Tag: metaphysics
Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics
I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description.
Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways
In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument.
Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne
The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason.
Edward Feser on Aristotle’s Revenge — Purpose and Essence in Nature
Scientists can get along without Aristotle’s metaphysics, says Feser, but science can’t.
Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo
“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.”