Edward Feser

"One of the best contemporary writers on philosophy" National Review

"A terrific writer" Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph

"Feser... has the rare and enviable gift of making philosophical argument compulsively readable" Sir Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement

Selected for the First Things list of the 50 Best Blogs of 2010 (November 19, 2010)

Friday, November 30, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part IV

Continuing our look at the critics of Thomas Nagel’s recent book Mind and Cosmos , we turn to philosopher Alva Noë’s very interesting...

Friday, November 23, 2012

Cardinal virtues and counterfeit virtues

The cardinal virtues are wisdom , courage , moderation , and justice . They are so called because they are traditionally regarded as ...

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part III

In the previous installment in this series of posts on Thomas Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos , I looked at some objections to Nagel raised by Bri...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Letters, I get letters

It’s time, I think, to repeat something I’ve said before . I get lots of reader feedback -- in the form of emails, combox remarks, l...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Review of Plantinga

My review of Alvin Plantinga’s recent book Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism appears in the latest (D...

Monday, November 12, 2012

Deep breath

Yes, the election was a disaster and does not speak well of the state of the country. But just as 1980, 1984, 1988 and 2004 were not ...

The Incompetent Hack

You might recognize the name of atheist blogger Chris Hallquist, who styles himself “The Uncredible Hallq,” from an earlier post . I ...

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Chief Justice Ockham

So, it’s time for recriminations. Whom to blame? I nominate Chief Justice John Roberts. Not for Obama’s victory, but for ensuring, ...

St. Jerome on the fall of Rome

From Letter 127 : Rome had been besieged and its citizens had been forced to buy their lives with gold. Then thus despoiled they ...

Monday, November 5, 2012

With readers at the ACPA in L.A.

On Friday I attended the first day of the American Catholic Philosophical Association meeting here in Los Angeles, and had the pleasur...

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Jazz-funk phenomenologist

Steely Dan freaks will have taken note of Donald Fagen’s new solo album Sunken Condos , and if they’re like me they’ll also have been ...

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Hey kids! Free casuistry!

Some time back I posted a set of links to some older works in Scholastic philosophy and theology available online via Archive.org. Fa...

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part II

Whereas my First Things review of Thomas Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos accentuated the positive, the first post in this series put forwa...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Charles De Koninck Project

Philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906 - 1965) was one of the leading figures in the Laval or River Forest tradition within 20 th centu...

Monday, October 22, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part I

Thomas Nagel’s new book Mind and Cosmos , which I reviewed favorably for First Things , has gotten some less favorable responses as w...

Friday, October 19, 2012

TLS auf Deutsch

I am pleased to announce that Editiones scholasticae has released a German translation of The Last Superstition , under the title De...

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About Me

Edward Feser: I am a writer and philosopher living in Los Angeles. I teach philosophy at Pasadena City College. My primary academic research interests are in the philosophy of mind, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. I also write on politics, from a conservative point of view; and on religion, from a traditional Roman Catholic perspective.

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