Wednesday, May 22, 2024

New video course at Word on Fire

Recently I recorded a six-part video course titled Six Arguments for the Existence of God for the Word on Fire Institute.  You can find an interview about the course and further information here.

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15 comments:

  1. Vini TMay 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM

    That's awesome, Ed! Loved the initiative!

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  2. Tim FinlayMay 22, 2024 at 6:14 PM

    Ed, which are the proofs that are not in your Five Proofs book? My guess is that one of them is Aquinas's fifth way, and I would not be surprised if Aquinas's fourth way is also there.

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    1. Edward FeserMay 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM

      Hi Tim, what I cover in the series are the arguments discussed in the book (from Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, and Leibniz) plus Avicenna's contingency argument

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    2. Tim FinlayMay 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM

      Thanks for the clarification, Ed. Avicenna's argument is helpful for those who deny the impossibility of an infinite regress of hierarchical causes.

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    3. IanMay 24, 2024 at 10:04 PM

      Ah, nice to see Avicenna's argument included! Ever since I first became acquainted with his argument (from this blog, I think), I've thought it particularly interesting and innovative, as it seems to depart from the structure that a lot of variants of the cosmological argument share. (Likewise, I particularly enjoyed the Augustinian proof in Five Proofs, in part I think because it seemed so different from the others).

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  3. AndyMay 22, 2024 at 8:16 PM

    Congratulations, Dr Feser.

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  4. Son of Ya'KovMay 23, 2024 at 10:18 AM

    I am into it.

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  5. AnonymousMay 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM

    My favorite argument for the existence of God is Einstein’s argument: The harmony of the universe REVEALS the existence of a superior mind. Could anyone please tell me into which category this argument falls.

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    1. AnonymousMay 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM

      Into de trash category, that's baby stuff pal. Read a real book.

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    2. Juan PinedaMay 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM

      The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

      Albert Einstein. From "The Religious Spirit of Science". 1934

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    3. AnonymousMay 27, 2024 at 9:18 AM

      Anonymous @1:26
      It's your rude remark that belongs in the trash, pal.

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  6. bbrownMay 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM

    So glad to discover the 'Word on Fire Institute' via this blog. Started on Ed's course! Thank you.
    -Wm. F. Brown Forest, VA

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  7. arvinslackofstudyingMay 28, 2024 at 4:53 AM

    Great to see Avicenna getting some love, can't wait for that lesson!

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  8. BrianR June 1, 2024 at 7:12 AM

    Really appreciating these lectures. I hope somebody in 'Word on Fire' or elsewhere will produce a simplified and animated version that high schoolers can grasp, just as William Lane Craig has produced short videos of his five basic arguments.

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