unicorn-hunt Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 12, 2019 CategoriesCosmologyFaith & SciencePhilosophy 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 6 St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›
1280px-Mel_nest_stack_of_books Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 4, 2019 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __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 Michael Egnor October 4, 2019 Faith & Science 12 Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›
Aquinas Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 3, 2019 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophy Tagged , __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 Michael Egnor October 3, 2019 Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy 12 In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›
Sean Carroll Type post Author Michael Egnor Date February 13, 2018 CategoriesPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , __k-review, Big Bang, Ed Feser, existence, First Cause, Five Ways, multiverse, New Atheism, nihilism, quantum fluctuation, Sean Carroll, skepticism, Thomas Aquinas, universe Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe Michael Egnor February 13, 2018 Physical Sciences, Physics 13 The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence. Read More ›
