tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1270535331163697057..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: A Thomistic argument for the possibility of an afterlife for animalsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-50884607222441644952022-09-15T09:57:51.333-05:002022-09-15T09:57:51.333-05:00Aquinas thinks that accidents _normally_ depend on...Aquinas thinks that accidents _normally_ depend on their substances, but that anything that a creature can do, God can do directly. So if I can sustain my paleness, God can sustain it directly.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-1876900158404961812022-09-14T01:17:45.210-05:002022-09-14T01:17:45.210-05:00Isnt it metaphysically impossible that accident ca...Isnt it metaphysically impossible that accident can exist without substance? As I understood in Thomism accidents is like in trope-theory.<br />And since God cannot do logical/metaphysical impossibilities<br />Maximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174855851267321876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-17040917320520069642022-09-10T12:04:10.064-05:002022-09-10T12:04:10.064-05:00Dr Pruss, I’m not sure there is a problem here but...Dr Pruss, I’m not sure there is a problem here but isnt there something odd about the way accidents depend on their substances? It would seem that there is a point in priority where the substance has no accidents, but it seems odd to think of a dog for example existing without any of the features that make it a dog such as it’s size or it’s color or location. Maybe the only requirement for a dog to exist at its first moment is simply for its substantial form to exist and not to have any specific accidents?Trevor Girouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696576443870422348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-30665354646333671142022-08-30T13:55:03.563-05:002022-08-30T13:55:03.563-05:00I meant 'see' of course.I meant 'see' of course.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-58322249613901903552022-08-30T13:54:18.151-05:002022-08-30T13:54:18.151-05:00Alex
I der no reason you think that it would be l...Alex<br /><br />I der no reason you think that it would be logically impossible.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-75044313232613854632022-08-30T13:13:49.574-05:002022-08-30T13:13:49.574-05:00William:
I think you could have a form of a dog i...William:<br /><br />I think you could have a form of a dog in a body just like a cat's. That would be a highly defective dog, incapable of many of the things the form of the dog specifies as things a dog should be able to do.<br /><br />Walter:<br /><br />God can't do the logically impossible. One might think that if the body of an animal is completely destroyed, it is not logically possible for that animal to come back.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-50899602189022909572022-08-30T05:06:33.991-05:002022-08-30T05:06:33.991-05:00Could God create an afterlife for my dog as a cat?...Could God create an afterlife for my dog as a cat? If so, how was the form preserved? As a generic mammalian one? As some kind of nonspecific yet very specific haecceity?<br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292602256213936359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-58714274587279878032022-08-30T02:50:22.095-05:002022-08-30T02:50:22.095-05:00Alex
What is this argument supposed to show. Acco...Alex<br /><br />What is this argument supposed to show. According to classical theists, God is omnipotent, so why would God not be able to create an afterlife for animals?<br /><br />Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.com