In this post I present the puzzle of psychophysical harmony. Dustin Crummett and I discuss the puzzle in a forthcoming OSPR paper (“Psychophysical Harmony: A New...
Ed Gracely in Analysis (1988) presented an instructive problem about wagering on heaven and hell. It tells us something interesting about Pascal’s Wager. Suppose you find yourself in hell and Satan himself has pity on you. He offers you this game of chance.
In this post, I evaluate Feser’s argument for the act-potency distinction. After careful analysis of Feser’s interaction with Parmenides, I conclude that Feser’s argument does not support the act-potency analysis of change.
Here’s an argument that poses a problem for developing a theory of the Trinity.
Why do objects persist in existence instead of ceasing to persist? Consider these two competing theses: So, which theory best explains why objects persist in existence...
In a previous post, I considered two ways of thinking about God’s omnipresence. After careful examination, neither offers a satisfying model of God’s omnipresence. I tease...
Grim reapers have recently been employed in an argument against an infinite past. I’d like to see if grim reapers may similarly be employed in an argument against uncaused beginnings.
Inman (2021) identifies two features characteristic of discourse on divine presence: immensity and omnipresence. Briefly, divine immensity says no boundary can limit or contain God. Divine omnipresence may be construed in one of two ways.
In his 2014 paper, ‘A New Kalam Argument: Revenge of the Grim Reaper’, Rob Koons presents what is surely the canonical version of the Grim Reaper...
I want to give this argument in part to provoke a bit of discussion of the role of FOL in philosophy. Though, I don’t think the argument carries great weight.
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