Can You Trust Your Mind | Thomas Thorogood Clip

<p>Can we trust our minds to know reality?</p><p><br></p><p>This clip is taken from Nathan Jacobs&#39; most recent interview with Thomas Thorogood and features a reaction to a discussion between Destiny and T.K. Coleman on The Minimalists podcast. Their exchange raises a profound philosophical question: what makes our reasoning faculties trustworthy in the first place?</p><p><br></p><p>Nathan explores properly functioning faculties, Descartes&#39; skepticism, moderate foundationalism, and the crucial distinction between realism and nominalism. Along the way, he argues that every act of perception, reasoning, language, and scientific inquiry already presupposes realism, making it impossible to consistently live or argue as a nominalist.</p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;ve ever wondered whether we can genuinely know reality—or what our ability to reason tells us about the nature of the world—this discussion offers a compelling introduction to some of philosophy&#39;s deepest questions.</p><p>======================================</p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 — A Debate About Objective Morality</p><p>06:24 — Why Our Faculties Matter</p><p>09:21 — Properly Functioning Faculties</p><p>09:48 — Hard vs Moderate Foundationalism</p><p>10:19 — Descartes and Radical Doubt</p><p>13:09 — Why Skepticism Cannot Be Lived</p><p>14:24 — Trusting Our Faculties</p><p>16:26 — The Most Important Question in Philosophy</p><p>17:26 — Realism vs Nominalism</p><p>19:14 — Why Perception Depends on Realism</p><p>20:34 — Why Logic Depends on Realism</p><p>22:17 — Why Everyone Lives Like a Realist</p><p>23:14 — Realism and Providence</p><p>24:07 — Morality, the Numinous, and Human Experience</p><p>25:52 — Every Argument Presupposes Realism</p><p>26:56 — Living Consistently With Your Worldview<br></p><p>======================================</p><p>Do you like this content? Join Jacobs Premium to get exclusive access to essays, lecture series, monthly Q&amp;A Zoom calls, and ourbook club. Use code: LEWIS to get a discount: <a href="https://www.thenathanjacobspodcast.com/" target="_blank">https://www.thenathanjacobspodcast.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support the East West Series: <a href="http://theeastwestseries.com/" target="_blank">http://theeastwestseries.com/</a></p><p>======================================</p><p>Relevant Links:</p><p>Thomas Thorogood Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNu3mGq6HhU</p><p>The Most Important Question: https://youtu.be/nVmPIMg4St4</p><p><br></p><p>All links:</p><p>The Theological Letters (Substack): <a href="https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod" target="_blank">https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nathanandrewjacobs" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/nathanandrewjacobs</a></p><p>Academia: <a href="https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs" target="_blank">https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen and please review the podcast elsewhere:</p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS</a></p><p>Apple Podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast</a></p>