Sunday, February 1, 2015

VIDEO: Atheistic materialism vs classical metaphysics

WARNING: This video contains strong (= powerful) language and incredibly deep subject matter. It is suitable only for mature adults interested in coming to grips with the arguments for "scientific materialism" -- the philosophy (for such it is!) espoused by Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking -- and classical metaphysics, as propounded by Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.

This lecture "Does Richard Dawkins Exist? An Introduction to Atheistic Materialism and Theistic Hylomorphism" was given last week at the Aquinas School of Philosophy by Dennis Bonnette. It was taped by Agent 10 [Congratulations on your appointment! Ed.] who can be heard chuckling at  a couple of Dr. Bonnette's clever lines.



The video is just over an hour long, and Walt concedes that it's pretty heavy going, particularly for the first 40 minutes or so in which Dr. Bonnette tries to make sense of the atheists' argument that the universe exists merely by chance.

Walt does not pretend to have "got it" completely the first time through, or even the second. But if you take the time to listen carefully, the lecture is truly superb.

At the end, Dr. Bonnette mentions that his talk is part of a series, given Fridays at 6:30 p.m. If you live in the vicinty of Lewiston NY and would like to attend, click here for details. You never know who you might be sitting next to!

You can get a DVD of this presentation for only $5. Tell `em Walt sent ya!

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