Is Belief in God Rational?

About this lecture

In this lecture delivered during Islamic Awareness Week, speaker Hamza Andreas Tzortzis addresses the question of whether belief in God is rational, arguing that neither empiricism nor scientific induction can logically rule out the existence of God. He then presents the hard problem of consciousness as a compelling positive argument for theism, systematically evaluating and critiquing the leading materialist and dualist philosophical explanations for subjective experience. The lecture is accessible to both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences and draws on philosophy of science, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.