Apologetics 315 Podcast: An Informed Cosmos with Peter S Williams

This episode of the Apologetics 315 Podcast, from October 2023, is re-posted here with permission. In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian Philosopher Peter S. Williams about his book An Informed Cosmos: Essays on Intelligent Design Theory. Find his resources at www.peterswilliams.com 0:24 - Intro to our guest 2:15 - About the book An Informed Cosmos 9:25 - Getting clarity on what intelligent design is 14:10 - Is I.D. science? And defining “science” 19:39 - Truth as the most important approach 21:56 - Imposing worldviews on the data? 25:01 - Is evolution the means by which God created? 29:21 - What role does a Darwinian process play? 35:00 - How did Peter go from being a theistic evolutionist to an ID proponent? 40:45 - What tipped the balance for Peter? 46:52 - What role does information play in design detection? 53:21 - Can we recognize non-intelligent design? 54:57 - Theistic interpretations? 56:22 - Paley’s “watchmaker” shows that we can detect design? 1:00:13 - Prevailing errors when thinking about design 1:05:00 - Is intelligent design “creationism”? 1:06:25 - How has intelligent design changed Peter’s thinking? 1:13:30 - Peter’s music - www.peterswilliams.com/composing Check out a past episode with Peter S. Williams: 006 - Outgrowing God? with Peter S. Williams - https://a315.co/4615IYj Books by Peter S. Williams: An Informed Cosmos: Essays on Intelligent Design Theory - https://a315.co/48ugxUc A Universe From Someone: Essays on Natural Theology - https://a315.co/46GLUtl Apologetics in 3D: Essays on Apologetics and Spirituality - https://a315.co/3PtMqUu Outgrowing God? A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Debate - https://a315.co/3Pww9xP Getting at Jesus: A Comprehensive Critique of Neo-Atheist Nonsense About the Jesus of History - https://a315.co/46pUFri A Faithful Guide to Philosophy: A Christian Introduction to the Love of Wisdom - https://a315.co/3Ptm0C3 C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists - https://a315.co/48ugxUc ================================ We appreciate your feedback. If you’re on TWITTER, you can follow Chad @TBapologetics. You can follow Brian @TheBrianAuten And of course, you can follow @Apologetics315 If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at [email protected]