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Summary Against Modern Thought: How Angels See God

Previous post. Back into some technicalities this week. But with some insight into cause and effect. THAT SEPARATE SUBSTANCES DO NOT SEE GOD IN HIS ESSENCE BY KNOWING HIM THROUGH…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Ultimate Happiness Comes After Death

Previous post. Something to look forward to, but with fear and trembling. Share this Chapter with those who believe paradise can be built. THAT MAN’S ULTIMATE FELICITY DOES NOT COME…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Knowledge Of God Is Limited

Previous post. We can, however, know that man is not God. THAT IN THIS LIFE WE CANNOT SEE GOD THROUGH HIS ESSENCE 1 Now, if we are not able to…

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Judea Pearl Is Wrong On AI Identifying Causality, But Right That AI Is Nothing But Curve Fitting

Yep I've disagreed with Judea Pearl before on causality, and I do so again below; but first some areas of agreement. Some deep agreement at that. Pearl has a new…

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The Odious Ideas Of Father James Martin

This post is a follow-up to Homosexuality Is Abnormal, Unhealthy & Unfortunate -- In The Church & Everywhere. See at the bottom for answers to that post. Here is all…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: We Can’t Fully Know Ourselves

Previous post. A man's got to know his limitations. THAT THE SOUL DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ITSELF THROUGH ITSELF IN THIS LIFE 1 Now, it seems that some objection may be…

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Leibniz’s Problem with Materialism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

In this essay, I shall consider a popular view in the philosophy of mind known as emergentism. Emergentism is a type of materialist view that says that the brain or…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: A Limitation of Knowledge

Previous post. A man's got to know his limitations. THAT IN THIS LIFE WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND SEPARATE SUBSTANCES 1 Hence, since separate substances cannot be known by us in this…

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