The Thomistic Institute Causality and Ontotheology | Prof. Emeritus Alfred Freddoso
Apr 21, 2024
Prof. Alfred Freddoso delves into Hume and Kant's criticisms of natural theology, emphasizing the need for empirical traditions. The discussion covers epistemic pessimism, debates on causality from Aristotelian and empiricist perspectives, medieval occasionalism, and critiques of regularity theory in causality.
Chapters
Transcript
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Intro
00:00 • 3min
Epistemic Pessimism in Philosophical and Theological Discourse
02:35 • 11min
The Debate on Causality: Empiricist vs. Aristotelian Perspectives
13:47 • 24min
Exploring Aristotelian Views on Causality and Criticisms from Empiricists
37:38 • 3min
Exploration of Causality and Counterexamples
40:36 • 3min
Analyzing Regularity Theory and Counterfactual Dependence in Causality
43:51 • 3min
Exploration of Causality in Philosophy
46:47 • 27min