Five Proofs of the Existence of God
by Edward Feser · first published 2017
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…enjoyed: Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia; Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons; Peter Singer's Practical Ethics; Graham Priest's In Contradiction; Graham Oppy's Arguing about Gods; Edward Feser's Five Proofs of the Existence of God – that's a rather eclectic and idiosyncratic list, including books by authors which radically disagree with each other (e.g. Feser's book tries to prove God exists, Oppy's book argues all known proofs…
on “American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped, Proving the 'Reverse Flynn Effect'” ↗…like that philistines like Dawkins enjoy dumping on. The best arguments demonstrate God's existence as a necessary fact following from evident premises. (Btw, Edward Feser has recently publishes a book, "Five Proofs of the Existence of God", on the subject, selecting five that he holds to be particularly important.)
on “Why Earth's History Appears So Miraculous” ↗He also wrote Five Proofs of the Existence of God. His writings won’t convert any naturalist.
on “Problems for Goff’s Panpsychism” ↗…intelligent, and omniscient. 26. But for there to be such a thing is for God to exist. 27. So, God exists. For the details see the twenty pages of chapter five ("The Rationalist Proof") in his book Five Proofs of the Existence of God: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35592365-five-proofs-of-... Also covered are: Aristotle, Neo-Platonic (Plotinus), Augustinian, and Thomistic. (The above is the summary which I've transcribed.…
on “Formalizing a Proof of God by Leibniz” ↗From Five Proofs of the Existence of God, Edward Feser (2017), Chapter 6 (§Omniscience), pp. 212f: > Recall that I emphasized that God can hardly be mistaken about the cat being on the mat, insofar as he is the cause of the cat's being on the…
on “Anselm's Ontological Argument: A Guide for the Perplexed” ↗I would not turn to Carrier if you wish to counter-argue Feser: > In an article at his blog, pop atheist writer Richard Carrier grandly claims to have “debunked!” (exclamation point in the original) Five Proofs of the Existence of God. It’s a bizarrely incompetent performance. To say that Carrier attacks straw men would be an insult to straw men, which usually bear at least a crude resemblance to the argument under consideration.…
on “Young people are flocking to astrology” ↗He has some good points. But this is also the guy who wrote "Five Proofs of the Existence of God".
on “Stove and Searle on the rhetorical subversion of common sense” ↗