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)

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

David Foster Wallace on abstraction

In his book Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (he had a way with titles), David Foster Wallace has some wise things ...

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Coming to a campus near you

On Tuesday, February 6, I will be speaking at Brown University on the topic of capital punishment and natural law. Prof. James Keatin...

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Prof. Fastiggi’s pretzel logic

I’m going to take a break from the topic of the death penalty soon – I’m quite sick of it myself, believe you me – but the trouble is...

Saturday, January 20, 2018

The latest on Catholicism and capital punishment

Is there still anything left to say about the death penalty? Yes, plenty. In the debate generated by By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed ...

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Barron and Craig in Claremont (Updated again)

Last night at Claremont McKenna College, Stephen Davis and I moderated an exchange between Bishop Robert Barron and William Lane Crai...

Monday, January 8, 2018

Five Proofs on television and radio (Updated)

UPDATE 1/12: You can now watch the EWTN Live episode on YouTube or at the EWTN Live web page . This Wednesday, January 10, I will...

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Reelin’ in the links

At Catholic World Report , my co-author Joseph Bessette on the death penalty, recent popes, and deterrence . The New Yorker on t...

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

The best New Atheist book?

The New Atheism, one hears from time to time (e.g. here , here , here , and here ), is dead. Maybe. It depends on what you mean by “...

Friday, December 29, 2017

A lexicon for the capital punishment debate

This year, readers of this blog have been subjected to a long, heated, and sometimes confusing series of debates on the subject of C...

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Five Proofs on CrossExamined

Recently I was interviewed by Frank Turek for his show CrossExamined on the subject of my book Five Proofs of the Existence of God . ...

Thursday, December 21, 2017

A Hart that pumps bile

Strangely, as David Bentley Hart has gotten more gratuitously nasty and unhinged in his attacks on me, I find myself less offended, or...

Monday, December 18, 2017

At last, another open thread!

Long overdue (sorry), it’s the latest open thread. Talk amongst yourselves. Unlike Linda Richman, I won’t give you a topic. From ...

Sunday, December 17, 2017

A stocking stuffer for your Romanian friends

Just in time for Christmas: A collection of several of my essays has been published in a Romanian translation, under the title De la ...

Thursday, December 14, 2017

The latest on By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed

Last month, Joe Bessette and I participated in a panel discussion about our book By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of...

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Manion on By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed

At The Wanderer , Catholic writer Christopher Manion kindly reviews By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Pun...

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Debate? What debate?

Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong seems to be a well-meaning fellow, but I have to say that I am finding some of his behavior very od...

Friday, December 1, 2017

Feser vs. Ahmed on Unbelievable?

Recently, on the UK radio program Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley , I debated atheist philosopher Arif Ahmed on the subject of my ...

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Reply to Griffiths and Hart

By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment received some pretty nasty reviews from Paul Griffiths in Fi...

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Barron and Craig event

On Saturday, January 13, 2018, the Claremont Center for Reason, Religion, and Public Affairs will host “A Conversation with Bishop Rob...

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Reply to Fastiggi

In a recent article at Catholic World Report , Prof. Robert Fastiggi defends the claim that the Church could reverse her traditional ...

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Reply to Brugger and Tollefsen (Updated again)

UPDATE 11/21: Part 3 has also now been posted . UPDATE 11/20: Part 2 has now been posted . In a recent series of articles at Publi...

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Two further ideas about development of doctrine

Go read Mike Pakaluk’s excellent brief article “Four Ideas About Development” at First Things , then come back. Welcome back. Here ...

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Link it! Link it good!

On BBC Radio 4 , Melvyn Bragg discusses Kant’s categorical imperative with David Oderberg and other philosophers . Philosopher o...

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Dawkins vs. Aquinas on Pints with Aquinas (Updated)

UPDATE 11/14: Part two of the interview has now been posted . Recently I was interviewed by Matt Fradd for his Pints with Aquinas p...

Monday, November 6, 2017

Aristotle and contemporary science

Routledge has just released the important new anthology Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science , edited by William M. R...

Pakaluk on capital punishment

Philosopher Michael Pakaluk kindly provided an endorsement for By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishmen...

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Review of Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back (Updated)

UPDATE 11/19: The review can now be read online for free . My review of Daniel Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evoluti...

Smith on By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed

In the Fall 2017 issue of the Claremont Review of Books , Catholic moral theologian Janet Smith reviews By Man Shall His Blood Be She...

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Five Proofs around the net

Strange Notions has kindly hosted a Q and A on my book Five Proofs of the Existence of God (which you can order either from Amazon ...

Monday, October 30, 2017

A further reply to Fastiggi, etc.

In an article at Catholic World Report , Robert Fastiggi is critical of the position I have taken vis-à-vis Pope Francis and capital p...

Sunday, October 29, 2017

McClamrock on By Man shall His Blood Be Shed

At Today’s Catholic , David McClamrock reviews By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment . It’s a some...

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Around the web with Five Proofs

At The Secular Outpost , atheist Bradley Bowen inaugurates what promises to be an interesting series of posts on Five Proofs of the Ex...

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Five Proofs on The Patrick Coffin Show

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by Patrick Coffin before a live audience for a special episode of his show. The subjects were my b...

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Reply to Ivereigh, Brugger, Shea, and Fastiggi

My recent Catholic Herald article about Pope Francis and capital punishment has gotten a fair bit of attention. Some of it has been...

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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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