tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post7514777135750678299..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Henry of Ghent: The First ScotistLee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-79373209876811894522010-04-25T02:27:27.334-04:002010-04-25T02:27:27.334-04:00I've been reading the essay and there's a ...I've been reading the essay and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it. I hope to comment on it soon.Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-88930529067927756602010-04-24T22:13:19.065-04:002010-04-24T22:13:19.065-04:00Michael,
Sure thing.
I'm speaking specifical...Michael,<br /><br />Sure thing.<br /><br />I'm speaking specifically of <a href="http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/in-praise-of-subtlety/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, with a few highlights:<br /><br /><i>You might not know the guy in the picture above. John Duns Scotus, O.F.M, was one of the greatest theologians of the Middle Ages. A penetrating thinker of unsurpassed ingenuity, he was nicknamed the Subtle Doctor. Later on in this post, I’ll argue that in one particular respect, his philosophy is particularly ID-friendly – even more so than that of St. Thomas Aquinas.</i><br /><br />...<br /><br /><i>(2) Thomists might object to this, but they can’t speak for everyone. For instance, the Catholic theologian Duns Scotus (whose portrait is at the top of this post) taught that the term “intelligent” had the same meaning when applied to God and human beings. I should add that St. Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus were not so far apart on this issue, anyway.</i><br /><br />...<br /><br /><i>(3) Professor Feser has got ID proponents pegged wrong. We’re not Paleyites. He’d be more charitable if he called us Scotists.</i><br /><br />The entire post is basically dedicated to this line of thought.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-38870635346079165242010-04-24T21:07:00.537-04:002010-04-24T21:07:00.537-04:00Crude,
I've been more or less following the s...Crude,<br /><br />I've been more or less following the series of exchanges, but not taking care to read every last post and every comment on every blog thoroughly, and I didn't see the claim you mention. Do you have a link? If you can point it out I'll take a look and consider whether I have anything worthwhile to say about it.Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-70597302148846100782010-04-24T18:20:33.937-04:002010-04-24T18:20:33.937-04:00By the way, I was wondering if anyone on this blog...By the way, I was wondering if anyone on this blog intended to give some response to the recent claim that Intelligent Design proponents are (or at least are in large part) scotists?<br /><br />It was borne out of an argument between Edward Feser and VJ Torley - you all likely have seen it. Given how much virtual ink was spilled over the subject, I was hoping to see those better versed in scotist philosophy weighing in.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-88278477623807657622010-04-15T23:46:19.354-04:002010-04-15T23:46:19.354-04:00Crude, that depends on your standards of measureme...Crude, that depends on your standards of measurement. Compared to, say, Nietzsche or Hobbes, Aquinas and Scotus are very similar. But in the context of medieval scholasticism, they are quite far apart and there are very significant differences between their philosophies on a wide range of subjects.Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-89429547768288088752010-04-15T17:07:59.321-04:002010-04-15T17:07:59.321-04:00This is a tremendously ignorant question of mine, ...This is a tremendously ignorant question of mine, but still I ask: Is there a very big difference between Scotist and Aquinas' thought?Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-68107305203032334962010-04-01T12:03:18.885-04:002010-04-01T12:03:18.885-04:00Nice.Nice.Scott Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109057421298257236noreply@blogger.com