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Tag Archives: Richard Hennessey
Number and Reality 0. An Introduction to a Project in the Philosophy of Mathematics
1. At long last I find myself enjoying a set of circumstances that will allow me to engage in some serious thinking in the philosophy of mathematics; the two September posts, “Ontological Arithmetic. One Realistic Foot in the Door of … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mathematics
Tagged After Aristotle, Alfred North Whitehead’s Process and Reality, Aristotelianism in the Philosophy of Mathematics, Arithmetic, Geometry, Number, Number and Reality, Ontology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Platonism in the Philosophy of Mathematics, Realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics, Richard Hennessey, Stewart Shapiro’s Thinking about Mathematics
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Logic Matters
The present post is a follow-up to my post of September 23, 2020, “Alfred Tarski on the Benefits of the Knowledge of Logic. A Timely Reminder.” In the post I presented a passage written by the logician, Alfred Tarki, spelling … Continue reading
Ontological Arithmetic. One Realistic Foot in the Door of the Philosophy of Mathematics
The aim of the present post is three-fold. I wish first to draw attention to the ontological theory of identity, i.e., of existents as identical with existents, and three quite basic principles of the theory. I then wish to then … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mathematics
Tagged After Aristotle, Apodicticism in Philosophy of Mathematics, Arithmetic, Definition of What It Is to Be Four Existents, Definition of What It Is to Be One Existent, Definition of What It Is to Be Three Existents, Definition of What It Is to Be Two Existents, Identity, Ontological Arithmetic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Reflexivity of Identity, Richard Hennessey, Symmetry of Identity, Transitivity of Identity
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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
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
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
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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
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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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Aquinas and the Theory of Comparative Intelligence
0. (This post is the tenth in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics.*) I devoted my post of September 19, 2017, “Aquinas’s Arguments for the Thesis That the Science … Continue reading →