E5: The Truth Project - You're Already Doing Metaphysics (You Just Don't Know It)

Point at a can and say "that's matter." Simple, obvious — and already a claim about what's ultimately real. In Episode 5, philosopher Warren Edick argues you can't opt out of metaphysics. You can only do it without noticing. From there the conversation follows the origin question as far as it will go: What is space actually expanding into? Why does "it all came from the Big Bang" never really answer where anything came from? And why did one of the greatest physicists of the last century, when asked about the ultimate beginning, quietly move the goal line instead of answering? Along the way: whether the pursuit of clarity is "therapeutic," the old question of whether a thing is good because God says so or God says so because it's good, and a kind of knowledge you can't put on a scale — trust, love, and what it means to say "I believe to know." The Truth Project is a chronological series. Each episode builds on the one before it, so if you're new, start with Episode 1. Chapters:  00:00 – Intro & recap of Episode 4 (the interaction problem)  04:00 – Is philosophy worth it? Clarity as a "therapeutic" pursuit  20:30 – Good because God says so, or God says so because it's good?  33:00 – The transcendent vs. the immanent  34:30 – What is space actually expanding into?  40:30 – Why "it's just matter" is itself a metaphysical claim  57:00 – Stephen Hawking, the first domino, and moving the goal line  1:29:00 – Knowledge you can't measure: trust, love, "I believe to know"  1:40:00 – Why a community can't think without honest disagreement Watch the full video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_jKH1I_ig New here? Start at Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF2lJ1zi_Gg Warren Edick is the author of The Clearing in the Wood.