Tag: Summa Theologica

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Arthur Conan Doyle, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Deborah Blum, demons, Duke of Argyll, Ernst Mayr, First Cause, Freeman Dyson, Ghost Hunters, Harvard University, John Magens Mello, Jonathan Wells, magicians, materialists, Nature's Prophet, spiritualism, Summa Theologica, T.H. Huxley, The Scientist as Rebel, The Screwtape Letters, The World of Life, Thomas Aquinas}

Why Nature’s Prophet Had to be Written

_{Michael Flannery
November 19, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

11}

Wallace’s greatest “heresy” was to become, after his co-discovery of natural selection, “godfather” of the modern theory of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, act, Aristotle, clouds, contingency, Five Ways, goodness, grass, images, light, mirror, nobility, ontology, Plato, potency, sky, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, trees, truth}

Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

_{Michael Egnor
October 17, 2019

Faith & Science

7}

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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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 16, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, Etienne Gilson, Five Ways, Jacques Maritain, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 16, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

10}

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

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 30, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, evolution, inference, Islam, Jerry Coyne, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Saint Augustine, Siberia, Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Hawking, Summa Theologica, termite mound, theism, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, totalitarianism}

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Egnor
September 30, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Scientific Reasoning

6}

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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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
May 14, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aquinas and Evolution, Aristotle, Bible, causation, Christendom, creation, devolution, evolution, faith and science, form, macroevolution, mule, Public Discourse, revelation, species, Stephen Jay Gould, Summa Theologica, theistic evolution, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

The Five Arguments Stand: Response to a Critic on Aquinas and Evolution

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
May 14, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science

12}

In my book, I argue that Thomas Aquinas’ teaching cannot be reconciled with theistic evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 9, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Fifth Way, Homo habilis, intentionality, Joseph Carter, mind, myths, nature, New York Times, purpose, Sean Carroll, Summa Theologica, teleology, Thomas Aquinas}

How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?

_{Michael Egnor
August 9, 2017

Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›