tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post1733077273264892081..comments2024-03-28T09:37:08.486-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: Surfing the webEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-68299136569088114772019-03-01T09:16:26.471-08:002019-03-01T09:16:26.471-08:00Hey, Ed!
Respond to this popular YouTube channel...Hey, Ed! <br /><br />Respond to this popular YouTube channel about the Unmoved Mover Argument! <br /><br />Clearly your work with Shapiro has gotten the attention of the atheist community, time to capitalize! <br /><br />https://youtu.be/KAHJM9TcoYgKennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513173467925492457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-13324159632586266922019-02-28T10:34:35.504-08:002019-02-28T10:34:35.504-08:00I agree.I feel really sad.
I don't defend pr...I agree.I feel really sad. <br /><br />I don't defend priests charged of child sex abuse collectively but I do individually as in this case.<br /><br />Let's pray for him<br />Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636155049496953832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-87779747085666959932019-02-28T08:56:01.435-08:002019-02-28T08:56:01.435-08:00Why would Feser bother to respond to someone who c...Why would Feser bother to respond to someone who clearly hasn't even bothered to read the full argument, let alone understand it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-20146048022410542242019-02-28T07:52:31.381-08:002019-02-28T07:52:31.381-08:00I am not so sure about all this, With books like S...I am not so sure about all this, With books like Scholastic Metaphysics and Upcoming Aristotle's revenge focus seems to more on interaction between contemporary analytic metaphysics,philosophy of science and Scholastic tradition. How to best interpret or revise it in light of current trends and controversies. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-19114271405016613182019-02-28T04:21:38.274-08:002019-02-28T04:21:38.274-08:00Hey look, there's that Jacob hater again. Guy ...Hey look, there's that Jacob hater again. Guy sure doesn't miss a chance to propagate his question-begging, point-missing, self-defeating, sophistical crackpottery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-5178728721959985072019-02-27T19:48:57.593-08:002019-02-27T19:48:57.593-08:00@GermyClean,
Indeed.
@JoeD,
Surely all higher a...@GermyClean,<br /><br />Indeed. <br /><br />@JoeD,<br />Surely all higher animals have some sense of self -- without it, how can they defend themselves from predators or parasites? <br /><br />As for Alex, parrots in general are excellent mimics even in their natural environment. This particular parrot was taught through the model/rival method, which is quite well-suited for animals like Alex. For instance, he learned to say "I'm going away" in order to express the desire to leave the test area after he saw his testers saying the same thing before they left. It is no stretch to surmise that he could have picked up on how to use "I" and "you" through mimicry. So the question is whether mimicry requires or involves the _conceptual_ (as opposed to a sensual) grasp of the self/other distinction. I don't see why the former is the case -- all that an animal needs to do is mentally separate its memory of an event from its memory of the agent who performed that event, and replicate that event. But this can be done by imagination. <br />Sri Naharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331851104846456479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-48098552113755007472019-02-27T18:11:49.468-08:002019-02-27T18:11:49.468-08:00I also would like to add that given Ed’s past inte...I also would like to add that given Ed’s past interest in Richard Carrier and Jerry Coine, I really think this is a polemic/debate that he would he interest in be a part of. After all, wasn’t making Classical Theism accessible for people and to try to make it popular the primary pirou-se of The Last Superstition?? Wasn’t this how all of this begun?? I think this is finally the time who achieve the goal for which Ed’s has fight a lot for the entire last decade, so I have to admit: I will be sad if Ed does not reply to the video.The Thomist Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529345392140792728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-89262067433474022922019-02-27T18:01:41.336-08:002019-02-27T18:01:41.336-08:00I know that. It was a great reply!!!
Unfortunately...I know that. It was a great reply!!!<br />Unfortunately he does not have enough views so that his wonderful reply can really be effective in showing how much the video was wrong.<br /><br />I have the hope that maybe if Ed himself reply to the video this may get more attention and maybe the guy will even make a video entirely focused in replying to Ed’s reply, and of course: te more videos we get about Classical Theism, the more popular it will become. I even hope that this will generate a big enough debate so that other people in YouTube start talking about Classical Theism, and this may be a gigantic step in making Classical Theism known by people and not just an almost completely ignored topic by most people who “talk about religion”, like it seems to be now(please correct me if i’m wrong on this).<br /><br />I really see a big opportunity now, specially since the guy from the video said that he would post more on the topic. But I also think that Ed’s reply would be crucial to this, and he should already have posted it by now.<br /><br />I fear such a great opportunity may pass without we making good use of it����The Thomist Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529345392140792728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-82913789652765711052019-02-27T17:22:00.476-08:002019-02-27T17:22:00.476-08:00Mathoma has now uploaded a video response: https:/...Mathoma has now uploaded a video response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDYPZYMt0QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-17736117531734342712019-02-27T17:18:21.010-08:002019-02-27T17:18:21.010-08:00Yes, absolutely, suppress the Jesuit Order and the...Yes, absolutely, suppress the Jesuit Order and then declare Clement XIV a Saint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-63983817494812624962019-02-27T17:17:39.014-08:002019-02-27T17:17:39.014-08:00This sums up what I think of the entire thing: htt...This sums up what I think of the entire thing: https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/qed/2019/02/catholics-sex-and-cardinal-pell/<br /><br />Yep, he's a staunch public defender of the Catholic Faith, so obviously he bad, rite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-49961337840774594732019-02-27T11:42:00.997-08:002019-02-27T11:42:00.997-08:00Since this post is about surfing the web, what do ...Since this post is about surfing the web, what do you guys think about Cardinal Pell jury process?Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636155049496953832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-88759207849916444582019-02-27T10:23:45.135-08:002019-02-27T10:23:45.135-08:00Sri,
No I think Gerald is serious. I also once th...Sri,<br /><br />No I think Gerald is serious. I also once thought that these ridiculous caricatures surely could not be the sincere beliefs of people. But I have since learned that stereotypes exist for a reason.<br /><br />I remember in the early 2000-teens when the transgender movement was starting to gain significant ground in the United States, my friends showed me some blogs written by some LGBT activists. I thought that they had to be trolls. But lo and behold, here we are in 2019 where the main-stream agenda makes those early bloggers look tame.<br /><br />I’m still betting on the 1990’s style website for Gerald, though. If he does not run one, it is at least in his favorites tab somewhere.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481589239954065668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-5458129017874543752019-02-27T07:53:52.839-08:002019-02-27T07:53:52.839-08:00@Sri,
I don't know if it is was an act or no...@Sri, <br /><br />I don't know if it is was an act or not, honestly. The carnival side-show world of American fundamentalist protestantism is filled with characters like this, and most American Catholics have at least one experience of being harangued by people like him. These people are dogged, extremely self-confident, and utterly ignorant of church history and philosophy. They have absolutely no sense whatsoever that their strange brand of Christianity is in fact a historical aberration, and one that would have been utterly unrecognizable to the overwhelming majority of Christians throughout history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-35346733165740132002019-02-27T06:43:36.243-08:002019-02-27T06:43:36.243-08:00@Sri,
There are still a few unanswered things th...@Sri,<br /><br /><br />There are still a few unanswered things though, as relates to Alex the Parrot.<br /><br />For example, you haven't tackled his ability to use different pronouns when refering to himself and others, thereby seemingly showing a concept of "I" and "you".<br /><br />As well as his being the first animal to ever ask a question, namely, what color he was when he looked at himself in a mirror (though IIRC that happened in the context of it being the same day his owner started teaching him about color by asking "What color", and the owner repeated the answer "gray" to him 6 or 7 times before he responded back by saying "gray" himself).<br /><br />JoeDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-65038852922194574392019-02-27T06:01:03.554-08:002019-02-27T06:01:03.554-08:00@Sri Nahar,
That seems like the most reasonable w...@Sri Nahar,<br /><br />That seems like the most reasonable way to determine the intellect of a species to me. If they could naturally speak, then they'd also be able to tell us about their experiences (i.e., suffering from predation), which would help us prevent from anthropomorphizing their feelings! GermyCleanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029988627926756546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-12306472541925755182019-02-27T04:44:36.623-08:002019-02-27T04:44:36.623-08:00That seems to be a reprise of C.S. Lewis's Scr...That seems to be a reprise of C.S. Lewis's Screwtape's complaint - that we are producing sinners in greater numbers than ever, but of such mediocre quality! No truly outstanding sinners, of the caliber of Alcibiades, or Henry the VIII. <br /><br />But it does appear that we still have outstanding sinners, in abortionists who make it out to be a sacrament rather than a bitter pill, in serial rapist-murderers, etc. <br /><br />And, not to put too fine a point on it, in a world which is (a) still persecuting Christians to death in certain areas (Saudi Arabia, China), and (b) looking to gear up to persecute Christians everywhere else (e.g. states and countries passing laws making it illegal to teach Christian doctrine on homosexuality to your kids, and attempting to make it illegal for priests to retain the secrecy of the confessional), the kind of heroism that resides in saints who resist such persecution even unto death seems not to be gone just yet. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159134209092031897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-61800165082048604922019-02-27T04:41:43.621-08:002019-02-27T04:41:43.621-08:00Hey Professor Feser.
Have you ever heard about a p...Hey Professor Feser.<br />Have you ever heard about a popular atheist channel on YouTube called “Rationality Rules”??<br />He just posted a video “debunking” the Unactualized Actualizer. The video got almost 100.000 views in 1 day, so this means that Ben Shapiro’s defense of your argument really made it more known among atheists, which is good of course. <br />Either way I’m posting this because you seem to have some interest in debunking bad “debunks” of your argument (i’m thinking about Richard Cartier of course). Also I want Classical Theism and Phylosophy in general to become more popular and less misinterpreted, so if you reply to him he will probably reply your reply in his channel, since he said he would also refute the arguments to call the Unmoved Mover: God. <br />Please Feser, don’t let this opportunity of making Classical Theism a lot more popular and less misinterpreted pass!!The Thomist Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529345392140792728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-61314993857477634652019-02-27T02:18:39.198-08:002019-02-27T02:18:39.198-08:00Ed, I've read LTS and "Five Proofs" ...Ed, I've read LTS and "Five Proofs" with no trouble, but found Scholastic Metaphysics rather heavy going (I don't have any background in formal philosophy). I'm guessing Aristotle's Revenge is aimed at a similar audience? What are the "prerequisites" for getting the most out of it? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-69638498240230314252019-02-26T23:07:14.223-08:002019-02-26T23:07:14.223-08:00@Scott Lynch,
I wonder if this person is putting ...@Scott Lynch,<br /><br />I wonder if this person is putting on an act. There is this caricature I have in my head of the Western Evangelical Fundamentalist™, one which might be unjustified for all I know, given that I haven't personally interacted with many Westerners, Evangelicals or fundamentalists. But Gerald Haug fits this caricature so well that I'm asking myself whether he/she is parodying that group. Surely no one can actually have so much ignorance coupled with attention-seeking behaviour, right? Sri Naharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331851104846456479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-34539945224800091932019-02-26T22:45:15.428-08:002019-02-26T22:45:15.428-08:00Do you think Gerald runs a 1990’s style website so...Do you think Gerald runs a 1990’s style website somewhere with a black background and bold neon green flashing headers that say things like “THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE WHORE OF BABYLON!!!!” with advertisements popping up all over for a bunch of Jack Chick tracts? Then if you click enough hyperlinks you’ll eventually wind up in a 9/11 conspiracy theorist website that somehow pins terrorist activity on the Papacy? <br /><br />I’m just getting this vibe...Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481589239954065668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-3838094315828946502019-02-26T22:15:15.418-08:002019-02-26T22:15:15.418-08:00Fukuyama's End of History was widely misread. ...Fukuyama's End of History was widely misread. It was not so much a prediction as a warning. He was worried we were headed toward a bland world where heroes were impossible -- a world inhabited by Weber's "specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.” He was probably wrong about how we would get there, but he may have been ultimately right. We do still seem to be going that direction even if by other means.Don Jindrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550378223563435764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-74121614061219270582019-02-26T20:56:09.310-08:002019-02-26T20:56:09.310-08:00Language. The animal would possess language in its...Language. The animal would possess language in its natural settings, if it is a rational creature, and would be able to converse with us like one of us after learning our language. Sri Naharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331851104846456479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-88660934486794217682019-02-26T18:51:38.759-08:002019-02-26T18:51:38.759-08:00It's available already via European outlets li...It's available already via European outlets like Amazon.co.uk. It should be available through Amazon.com and other U.S. outlets any day now. U.S. availability has been delayed because the publisher is in the middle of changing U.S. distributors. I'll make an announcement when Amazon starts carrying it, which (again) I expect to be very soon.Edward Feserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-56987366008559294152019-02-26T18:35:26.285-08:002019-02-26T18:35:26.285-08:00When will Aristotle's Revenge be available to ...When will Aristotle's Revenge be available to purchase? Amazon always says "not available."Paprika https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650640416865438605noreply@blogger.com