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What is divine simplicity? What are some of the motivations for it? Who are some teachers that Pat has found helpful when researching this doctrine? How can classical theists respond to common objections from 1) multiple properties, 2) modal collapse, 3) contingent knowledge, and 4) the Trinity? Pat Flynn joins us to tackle these issues and more.
What was St. Thomas Aquinas’ Third Way? Can it still be defended today? What are some of the different readings of it that various Thomists on it have taken? How does it differ from the other ways? How does it relate to the De Ente reasoning? Karlo Broussard joins us to discuss these questions and more!
Summary Who was Etienne Gilson and why is his work important? How did he make traditional Thomistic distinctions regarding understanding, knowledge, faith, and sacra doctrina? What did he think it meant to be a...
What can we say about God and what he causes? What view of time seems to fit best with classical theism? Can classical theism account for teleology, providence, and theodicy? Does the biblical account provide evidence for neo-classical theism over against classical theism?
I play several clips of my conversation with Dr. Ryan Mullins and respond with some brief commentary.
What are models of God? What is neo-classical theism as opposed to classical theism? How should we think about the doctrine of divine simplicity? What is meant by ‘modal collapse’? How might classical theists answer modal collapse objections? Dr. Ryan Mullins joins the show to discuss some of his thoughts on these questions and more.
Summary How did a geneticist get so interested in writing about faith and philosophy? Why think God exists? What does science say about the matter? Why think there is a personal first cause? How...
Summary What did Augustine and Aquinas teach about the Triune action of God? What is meant by the ‘indivisible operations axiom’? How do Augustine and Aquinas employ the idea of ‘appropriation’? What implications does...
Summary What some popular atheist slogans and how can they be answered? What dilemma does the atheist face regarding the PSR and problem of evil? How big is the tent in Catholicism when it...
Summary Who was Jacques Maritain and why is he an important figure in Thomism? What did he teach on topics related to predestination? How did he understand God’s ‘antecedent’ and ‘consequent’ wills differently than...
