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Author Archives: Rchard E. Hennessey
Reflecting on Russell’s Religion and Science 1. Scientism and the Four Purported Magisteria
1. One reason why I have not been posting over the past months is because I have been caught up in the teaching of courses new to me, in ethics, medical ethics, and environmental ethics. These having been courses for … Continue reading
Posted in Scientism
Tagged After Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell’s “The Art of Rational Conjecture, Bertrand Russell’s Religion and Science, Bertrand Russell’s The Art of Philosophizing and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy, Epistemology, Magisteria, Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, Richard. E. Hennessey, Science, Scientism, Stephen Jay Gould, Theology
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Non-contradiction, Divine Omnipresence, and Dual Citizenship
1. Good Aristotelian that I am, or at least neo-Aristotelian, I introduce and make use of the principle of non-contradiction, that No being can both be and not be, in the same respect and at the same time. in virtually … Continue reading
Michael Anton on Behalf of the Thesis That Religion Is the Basis of Republican Government
1. No doubt because of the political circumstances in which the United States currently finds itself, I have in turn found myself wanting to know more about and better understand the political theory and philosophy of the nation’s founders, the … Continue reading
Posted in Political Philosophy
Tagged Michael Anton, Michael Anton's Review of West's The Political Theory of the American Founding, Moral Foundation of Republican Government, Religion, Republican Government, Thomas G. West, Thomas G. West's The Political Theory of the American Founding
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Logical Errors in a Logic Textbook, Alas!
1. Early on in his Socratic Logic, Peter Kreeft offers what I’ll take to be two arguments in favor of a thesis that traditional, or Aristotelian, logic is superior to modern, or symbolic or mathematical, logic, that, indeed, modern logic … Continue reading
Countering the Philosophical Skepticism of Former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin
In an April 30, 2018, New York Times Opinion page article, “Philosophy Prepared Me for a Career in Finance and Government,” former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin singled out his undergraduate Harvard University Professor Raphael Demos for special praise, … Continue reading
A Suggestion for the New York Times. And for the Author of the Gospel According to John
The New York Times has launched a new advertisement campaign, one installment of which culminates in the propositions that: The truth is hard. The truth is hard to find. The truth is hard to know. The truth is more important … Continue reading
A Proof That at Least One Thing Can Be Proven in Philosophy
1. There is a widely held opinion that, in contrast with, say, mathematics, there are no demonstrative arguments, or proofs, in philosophy. This opinion is held, not just by those not well acquainted with philosophy, but also by many or … Continue reading
Sathya Sai Baba. The Man Who Was God
0. Reading today’s (February 20, 2018) post by James Chastek, “Sathya Sai Baba as Atheist argument trope,” in the blog, Just Thomism, I became aware of Sathya Sai Baba for the first time. This was perhaps a bit late, for … Continue reading
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Tagged After Aristotle, ames Chastek, Christian Doctrine, God, James Chastek’s Just Thomism, Jesus, Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Principle of the Indiscernibility of Identicals, Principle of the Symmetry of Identity, Principle of the Transitivity of Identity, Richard Hennessey, Sathya Sai Baba, The Man as God Thesis, Time (Online Magazine), Trinitarian Doctrine
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A Diagram of the Trinity
Today my eyes fell on a diagram, the Scutum Fidei or “Shield of Faith,” the purpose of which is to set forth the relationships which classical Christianity believes to exist between and among the three persons of the Trinity, God … Continue reading
Posted in Trinity
Tagged After Aristotle, Demonstrative Arguments, Richard Hennessey, Sound Arguments, Trinity, Valid Arguments
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Conceiving of Exceptions to the First Principles
1. In my immediately previous post, the “First Thoughts on the First Principles” of January 19, 2018, I offered statements of the principles, of non-contradiction and excluded middle, recognized as “first principles” by classical philosophical thought. I further pointed to … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged After Aristotle, First Principles, God, Irrationalism, Negation, Negation of the Principle of Excluded Middle, Negation of the Principle of Non-contradiction, Obverse, Particular Affirmative Proposition, Particular Negative Proposition, Peter Kreeft, Peter Kreeft's Socrates Meets Jesus, Principle of Excluded Middle, Principle of Non-Contradiction, Rationalism, Richard Hennessey, Trinity, Universal Affirmative Proposition, Universal Negative Proposition, Universalist Irrationalism
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