Published debate record
3 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 86/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
William Lane Craig vs Sean Carroll: God and Cosmology · 2014
Craig argued that cosmic beginnings and fine-tuning favor theism; Carroll countered that self-contained models, measure sensitivity, and predictive discipline favor naturalism.
William Lane Craig: 83 · Sean Carroll: 90. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Philip Goff vs Sean Carroll: Is Consciousness Fundamental? · 2023
Goff defended consciousness-first metaphysics from private experience and explanatory gaps; Carroll answered through multilevel emergence, empirical constraints, and comparative challenges.
Philip Goff: 84 · Sean Carroll: 84. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Sean Carroll vs Hans Halvorson: Metaphysics · 2016
Carroll defends revisable naturalism across science and value, while Halvorson argues scientific completeness underdetermines theism and offers qualified moral and existential alternatives.
Sean Carroll: 84 · Hans Halvorson: 87. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
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Sean Carroll and Michael Shermer vs Ian Hutchinson and Dinesh D'Souza: Has Science Refuted Religion? · 2012
Carroll and Shermer argue that naturalism and scientific explanations have displaced religious claims; Hutchinson and D'Souza argue that science has not refuted religion because it cannot settle every religious, historical, moral, or existential claim.
Sean Carroll and Michael Shermer: 81 · Ian Hutchinson and Dinesh D'Souza: 84. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Eben Alexander and Raymond Moody vs Sean Carroll and Steven Novella: Is Death Final? · 2014
Alexander and Moody argue that near-death and shared-death experiences reveal consciousness beyond the brain; Carroll and Novella argue that vivid experience and testimony do not outweigh evidence that minds depend on brains.
Eben Alexander and Raymond Moody: 58 · Sean Carroll and Steven Novella: 86. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.