An Examination of Kantian Error
An exposition on error from Kant’s Transcendental Analytic.
Category: Metaphysics
The Divine and Productive Intellect of Aristotle
In this essay I examine Aristotle’s claims in the De Anima III, 5 about the divine aspect of the productive intellect.
The Interdependence of Faith and Reason in the Thought of Augustine
A problem throughout the history of philosophy is the relationship between reason and faith. This epistemological puzzle revolves around whether one should rely on their reasoning or trust the reasoning of another. In early modernity, some thinkers claimed that having… Read moreThe Interdependence of Faith and Reason in the Thought of Augustine
Everything is Nature – Moving from Substance to Process Metaphysics
Baruch Spinoza’s Ethics is, in part, a response to the mind-body problem that arose from Cartesian metaphysics. While Descartes argued for two fundamentally different substances, material bodies and immaterial minds, he could not explain their interaction. Spinoza’s monist metaphysic attempts… Read moreEverything is Nature – Moving from Substance to Process Metaphysics
The Religious Nature of Humans
David Foster Wallace wrote, “in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”[1] In contemporary… Read moreThe Religious Nature of Humans