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Unbelievable? The argument from consciousness to God - C’Zar Bernstein vs Arif Ahmed

2015-04-18T00:00:00+01:00

In a philosophical edition of the show we debate whether humans are both a soul and a body, and does that provide evidence for God?

C’zar Bernstein a young Christian philosopher at Oxford University argues in favour, Arif Ahmed Cambridge philosophy lecturer argues against.

For C’zar Bernstein: philpapers.org/profile/43971

For Arif Ahmed: www.phil.cam.ac.uk/people/teaching-research-pages/ahmed/ahmed-page

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