Feser’s Case for God – Part 4: Coffee with Parmenides
THE ARGUMENT FOR PREMISE (3) In his book Five Proofs of the Existence of God (hereafter: FPEG), Edward Feser presents an Aristotelian argument for God in Chapter 1. In Part 2 of this series I divided that argument into seven chunks. Chunk #1 consists of premises (1) through (14). The first sub-argument in Chunk #1 … Feser’s Case for God – Part 4: Coffee with Parmenides
Feser’s Case for God – Part 3: Actualization of Potential
FESER TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THE FIVE ARGUMENTS In Five Proofs of the Existence of God (hereafter: FPEG), Edward Feser presents five “proofs” or arguments, each of which was inspired by an historical philosopher (or two). However, Feser takes full ownership of these five arguments, so that none of these arguments is put forward as merely … Feser’s Case for God – Part 3: Actualization of Potential
Feser’s Case for God – Part 2: Chunking Up the Aristotelian Argument
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARISTOTELIAN ARGUMENT In Chapter 1 of Five Proofs of the Existence of God (hereafter: FPEG), Edward Feser presents his Aristotelian argument for the existence of God. This is the most important argument in the book, because the other four arguments presented by Feser in later chapters all have a significant dependency … Feser’s Case for God – Part 2: Chunking Up the Aristotelian Argument
Feser’s Case for God – Part 1: What Feser Gets Right
In his book Five Proofs of the Existence of God (hereafter: FPEG), Edward Feser lays out what he takes to be the five best arguments for the claim that “God exists”. Based on a quick glance through this book, it seems to me that Feser does a much more reasonable job of making a case … Feser’s Case for God – Part 1: What Feser Gets Right
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 7: The Natural Capacity Argument
WHERE WE ARE AT I have been analyzing and evaluating Peter Kreeft’s Argument #19 (the Argument from Common Consent): 1. Almost all people of every era have believed in God. A. Either God DOES exist or God does NOT exist. THEREFORE: 2. EITHER almost all people of every era have believed in God and God DOES exist, OR … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 7: The Natural Capacity Argument
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 6: More on Premise (1)
WHERE WE ARE AT I am in the process of evaluating Argument #19 (The Argument from Common Consent) from Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God (in Chapter 3 of Handbook of Christian Apologetics, hereafter: HCA). One key premise of Argument #19, is this: 1. Belief in God…is common to almost all people of every … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 6: More on Premise (1)
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 5: The Argument from Common Consent
WHERE WE ARE AS OF PART 4 In Part 1 and Part 2 I argued that eight out of ten (80%) of the last ten arguments in Peter Kreeft’s collection of twenty arguments (from Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Chapter 3) are AWFUL arguments that are not worthy of serious consideration, that we should thus toss … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 5: The Argument from Common Consent
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 4: Evaluation of Argument #12
WHERE WE ARE AT WITH EXAMINATION OF ARGUMENT #12 In Part 3 of this series I analyzed the logical structure of Argument #12 in Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God from Chapter 3 of his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA). My initial criticism of this argument is that much of it is … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 4: Evaluation of Argument #12
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 3: The Origin of the Idea of God
MY DIVIDE-AND-CONQUER STRATEGY I have argued that Peter Kreeft puts forward what he takes to be his strongest and best arguments for the existence of God in the first half of his list of twenty arguments (Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli, Chapter 3), and then puts forward his weakest and most … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 3: The Origin of the Idea of God
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 2: Tossing Out Four More Arguments
KREEFT’S CREDIBILITY PROBLEM To focus in on the alleged flaws and failings of an arguer, as opposed to the alleged flaws and failings of his/her arguments is generally to be avoided, and can amount to the fallacy of ad hominem. However, the CREDIBILITY of an arguer can affect the persuasive force of an argument, so credibility should … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part 2: Tossing Out Four More Arguments