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Aquinas’ Third Way: An Analogy to Moonlight

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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Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

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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Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›
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Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screen shot).

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason. Read More ›
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Edward Feser on Aristotle’s Revenge — Purpose and Essence in Nature

Scientists can get along without Aristotle’s metaphysics, says Feser, but science can’t. Read More ›
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Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo

“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.” Read More ›
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Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

Hypocrisy Watch: What to Expect When Behe Book Comes Out

“Oh, Michael Behe happens to be a Catholic, therefore we don’t have listen to him on the science.” Well that’s poppycock. Read More ›
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Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?

Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either. Read More ›
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Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave
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Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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