How God Knows He's Not a Brain In a Vat w/ Gaven kerr

[@PhilosophyforthePeople]

If you're digging the content here, there's plenty more on Substack: journalofabsolutetruth.substack.com/ Cheers, everyone!

[@PhilosophyforthePeople]

Oh, and check out Gaven's books, of course! Aquinas's Way to God: amzn.to/3XOatCH Metaphysics of Creation: amzn.to/3ZwEdWe

[@cosmicnomad8575]

So much Pat Flynn content in the last day or two! Love it! And Gaven Kerr is always a legend! God bless!

[@SanctusTheology]

Your channel is amazing, I don’t know how it doesn’t have subscribers.

[@PhilosophyforthePeople]

@@SanctusTheology thanks, and help us out! Share/recommend this episode on social media, in philosophy groups, on your blog (if you have one), and however else. Little efforts like that, when cumulative, make a big difference.

[@cosmicnomad8575]

@@SanctusTheology I feel like it definitely deserves more subscribers and I think what they are doing here is big(I definitely recommend it to friends and share it around). But at the same time I can’t help but love the small channel vibe to it, it’s more intimate and less chaotic than it often is on bigger channels.

[@TheAngelicDoctor]

Real

[@kevinpulliam3661]

Between the History of Philosophy at the Beginning and the answer about God knowing he’s not a brain in a vat Gaven absolutely crushed it this episode

[@Thomas.apologia]

I love these episodes with Gaven!

[@billie5057]

Hey, got started reading the summa because of mr Kerr! :D glad to see him back.

[@PhilosophyforthePeople]

Always a joy getting to chat with Gaven. Thanks for tuning in!

[@juanmanuelgonzalez9341]

I’d love to get Kerr’s views on the latest idealists like Bernardo Kastrup and how it relates to Thomism

[@PhilosophyforthePeople]

That would be fun to discuss. Perhaps we can bug him to join us for another live QnA at some point.

[@juanmanuelgonzalez9341]

@@PhilosophyforthePeople he has been in for channels that are smaller to this one so maybe you can get him. Great content here, keep it up!

[@PerisaSekondo]

I have some troubles understanding designated matter in comparison to prime matter, maybe a brief explanation. Great to see you guys!

[@diggingshovelle9669]

How can one understand the essence of a a manbut not know that one exists? It appears a contradiction in terms?

[@Etheralking]

Solipsism 101, how to escape anything.

[@PerisaSekondo]

Does phoenix have essence composed of substantial form and prime matter? If

[@TheChurchofBreadandCheese]

Dr Gavin, unrelated but from what I heard from maynooth seminarians and theology students, the vast majority up there subscribe too critical biblical theories such as anonymous gospels etc...what is your own view on scripture? Thanks you both

[@patricksee10]

We are surrounded by matter and it is available for consideration by anyone. So why privilege the mathematical rather than the primary questions of the one, the many, contingency etc? In truth the nature of matter is an issue for philosophy and language studies more than for the physical sciences.

[@juanmanuelgonzalez9341]

Pat it would be also great if you invite Graham Oppy to exchange ideas as well!

[@anthonyspencer766]

So, Gaven starts his argument by analogizing from our understanding of human intelligence, i.e. that which it is to have the form of a species without being that species. His next premise is that God has the forms through the mode of intelligence. He finishes by saying God is identical with the intelligible species, in this case, the divine nature. But even granting analogical predication, this is just a flat contradiction. We began by defining human intelligence according to an intellect that is non-identical with the intelligible species. There's definitely something that has gone wrong here.

[@RayG817]

There's a reason people don't listen to what philosophers say about the nature of matter. Parmenides, Zeno, Plato, Aristotle, etc., didn't know anything about matter. They could only philosophize about what it MIGHT be like. Ask Einstein what he thinks about matter. He actually studied it.