Recently, Tyler McNabb published an article in the Thomist journal New Blackfriars responding to portions of my book entitled Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs (co-authored with Daniel Linford). Many thanks to fellow gunner Tyler for his engagement and for sharing a pre-print of his article with me. In today’s post, I will respond to that article.
NOTE (added 2/2/24): McNabb responds to my post here. I further respond to McNabb’s response here.
Recently, Patrick Rooney has argued that neither external relations nor their relata can have existential inertia. Many thanks to Rooney for his engagement, and I will reciprocate that engagement as I respond to his case in this post.
Continue readingThis is a guest post by Dr. Daniel Linford. You can find Dr. Linford’s PhilPeople profile here.
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“The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow.”
John Playfair, 1797, Biographical Account of James Hutton, p. 35
I was recently reading Feser’s contribution to the new Routledge collection on classical theism, and Feser is still claiming that denying DDS entails the possibility of polytheism. In this post, I explain why this is wrong.
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My new book is now available for order! See the bottom of this post for a list of errata and clarifications.
Continue readingRecently, Enric F. Gel published a response to my response to his original paper in Religious Studies. I thank Enric wholeheartedly for his (gloriously meme-filled) response, and I also thank Enric for being the awesome person he is. (I’ve really enjoyed our public and private interactions!) In this post, I’ll be responding to Enric’s most recent response.
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The logistics
This post is a response to Feser’s recent article “The Neo-Classical Challenge to Classical Theism” (Philosophy Compass). The post is broken into two parts. The first part is written by Dr. Ryan Mullins and only reflects Mullins’s views. The second part is written by Joe Schmid and only reflects Schmid’s views. References can be found at the end of the post. Notes can be found at the end of each part.
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This is a guest post by Dr. R.T. Mullins. Mullins is a philosophical theologian at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (University of Helsinki). The views expressed herein are those of Mullins.
Continue reading(1) My article “Simply Unsuccessful: The Neo-Platonic Proof of God’s Existence” (European Journal for Philosophy of Religion) criticizing Feser’s Neo-Platonic Proof is finally online! You can download it for free here: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHSUT-9
(2) If you want to watch a video version of the above paper — one that includes some bonus content on the relationship between the Neo-Platonic Proof and the incarnation — check out my video lecture here: https://youtu.be/BYhV5JAy48g
(2) My blog is moving to the blog section of my new website: https://www.josephschmid.com
I’ll be uploading posts on both this blog you’re reading right now and the blog section of my new website for the first few months of 2022. After that, however, I’ll be exclusively using my new website. 🙂
(3) Happy New Year!
Author: Joe
Tim Pawl and W. Matthews Grant—two philosophers whom I greatly admire and from whose work I have immensely benefitted and learned—have recently responded in the journal Religious Studies to my co-authored article with Ryan Mullins. I extend my utmost gratitude to Pawl and Grant for their engagement, and I aim to offer a cordial and thoughtful response in this post.
Majesty of Reason 