Month: July 2018

Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2

In Part 15 I begin to analyze Argument #4 of Kreeft’s case: 4. The Argument from Degrees of Perfection In Argument #4, Kreeft argues for the existence of an “absolutely perfect being”.  He does strongly hint at the single most important premise of this argument: This absolutely perfect being…is God. (HCA, p.55) The most important premise of this argument is best stated as Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2

Do our reasons depend on our desires?

NOTE: This post assumes an understanding of much of the terminology that I explain in my post, “On Reasons and What They Do?” In particular, this post uses the terms ‘reason,’ ‘objective,’ and ‘subjective’ in accordance with the explanations that appear in that article. Further, there are other important matters (such what it means for a reason to Do our reasons depend on our desires?

INDEX: Kreeft’s Case for God

KREEFT’S CASE FOR GOD In September of 2017, I began to analyze and evaluate Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God in Chapter 3 of his book Handbook of Christian Apologetics (co-authored with Ronald Tacelli).  In July of this year (2018), I finished examining his case for God, which consists of 20 arguments for INDEX: Kreeft’s Case for God

Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?

WHERE WE ARE AT There is only one more argument in Kreeft’s case that we need to evaluate: Argument #6: the Kalam Cosmological Argument.  In Part 24, I did an initial analysis of Argument #7, and I pointed out some significant problems with that argument.  Argument #6 has the same set of significant problems: Furthermore, the conclusion Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?