When does the human person begin to exist? Part 3: The reality of the concrete unity-identity-whole.
By David Fleischacker In part 2, I began to examine the notion of the “subsistent” and noted that one key element in a subsistent is the unity of the reality […]...
When does the human person begin to exist? Part 2: To be a subsistent, or not to be.
By David Fleischacker Last week, in the search for the answer to this factual question about when a human person begins to exist, I had turned to the definition of […]...
Knowing and Willing in Aquinas
By Dunstan Robidoux, OSB In the common literature which exists about Aquinas, he is frequently described as an “intellectualist.” His philosophy (or theology) is frequently regarded as “intellectualist” which implies […]...
When does the human person begin to exist? Part 1: To Be Distinct
By David Fleischacker In answering the factual question “When does the human person begin to exist?”, a first step is to examine what is meant by “person” as such. Lonergan’s […]...
Infusion of the human soul?
By David Fleischacker Here is an interesting point think about. Lonergan writes in INSIGHT, that the human mind and will are intrinsically independent of the empirical residue (this is the […]...