Share“Does time flow or lapse or pass? Are the future or the past as real as the present? These metaphysical questions have been debated for more than two millennia, with no resolution in sight. Modern physics provides us, however, with tools that enable us to sharpen these old questions and generate new arguments. Does the [...]
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ShareI have a question for those of you who have been in the program a while. I am taking my first course this fall–Dr. DeMarco’s Logic course–and wondering how it measures up to other courses in the program in term of workload. I’m trying to gauge how much I’m reasonably able to do in a [...] ShareAt Edward Feser’s blog, he talks about the relations between algorithms, information theory, and teleology. He is addressing the question of whether the algorithm-like behavior that we can observe in the natural world means there is purpose in the natural world. This is addressed in Feser’s book, the Last Superstition. A commenter objected that the [...] Share If the proposition is the unit of logical discourse then the question “how am I predicating?” never arises. This destroys the distinction between the per se and the per accidens, the hypothetical and the categorical, the demonstrative and dialectical, and in so doing makes sophistry unavoidable. This is true a fortiori of philosophies that see the proposition [...] ShareFolks, one of the limitations of our online program is the lack of any kind of online writing lab (Purdue University calls this an OWL). I’d like to offer the first vestiges of one in the presentation of a style sheet that my colleagues on the faculty of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis are piloting [...] ShareFor those interested in Christian perfection Spiritual Theology, by Fr. Jordan Aumann, is a comprehensive treatise on spiritual Theology which gives a practical insight on the virtues. See below, from Ch. 11 on the perfection of Prudence, the virtue of maturity: Eight integral parts are required for the perfection of the virtue of prudence, five of which pertain [...] ShareI have added individual user accounts for all DPS members. Please check your email for your login and passwords. Please contact me if you do not receive an email with your username and password. This should help everyone with login problems of late. It is possible that we need an updated email account, or that [...] ShareStages of Consciousness, by James Chastek |
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