(October 24, 2021 at 9:35 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Neo, do you think anything Aquinas says is at odds with modern science? If not, what are your replies to HappySkeptic's concerns? If so, how would you adapt Aquinas's position to better accommodate what we know about the natural world?
I do not know what examples could be found in his entire body of work. With respect to the demonstrations ofthe 5 Ways, I have already stated that the analogies do not work. That said, I do not think the metaphysical claims about potency and actuality, etc. of Aquinas are in any way undermined by the findings of modern physics. That does not make them true,...just not obviously wrong and certainly not silly as some claimed.
Similarly, it seems a bit irrational to say the 5W must be wrong because Aquinas held false beliefs about unrelated topics like the speed of light or the nature of combustion.
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