Aquinas and Naturalism

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  • Paul O'Grady Trinity College Dublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v3i2.401

Abstract

Aquinas’s actual response to a naturalistic challenge at St I.2.3 is one which most naturalists would find unimpressive. However, I shall argue that there is a stronger response latent in his philosophical system. I take Quine as an example of a methodological naturalist, examine the roots of his position and look at two critical responses to his views (those of BonJour and Boghossian). If one adjusts some of the problematical aspects of their responses and establishes a hybrid position on the epistemology and metaphysics of an anti-naturalistic stance, it turns out to be the position Aquinas himself takes on meaning and knowledge.

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Published

2011-09-23

How to Cite

O'Grady, Paul. 2011. “Aquinas and Naturalism”. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 3 (2):369-85. https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v3i2.401.

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Research Articles