Are Chance Or Randomness Real After All?
From reader Nick L comes this question (in which I hope I have properly rendered the Greek): I am still regularly enjoying your blog. I notice one of your consistent…
Category: Philosophy
The philosophy of science, empiricism, a priori reasoning, epistemology, and so on.
Summary Against Modern Thought: Prayer Works, Even When God Knows All
Previous post. You can’t get from whatever will be, will be, to the inefficacy of human action. THAT THE IMMUTABILITY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPRESS THE VALUE OF PRAYER…
Researcher In AI Responds To Criticisms
I received this thoughtful, and may I say highly accurate, email from reader EN, which I include in full below. I removed the age and name to protect EN’s identity.…
Summary Against Modern Thought: On Divine Providence
Previous post. We’ll let our good saint provide the summary: either providence cannot be certain or else all things happen by necessity. This is an extremely important article. Take it…
Summary Against Modern Thought: What Fate Is
Previous post. About the difference between fate and superstitious versions of astrology, see the last argument. It is best not to speak of fate. ON FATE: WHETHER AND WHAT IT…
Summary Against Modern Thought: What It Means To Speak Of Fortune
Previous post. If it weren’t for bad luck, well, there’d be no idea of luck. HOW A PERSON IS FAVORED BY FORTUNE AND HOW MAN IS ASSISTED BY HIGHER CAUSES…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Events And Higher Causes
Previous post. There just is no avoiding God’s control—of everything. In what sense that means, read on! HOW HUMAN EVENTS MAY BE TRACED BACK TO HIGHER CAUSES 1 From the…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Free Will Is Still Subject To God
Previous post. God can bend the will. Why not? How He does so, is not given here. THAT HUMAN ACTS OF CHOICE AND OF WILL ARE SUBJECT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE…