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Dr. Blake McAllister joins The Republican Professor podcast from his huge office at Hillsdale College in Michigan to talk about Common Sense Epistemology (the theory of what knowledge is and concepts associated with it, like faith, evidence, truth, belief, rationality, etc.).

We discuss, among other things, what kind of wonderful student Blake was back when he took Logic from Professor Lucas J. Mather back in Fall of 2008 at Pepperdine University in Malibu, where Blake did his undergraduate degree.

Epistemology is absolutely critical in our day and age — in every day and age. This is time-less stuff.

Hope you enjoy.

This is Season 2 (Episode 119) of The Republican Professor Podcast. TRP is also on Rumble because YouTube randomly takes our videos down for saying a wrong word (not kidding — see more on TRP Substack).

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The Republican Professor is a pro-common-sense, pro-religious-epistemology, pro-wonderful-former-students podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. Blake McAllister, Ph.D., of Hillsdale College Philosophy Department, Hillsdale, Michigan

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Warmly,

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Dr. David Yamane, Ph.D., grew up in Central Coast, California, attending Berkeley for undergraduate. He earned a Ph.D. at the Berkeley of Wisconsin in Madison in one of the least Republican disciplines in college, Sociology. Going against the grain, he developed a college course on firearms and gun culture that required students to go the the firing range.

Dr. Yamane shares some of his personal story about his attitude toward firearms, both personally and as a subject of professional inquiry.

He blogs at Gun Curious, and his work has been featured by the Facebook group “The Liberal Gun Club” (which I, Lucas Mather, follow).

Here is a link to his blog : https://guncurious.wordpress.com/

Be prepared to expand your mind and your soul.

The Republican Professor is a pro-teaching-firearms-courses-in-college, pro-transformed-healthy-attitudes-toward-guns, pro-friendly-interparty-dialogue podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. David Yamane, Ph.D., of the Wake Forest University Sociology Department !

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Here is a new look at the presidency of Gerald Ford and the post-Watergate era, through the lens of the US Constitution’s Separation of Powers. And to walk us through that material with fresh eyes, we have Dr. Alex Hindman, Ph.D., a professor at College of the Holy Cross (where Clarence Thomas went for his undergrad) in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Dr. Hindman has a book called “Gerald Ford and the Separation of Powers: Preserving the Constitutional Presidency in the Post-Watergate Period”, published by Lexington Press, and that is the focus of our conversation.
The book is on Amazon. But please support your local book dealer.

As an aside, one of the members of my dissertation committee, the late great Michael Uhlmann, served as a political appointee high up in the Department of Justice in the Ford Administration. He was Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General, and the other Assistant Attorney General he served with under Ford was a man named Antonin Scalia, who later became a professor, a federal appellate judge in the D.C. Circuit under Reagan, and then, of course, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Their friendship I think began there serving under Ford.

The Republican Professor is a pro-looking-at-the-presidency-with-fresh-eyes, pro-Separation-of-Powers, pro-Constitutional-contemplation podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. Alex Hindman, Ph.D., of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts !

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Dr. Garrett Pendergraft has a very subtle, sophisticated dry humor that he peppers into his academic writing, on display in his book on Free Will Puzzles.

The book is called “Free Will and Human Agency: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments”, part of the Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments in Philosophy Series published by Routledge Academic Press this year. You can find the book on Amazon .

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Garrett and I sample a smattering of cases from the book, and have a good time doing so.

There’s something here for the novice and expert alike, and everything in between for those with the intellectual virtue of curiosity and an attention span.

The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-clear-about-Free-Will, pro-moral-responsibility, pro-puzzling-over-puzzles, pro-Philosophy-done-right, pro-subtle-and-sophisticated-sense-of-humor podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. Garrett Pendergraft, Ph.D., Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Teacher Sam, an entrepreneur in LA who was my (Dr. Mather’s) former student at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles, makes her second appearance on The Republican Professor (link to her first episode here : https://youtu.be/SAvi4BpSGRc) , this time with her brother in Sweden.

They grew up Muslim and became war refugees in Europe at a very young age. They ended up in Sweden, where they learned Swedish and English. Samra then ended up in Lost Angeles and in my college Philosophy classroom. After college graduation, she started her own business ! She speaks several languages and helps her students do the same.

Teacher Sam founded and runs LA-based Maverick Lingo, which you can check out here : https://www.mavericklingo.com/

Our conversation is wide-ranging and impactful.

The Republican Professor is a pro-lawful-immigrant, pro-entrepreneur, pro-second-language-learner, pro-awesome-teacher, pro-long-friendship, pro-sibling podcast.

Therefore, welcome Teacher Sam of Maverick Lingo in LA, my former student, and her wonderful brother Mirza joining us from Sweden !

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

If you enjoyed this episode, I’m happy.

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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Today’s TRP guest is the eminent First Amendment legal scholar, Dr. Vincent Phillip Munoz, Ph.D.. He is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science (and Law at the Law School) at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Dr. Munoz is the author of such books as “God and The Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson” (Cambridge University Press), editor (with my dissertation Chair Ralph Rossum) of “American Constitutional Law vol. 1 The Structure of Government” and “American Constitutional Law vol. 2 The Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments” (Routledge), “Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court” (Roman and Littlefield), and his latest published by the University of Chicago Press, and the subject of our time together, “Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses” .

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The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-a-handle-on-the-Bill-of-Rights, pro-understanding-correctly-the-First-Amendment-religion-clauses podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Phil Munoz of Notre Dame !

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Our guest today on TRP Podcast YT Episode 113 is children’s author Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins series (4 million sold as of the date of the recording). The series aims to give kids a sound education in basic economics in order to prepare them for living well as adults.

These tools of insulation against the harms and fallacies of collectivism are unique and popular among home-based education experts such as TRP guest from TY Episode 41 (April 29, 2022, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DDmQTYwXTI&t=2601s), Mrs. Jessica Wilkinson. Jessica has read either all or nearly all of the Tuttle Twins material and was kind enough to guest co-host this episode with me since prior to Connor’s people reaching out to me, I had no idea who he was. Usually I like to prepare very well for a guest but Jessica was my safety net today, and as you’ll see, she adds tremendous value to this episode.

This was a real pleasure and and honor to spend this time with these great people. Makes me proud and hopeful for the future.

The Republican Professor is a pro-equipping-the-home-based-education-experts, pro-teaching-kids-well, pro-insulating-children-from-fallacies-of-collectivism podcast.

Therefore, welcome Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins material and Mrs. Jessica Wilkinson, home-based education expert !

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Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Rasmussen (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), a professor in the Philosophy Department at Azusa Pacific University in Lost Angeles County, California. He is the author of “Defending The Correspondence Theory of Truth” published by Cambridge University Press (2014).

You may also be interested in checking out one of his videos he did on the subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8 and an article he wrote about truth for Routledge here : https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/truth-correspondence-theory-of/v-2

Josh and I are teaching colleagues at APU in different departments — the first we’ve had on TRP Podcast. He’s someone I’ve known for 20 years as we went through our Masters’ in Philosophy together at Biola University, which is also in Lost Angeles County.

Josh has an warm, dynamic personality which tends to attract anyone he meets to the discipline of Philosophy in a way that inspires confidence and unlocks curiosity and potential.

The Republican Professor is a pro-teaching-Philosophy-well, pro-getting-the-truth-about-Truth, pro-long-friendships podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. Josh Rasmussen, Ph.D., of Azusa Pacific University, theorizer and teacher of truth.

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I had a great time with Jer Rivera, someone I’ve known since Colorow Elementary School (named after a Ute Indian Chief who had been born Comanche) in Jefferson, County, Littleton, Colorado, our home state and home town . Jer and I reconnected when I was in the Navy in Hawai’i, where I lived and went to college for 4 years while active duty in the Navy. Jer was also in college at the time at HPU after a stint in Boulder. I ran into him Fall 1995 on a Friday night at Hope Chapel Kaneohe. It was a short drive for him living in Lanikai, a longer drive for me living near Wahiawa, on the Wheeler Army Airfield between Schofield Barracks and Mililani.

Jer went back to the Catholic faith of his youth later after several years in Protestant ministry as an adult. Ten years ago, he founded Little j Marketing Company based in Englewood, Colorado. He does brand creation and management. Inspired by the deep well of his historic, Christian faith, Mr. Rivera serves his clients with everything he’s got.

For more information, check out his website at https://www.thelittlej.com/

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Therefore, welcome Jeremy “Jer” Rivera !

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This blue collar worker has a Ph.D.
His name is Dr. John Ferrer, Ph.D., and he studied Logic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Church History, Theology, Advanced Apologetics and some of the highest levels of academic Philosophy. He has an M.Div. under the Apologetics giant Dr. Norm Geisler (Ph.D., Philosophy, Loyola Chicago). He has advanced work as well in a Th.M. and Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. (All my exes live in Arkansas, one state over).

The Republican Professor is a pro-Ph.D., pro-blue-collar , pro-Apologetics podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. John Ferrer, Ph.D., blue collar extraordinaire.

The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., who is also blue collar.

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