tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post5385468063333081544..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Moral riskAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-38262914809120160142021-02-26T16:25:42.337-06:002021-02-26T16:25:42.337-06:00Could we say that material objects are, at least p...Could we say that material objects are, at least primarily, constituted of the thoughts of God? I forget where it was, but when he was a professor Pope Benedict gave an argument for God where he concluded that God thinks the world into being. Now, this sounds very idealistic and since he was the pope I assume it is orthodox.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426931801862911773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-79047241289974161682021-02-26T12:30:25.920-06:002021-02-26T12:30:25.920-06:00I think it couldn't be the classical idealism ...I think it couldn't be the classical idealism on which material objects are constituted by the perceptions of everyone, because then my body would be partly constituted by other people's perceptions, and that wouldn't make my soul be its form, I think. If I could have my body be constituted solely of my own perceptions, I think there would be more hope, but such a view appears deeply implausible in light of the fact that sometimes I have no perceptions--say, when I am asleep.<br /><br />Maybe one could do it in a Leibnizian way if one allowed for unconscious perceptions.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-79560658030424237322021-02-25T15:41:13.897-06:002021-02-25T15:41:13.897-06:00I see. I will have to look into that more. Do you ...I see. I will have to look into that more. Do you think such an interpretation is possible?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426931801862911773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-77069057353284505502021-02-25T13:23:18.171-06:002021-02-25T13:23:18.171-06:00I think it depends on whether one could give an id...I think it depends on whether one could give an idealist interpretation that is faithful to the intended meaning of the Council of Vienne's teaching that the soul is the form of the body.<br /><br />Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-40294214494510276122021-02-24T12:37:29.852-06:002021-02-24T12:37:29.852-06:00Dear Dr. Pruss,
I hope you are doing well. This i...Dear Dr. Pruss,<br /><br />I hope you are doing well. This is unrelated to the above post, but the post was great.<br /><br />I just wanted to ask you: can one be an idealist and a Catholic? I'm not married to idealism, but I am quite interested in the philosophy of mind and I am wondering if the two positions are compatible. My current stance is that they may be at odds with one another because of the role of matter in Catholicism. I also worry that idealism may be in tension with a lot of Catholic doctrines like the Incarnation and the Eucharist.<br /><br />God BlessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426931801862911773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-62364329233089083272021-02-18T23:15:59.365-06:002021-02-18T23:15:59.365-06:00A human corpse is not a human.A human corpse is not a human.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-1837410089989583662021-02-18T21:22:46.567-06:002021-02-18T21:22:46.567-06:00"If the shape turns out to be a human, the mi..."If the shape turns out to be a human, the minion is to murder two innocents."<br />Did you mean that if the shape turns out to be a living human? I don't wish to be pedantic; it just caused me to need to re-read the paragraph.Apologetics Squaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608668472968447122noreply@blogger.com