Mitchell

"In ordinary English, whenever we use the noun ‘being’ we refer to human beings, and sometimes to higher animals" So there is no such thing as inanima...

"So much better than the "arrogance" espoused by the "New Atheists." " Ah, the sweet sound of sarcasm fills the air.

"Do not do evil in order to brinig about good." St. Paul

"The good that I would do, I do not do; the evil that I hate, that is what I do." St. Paul

"What would you count in the category "universal" that you would also count as real?" Mathematical concepts & truths; Scientific Laws, (at least) term...

I think, but may be mistaken, is that all pantheism needs is the idea of a universal mind, inherent in all things. Panpsychism would have the universa...

"What's wrong with Platonic Realism?" Feser's objection focuses of Plato's postulation of a "third realm", transcending the physical and mental realms...

Pantheism? It seems to be making some inroads into Philosophy of Mind of late.

I found this article https://philarchive.org/archive/CHAAAF-3 "Augustine’s Argument for the Existence of God" by H. Chandler.

The link leads me to a blank page. Fortunately, I have that volume in my Library, so I'll look up page 24. Thanks

I would question two things. (1) What is meant by "greater" in "greater than the mind". (2) The first premise seems to need argument. In fact, I would...

BTW: "God would be eternal truth as such" I honestly have no clue what that means.

I can see how that would be where he winds up, but I don't see the move from (1) eternal truths are real to (2) eternal truths must exist in the mind ...

Greenwell's articulation on Augustine's "Proof" has much in common with Feser's "Argument from Mathematical and Logical Truths". Greenwell puts it: "O...

Thank you so much for your two links. His *Proofs* book seems to be too recent to generate much discussion.

I have a professor friend who teaches "Philosophy in Film" course, in which she showed Tarkovski's version. She claimed that Lem was distraught that "...

One of the questions that fascinated me was the relation of personal identity to the memories others have of you.

Yes! And I think that heat by radiation provides an example where the Aristotelian account of change fails. But then, some think I misunderstand that ...

Pages 60-63 is the discussion of "simultaneous causes"

His example of the coffee getting cold because of the cold air from the air conditioner. Also, his interpretation of "Formal Causality" seems to sugge...

I'm sorry, but I must be dense. I see two issues here. First issue is that any change requires an existing (actual) cause, for something cannot come f...

I don't have a problem with the notion of a sustaining cause, whose activity would be simultaneous, What I question is the notion of a hierarchy of su...

Addendum: The problem I have is with Feser's (Aristotle's and Aquinas's) view of causality. I'd like to think that it is not just a disagreement about...

Thanks andrewk. I posted my issue there, but will do so here as well. I have several problems with Feser's argument. 1. His Principle of (Aristotelian...

I have several problems with Feser's argument. 1. His Principle of (Aristotelian) Causality: Every change is a change from potentiality to actuality b...