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Michael Egnor

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October 17, 2019

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Faith & Science
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Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

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October 17, 2019

Faith & Science

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It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

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October 16, 2019

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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways

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October 16, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Our perspective is supported by a rigorous and elegant metaphysical framework, which began with Plato and particularly Aristotle. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 15, 2019

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Astronomy
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Big Bang, causation, change, existence, Five Ways, law of non-contradiction, logic, Moon, potency, sun, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ Third Way: An Analogy to Moonlight

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October 15, 2019

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Imagine that you are an astronomer on a world with one moon. It is always night on your world, and the moon is the only body in the sky. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 14, 2019

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Faith & Science
Philosophy
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, atheism, First Cause, Five Ways, laws of nature, logic, nature, nuclear fusion, Prime Mover, proofs, Thomas Aquinas}

Irrefutable, Impeccable, Inescapable: Aquinas’ Second Way

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October 14, 2019

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Every grain of sand is a link in an essential causal chain. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

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October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

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October 11, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

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Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Baylor University, black holes, calculations, equations, information, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Mount Rushmore, Robert J. Marks II, rock, sculpture, textbook}

Rankled by Mount Fuji, Darwinist Jeffrey Shallit Offers Little Self-Refuting Black Holes

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October 11, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Dr. Marks is obviously right. A sculpture has more information than the raw material from which the image was sculpted. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 10, 2019

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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It’s Another Great Nobel Year for Design

_{Michael Egnor
October 10, 2019

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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And a bad year for a 19th-century creation myth. It’s understandable that Darwinists are a bit dejected. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2019

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Faith & Science
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, Five Ways, general relativity, law of non-contradiction, photosynthesis, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books

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October 4, 2019

Faith & Science

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Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, act, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Five Ways, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, mechanical philosophy, nature, potency, pre-Socratic philosophers, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Thomas Aquinas, Werner Heisenberg}

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

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October 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›