Tag Archives: Edward Feser

Bringing in Edward Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Rchard E. Hennessey

Edward Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God* (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2017) has been out for a few weeks now, though I received my copy, ordered in June, just a few days ago. The book commands serious reading … Continue reading →

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Aristotelian Realism in the Theory of Universals of Feser’s The Last Superstition

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

1. In my immediately previous post I took up the theory of universals, taking as my point of departure Edward Feser’s review, in The Last Superstition,* of realism in the theory of universals, more specifically Platonist realism. In that post … Continue reading →

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Universals in Feser’s The Last Superstitution. A Neo-Aristotelian Alternative to Realism in the Theory of Universals

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

1. As I noted in the immediately previous post, the “Feser on Faith in The Last Superstition 1: Pure Reason and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ” of January 16, 2015, I foresee that the second post in the series I am … Continue reading →

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Feser on Faith in The Last Superstition 1: Pure Reason and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

1. I first read Edward Feser’s The Last Superstition* a few years ago, as part of an earlier effort at understanding Thomas Aquinas’s attempts at proving the existence of God. Then, however, for a variety of reasons, I relegated that … Continue reading →

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A Distinction between Scientisms

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Rchard E. Hennessey

In the opening chapter, “0,” of his Scholastic Metaphysics. A Contemporary Introduction,* Edward Feser tells us (pp. 9-10) that Of course, not every contemporary analytic philosopher welcomes the revival of old-fashioned metaphysics. There are those who decry it in the … Continue reading →

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