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Episode 10 – Beyond Scientism - Philosophical Knowing | Fr. James Brent, O.P..mp3

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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The Four Problems of the Sapienciamundi

There's four basic problems that go with this package, four problems that face the Sapienciamundi. The first problem is self-referential defeat. It's hard to even state the view without stating it in a way that just defeats itself. You can see right off the bat, just by stating these views practically, that we've ruled out the existence of God up front. In fact, there's an ancient philosophical understanding of our human reason, though, which claims that it is possible for human beings to know using reason that God exists.

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