Tag: a posteriori argument

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
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Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 15, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Big Bang, Big Crunch, causation, change, cosmological arguments, existence, First Way, Five Ways, law of non-contradiction, logic, lunar phases, Moon, moonlight, Necessary Existence, potency, reflection, sun, Third Way, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ Third Way: An Analogy to Moonlight

_{Michael Egnor
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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 14, 2019

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

Irrefutable, Impeccable, Inescapable: Aquinas’ Second Way

_{Michael Egnor
October 14, 2019

Faith & Science, Philosophy

7}

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

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __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

_{Michael Egnor
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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, essential causal chain, 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

_{Michael Egnor
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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

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

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
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 ›