About this episode

Dan Wotherspoon explores important insights from Mormon metaphysics and their implications for existence and ethics.

In many people's minds he word "metaphysics" immediately conjures up thoughts of "woo woo" ideas and "spacy" people those who teach them under the banner of "metaphysics." And much that we find in these spaces indeed seems to be way too far out for most of us. But metaphysics has a larger and longer history, and is, indeed, a long-established branch of philosophy. It is the philosophical quest to find and understand the basic nature of existence, including the question of "why is there something rather than nothing"? It involves thinking beyond what the scientific method alone can fully describe. But throughout history, as science continues to unfold new things, metaphysicians seek to understand the implications of these finding in wider and deeper ways. In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon shares what he believes are important insights that certainly would fall within the category of "Mormon metaphysics" which are laid out in places in the Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, the LDS temple ceremony, and other teachings of Joseph Smith, especially those in the King Follett Discourse. These suggest that everything that exists in uncreated and at least capable of…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Wotherspoon

Topics covered

• Mormon metaphysics
• philosophy
• existence
• spirituality
• ethical concerns

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, King Follett Discourse

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