
Episode 9 – Thomism as a Paradigm of Academic Discourse | Prof. Jessica Murdoch
Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy
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Vadimo's Critique of Metaphysics
Metaphysics grounds not only intelligibility, but also meaning and history. Heidegger deemed all of metaphysics to be onto-theology. Vadimo characterizes Christian metaphysics in belief as a fundamentalism that excludes authentic pluralism. Since the Western critique is at its foundation of a departure from realism, it would seem that a distinctly realist metaphysics should be engaged.
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