An interesting quotation from St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica concerning what I am calling the Theological Method. The quotation steers a middle road which avoids both fideism (the belief that faith involves the acceptance of propositions without evidence, and that … Continue reading
For the reasons just given, I think the main choice is between Naturalism and Monotheism (which I will sometimes call Theism for short). Before trying to decide between these two views, I think it is well worth emphasizing just how … Continue reading
What are the possible candidates for the most fundamental principle of reality, which is to explain everything else? Well, what do we know about the reality which it is supposed to explain? One thing we know from the study of … Continue reading
It is natural to suppose that these fundamental entities are in some sense necessary. I don't mean this term to imply that they can be rigorously proven from pure logic (logical/conceptual necessity) or even that we personally can be sure … Continue reading
Some optimistic folks hope that Science will eventually explain everything about the world. But this hope seems absurd in light of the fact that explanations always involve presuppositions. The structure of explanation is always that we explain one thing A … Continue reading
