tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post5803628952520589387..comments2024-03-19T02:00:34.750-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: William Wallace, OP (1918-2015)Edward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-85348261311054432732015-09-28T20:00:39.226-07:002015-09-28T20:00:39.226-07:00RIP, Fr. Wallace. I studied with him at CUA, in th...RIP, Fr. Wallace. I studied with him at CUA, in the honors philosophy program. He was an amazing teacher. <br />metro-grafixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360996670721750414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-90032847836840004082015-06-07T18:02:17.242-07:002015-06-07T18:02:17.242-07:00Hey Edward
Thanks for that.
Wallace is an intell...Hey Edward<br /><br />Thanks for that.<br /><br />Wallace is an intellectual and even spiritual giant in my book. And it is a privilege to stand on the shoulders of him and others like him: Ed Feser, Wolfgang Smith, Boyle, Oderberg, Koons, Smith, Benignus, Clarke, Gilson, Grygiel, Copleston, and on and on.<br />machinephilosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715878687266064548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-4220860038111910362015-06-04T16:08:39.242-07:002015-06-04T16:08:39.242-07:00I studied with Father Wallace in the mid-1970s. To...I studied with Father Wallace in the mid-1970s. Took classes in Causality and Scientific Explanation and in Aristotle's Posterior Analytics. He was one of the best teachers I ever had, always informative and thoughtful, a true teacher. And his passion for his subject and love of learning was always shining through. He shall always have a place in my mind and heart.Edward Hudginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-47118430461288172552015-04-22T01:09:06.976-07:002015-04-22T01:09:06.976-07:00Hey Alan
It's the general directedness notion...Hey Alan<br /><br />It's the general directedness notion, along with some reservation about the notion of "natural". My copy is a ways from here so I've got another on the way. I'll revisit this and get back to you. I think it begins on page 14 or 15 where I had the directness issue.<br /><br />By the way, thanks for the incredible resource page. That's how I discovered Wolfgang Smith and others listed there.<br />machinephilosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715878687266064548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-40630493552172241122015-04-20T15:44:26.268-07:002015-04-20T15:44:26.268-07:00What problems do you have with it?
My only quibbl...What problems do you have with it?<br /><br />My only quibble with it is his mischaracterization of Duhem as a skeptic, anti-realist.Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-33839515975713594472015-04-20T00:35:29.469-07:002015-04-20T00:35:29.469-07:00The Modeling of Nature, in spite of a couple of pr...The Modeling of Nature, in spite of a couple of problems I have with it, is one of the most magnificent works in all philosophy of science.<br /><br />With Wallace, Smith, and other neos slugging it out in metaphysics until the very end, there may be a Revenge of the Thomists yet, in science as well as philosophy.<br /><br />He's already missed, and will be studied closely by many.machinephilosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715878687266064548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-20456576212080261402015-04-14T06:33:20.927-07:002015-04-14T06:33:20.927-07:00Gone to join his brother Lawrence Dewan. One man c...Gone to join his brother Lawrence Dewan. One man closer to filling up the full number of the just. Glory be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-67047710912145756092015-03-12T20:32:47.876-07:002015-03-12T20:32:47.876-07:00Tragically I think I accidentally threw out my cop...Tragically I think I accidentally threw out my copy of Wallace's book in the purge?**<br /><br />**I did a psychotic amount of cleaning. Don't ask.Son of Ya'Kovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645132954231868592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-18107093216084277982015-03-12T20:21:16.277-07:002015-03-12T20:21:16.277-07:00Fr. Wallace was a good friend and human being who ...Fr. Wallace was a good friend and human being who struggled with his vocation because he had a large heart. Sometimes the intellectual life makes a scholar want to be more around other people, and transcend the boundaries of ideas personally.<br /><br />Wallace was my friend and mentor from 1994-1999, and we went our separate ways afterwards, but he will never be forgotten.<br /><br />He was the best of the best: a philosopher, theologian, palaeographer, physicist, historian, and engineer.<br /><br />But most impotantly, he was a human being.<br /><br />Ad lucem aeternam,<br /><br />John K. HooverJohn K. Hoovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-65449349202658799352015-03-09T09:55:55.234-07:002015-03-09T09:55:55.234-07:00RIP Fr. Wallace. I was fortunate enough to meet hi...RIP Fr. Wallace. I was fortunate enough to meet him and hear him lecture about the modelling of nature, and natural philosophy at the University of St. Thomas' Aquinas Lecture right after the book <i>The Modeling of Nature</i> came out. I was a graduate student in philosophy at the time. He was a very nice and a very astute philosopher.jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943236678662463846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-52196507343932851012015-03-08T13:25:33.895-07:002015-03-08T13:25:33.895-07:00From the Roman Breviary (forma extraordinaria): Pr...From the Roman Breviary (<i>forma extraordinaria</i>): Præsta, quæsumus, Domine: ut anima famuli tui Gulielmi sacerdotis, quem, in hoc sæculo commorantem, sacris muneribus decorasti, in cælesti sede gloriosa semper exsultet. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.Some guyhttps://coelifluus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-70465148530796876762015-03-07T15:15:11.938-08:002015-03-07T15:15:11.938-08:00My respects to Fr. Wallace.My respects to Fr. Wallace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470664030455998305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-2527851235317649622015-03-07T14:57:01.704-08:002015-03-07T14:57:01.704-08:00Very sad to hear of his passing. A truly remarkabl...Very sad to hear of his passing. A truly remarkable philosopher, a truly remarkable man. The keenest of intellect, a prolific writer, wonderful teacher. A real loss to all of us. <br /><br />LinusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-9206193209730091232015-03-07T14:06:19.923-08:002015-03-07T14:06:19.923-08:00A couple of Wallace's writings I turn to time ...A couple of Wallace's writings I turn to time and time again for clarification on things are his "Some demonstrations in the science of nature" and "The role of demonstration in moral theology". The latter is particularly important to me, as my dissertation pertains to ethics.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728259859819037533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-66264772014075164442015-03-07T13:48:45.255-08:002015-03-07T13:48:45.255-08:00Requiem aeternam, donas eis domine et lux perpetua...Requiem aeternam, donas eis domine et lux perpetua luceat eis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229675043427993963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-30047752400650889332015-03-07T11:49:03.785-08:002015-03-07T11:49:03.785-08:00Yes, The Modeling of Nature by William Wallace, O....Yes, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ohxdaJqcRf8C&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow"><i><b>The Modeling of Nature</b></i></a> by <a href="http://www.morec.com/nature.htm" rel="nofollow">William Wallace, O.P.</a> (<i>vide</i> <a href="http://www.thomist.org/jourl/1997/974AAshl.htm" rel="nofollow">Fr. Benedict Ashley, O.P.'s review</a> and <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~icuweb/icu020.htm" rel="nofollow">the associated ICU course</a>) is excellent.Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-79878845602567729712015-03-07T11:31:08.376-08:002015-03-07T11:31:08.376-08:00Prayers offered. Thanks for posting this, Ed.Prayers offered. Thanks for posting this, Ed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342328040330975162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-25409830295391464682015-03-07T10:20:42.380-08:002015-03-07T10:20:42.380-08:00(Those video lectures are the same ones for which ...(Those video lectures are the same ones for which Ed provided a <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~icuweb/c02000.htm" rel="nofollow">link to the text</a>.)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979532520761760862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-39823889290240146472015-03-07T10:09:42.290-08:002015-03-07T10:09:42.290-08:00His book (well, textbook I think) was the first I ...His book (well, textbook I think) was the first I sought out specifically for Aristotilean topics. I remember wanting to hear about this crazy idea that God's existence could be demonstrated, and wanted to work my way back to the source. I think Flynn recommended his book at his LJ, I stumbled upon it somehow (I think due to his connection to Wright), and picked it up.<br /><br />I was immediately in over my head.<br /><br />Still thumbed through it, trying to make sense of it all. But eventually along came TLS, and oh, now things make a bit more sense! I should go back and see if I can make it through the textbook now, I'm a bit more well-armed for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-29512985503463901112015-03-07T10:08:33.774-08:002015-03-07T10:08:33.774-08:00Video lectures here. RIP.Video lectures <a href="http://www.morec.com/nature.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. RIP.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979532520761760862noreply@blogger.com