Pascal’s wager (May 2020).

In this video interview with Santi Rangel of Finding Truth, we discuss my paper, “The Nature and Rationality of Faith” (June 2020). See a short clip of the interview here.

In this video interview with Nathan Ormond, we discuss faith and Pascal’s wager (June 2020).

In this video interview with Ryan Hiebert of Meet Jesus, we discuss faith, evidence, and rationality (September 2020).

In this video with Jordan Hampton of the Analytic Christian, we critically analyze the CrashCourse video called “Indiana Jones and Pascal’s wager” (October 2020).

In this video interview with Tyler McNabb and Mike DeVito of Furthering Christendom, Megan Fritts and I discuss Pascal’s wager and specifically what taking the wager looks like on a practical level (November 2020).

In this video interview with Zac Sechler of Adherent Apologetics, we discuss Pascal’s wager (December 2020).

In this video interview with Carmen Schober of Staseõs, we discuss my paper, “Belief, Faith, and Hope” (December 2020).

In this video interview with Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity, we discuss the difference between philosophical and religious skepticism, and present some challenges to skepticism. You can download my slides here (December 2020).

In this video interview with Jordan Hampton of the Analytic Christian, Justin Mooney and I discuss how to do philosophical research (January 2021).

In this video interview with Ethan Bergen of Spartan Theology, we discuss my paper, “Dilemmas, Disagreement, and Dualism” (January 2021).

Podcasts

In this interview with John David Walters of the Ultimist Podcast, we discuss my paper “Wagering against Divine Hiddenness” (February 2018).
In this interview with Carmen Schober of the No Apologies Podcast, we discuss the New York Times article called “A God Problem” (September 2019).
In this interview with Carmen Schober of the No Apologies Podcast, we discuss the book A New Theist Response to the New Atheists, and my contribution to the book called “On the Nature and Rationality of Faith” (February 2020).
In this interview with John DeRosa of the Classical Theism podcast, we discuss my paper, “Salvaging Pascal’s Wager” (April 2020).
In this interview with Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer of Brain in a Vat, we discuss my paper, “Belief, Faith, and Hope,” and Pascal’s wager (May 2020).
In this talk I gave at CONCEPT (University of Cologne), we discuss my paper “Dilemmas, Disagreement, and Dualism.”
In this interview with Zac Sechler of Adherent Apologetics, we discuss Pascal’s wager (December 2020).

Popular-Level Writing

“How Can Faith Go Beyond the Evidence and Still be Rational?”: A popular-level summary of my paper “Belief, Credence, and Faith” on a blog called “The Open Table” (June 2018). Link to PDF here.
“An Objection to Religious Faith.”: A popular-level summary of my paper “On the Nature and Rationality of Faith” on a blog called “The Open Table” (June 2018). Link to PDF here.
“12 Tips for Success in Philosophy Graduate School”: Guest post on Philosopher’s Cocoon.
“Pascal’s wager: A Pragmatic Argument for Belief in God” (January 2021). In 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.
Coming Soon: Entry on faith for 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.