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Part 2 of Free Will / Predestination

Free Will / Predestination by Max Herrera Before I can answer this question, I need to distinguish among (1) determinism and (2) free-will, and (3) predestination: Determinism results from two tenets: causality and universal determinism. Causality teaches that (1) every effect has a cause (i.e., that an effect comes to be from a cause) and…

Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in the Thomistic and Analytic Traditions

Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in the Thomistic and Analytic Traditions August 7 – 11, 2006 On the campus of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Description Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in the Thomistic and Analytic Traditions is a summer graduate seminar devoted to promoting intellectual exchange between the philosophical tradition inspired by Thomas Aquinas, broadly understood, and…