... I am interested to review the book "Thye metaphysics of Thirteenth Century Dialectic and Consequences" but also the first about "Metaphysics and...
The second text is now available. If anyone would like to do a review of one or both texts, please email me. ISBN 978-3-639-17899-9 Metaphysics and Perception...
Tracy Smith
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Jul 30, 2009 9:58 pm
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I quess Maritain or his editors meant Quodlibet IX, q. 2, a. 2[3]: "Whether there is only one being in Christ?" "In one way, as [it is attributed] to that...
In Degrees of Knowledge, appendix on the concept Maritain makes reference to Quodlibet 8, a. 4 to support his reading of the concept in terms of the quo/quod...
Anyone looking for a quick publication want to review this book? ========================== The following books have already been received from the publishers,...
Hi John, I wish to encourage those interested in the subject to wait for the publication. It should be available in the next few weeks. Once the text has been...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Jul 13, 2009 11:41 pm
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These titles look really very interesting. How does cognitive psychology shed light on the analytic/synthetic distinction? - John From:...
Hi Anthony, things are going well. I will teach Intro to World Religions next fall here at St. Edwards in Austin. I also emailed the director you suggested...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Jul 13, 2009 10:53 pm
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Wow, congratulations! Two books in two months! The second title caught my eye - could you email me the abstract?...
Hi all: just published a text on Aquinas and modal conditionals and metaphysics. A second text will be published within the next month. ISBN 978-3-639-17529-5...
Tracy Smith
tlsmith3777@...
Jul 13, 2009 8:43 pm
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Here’s where Aquinas connects SUNÉSIS and GNOMÉ to the law: II-II, Question 48. The parts of prudence Article 1. Whether three parts of prudence are...
Very interesting. Thanks for this, Dan. My understanding was that equity courts in the U.S. handle cases when the general rule of law does not provide an...
John:The main focus of your concern is more specific than gnoomee and suneesis. It it epieikes (usually translated as "equity"). What we need to consider is...
In a previous thread, Iya Osoronga (Damola) argued that “The health of any civilisation is not measured by how you treat the majority but in the strength of...
Have to send the text. Dead faith is likely simply faith that has died and no longer exists instead of some variant of faith. Sent from my BlackBerry®...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 7:41 pm
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The divine person illumines the mind and heart to believe, and we believe so that we can understand since faith enables one to understand the higher things of...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 7:39 pm
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By the way, you will notice that Aquinas develops the idea of "dead faith". There is such a thing as dead faith. It is faith prescinded from hope and charity....
Perhaps, the key to understanding the difference between faith and understanding is in the Personhood of God. Obviously, you don't trust a person you do not...
Agreed faith is trust, but we are talking about what enables faith to be different from opinion adding an element of certainty. But one can have faith or trust...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 6:56 pm
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Also, we should be careful not to elide other distinctions. Faith is also one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Now, it seems to me that when the Scripture...
Ok when I get time I will send them. Sorry for any delay. But search on illumination. Illumination is not faith, illumination is the spark of divine light that...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 6:44 pm
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Hmmm. O.k., what texts from the Summa promote the view that faith is a form of illumination? I don't personally recall running into that. Infused faith is...
At least how we want to understand belief today, which is rather nominalistic and protestant where faith is opinion. :) But divine illumination gives the...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 6:28 pm
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Tracy wrote: If I grant this: you can be completely certain even though you do not enjoy the "light" of immediately grasping something, can I also infer the...
Not at all; just learning myself. I am interested in the argument proposed by the mathematician to challenge induction. :-) Sent from my BlackBerry®...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 5:50 pm
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If I grant this: you can be completely certain even though
you do not enjoy the "light" of immediately grasping something, can I also infer the light of...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 5:48 pm
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Say, you're not accusing me of being a nominalist, are you? In the Catholic circles I run in, that's the charge it is fashionable to level at you Protestants....
How did bayes dethrone popper? No one really took popper that seriously in the philosophy of science departments to my knowledge, but that might be due to our...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 5:09 pm
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Yes, but is the opposite the case? See much of the neoplatonic influence leading to certainty arises in divine illumination and divine revelation. Some have...
tlsmith3777@...
May 21, 2009 5:02 pm
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You can't collect all the data. That's not humanly possible. But, you're right, there's also the issue of people making incorrect use of the data. ...
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