Monday, December 31, 2012

Aquinas versus Newton?

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Does Newton’s law of inertia undermine Aquinas’s First Way?  The short answer is No.  I gave a longer answer at pp. 76-79 of Aquinas ....
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Trabbic on TLS

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Philosopher Joseph Trabbic kindly reviews The Last Superstition in the latest issue of the Saint Austin Review .  From the review: [...
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Monday, December 24, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part VI

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We’ve been looking at the critics of Thomas Nagel’s recent book Mind and Cosmos .  Having examined the objections raised by Brian Leit...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Claremont Christmas Reading

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The Claremont Institute has posted its annual recommended Christmas reading list , to which I’ve contributed.  You can read my recomme...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part V

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Our look at the critics of Thomas Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos brings us now to philosopher of science John Dupré, whose review of the bo...
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Review of Gazzaniga

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My review of Michael Gazzaniga’s recent book Who’s In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain appears in the Fall 2012 issue...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Haldane on Aquinas, Anscombe, and much else

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3:AM Magazine has posted a long and highly substantive interview with Analytical Thomist philosopher John Haldane.  Lots of interest...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Gonzaga lectures online

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Back in February of 2011, I gave a pair of lectures at the Faith and Reason Institute at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.  I had no ...
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Friday, November 30, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part IV

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Continuing our look at the critics of Thomas Nagel’s recent book Mind and Cosmos , we turn to philosopher Alva Noë’s very interesting...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

Cardinal virtues and counterfeit virtues

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The cardinal virtues are wisdom , courage , moderation , and justice .  They are so called because they are traditionally regarded as ...
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Nagel and his critics, Part III

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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...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Letters, I get letters

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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...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Review of Plantinga

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My review of Alvin Plantinga’s recent book Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism appears in the latest (D...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Deep breath

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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 ...
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