edward feser five proofs of the existence of god

No flying spaghetti monster or magical wizard space man. Remember, we’re proving a Classical Theist God, not anything else. I also draw from a good video from the YouTube channel appropriately named Classical Theist. Edward Feser strengthens the argument and explains it in depth in his book, so for a better understanding of this particular article, get the book. The Aristotelian understanding of change and “motion” is the main driving force of the proof and provides a lot of basis for St. It argues off the reality that things change and are caused by other things to change in an existential way. This particular proof is also known as the Argument from Motion. In order to disprove the proof, one would have to either show the structural logic doesn’t follow or at least one of the premises is false.

The second will follow up with a small explanation for the formal proof and I will try to keep it simple and not get too bogged down in philosophical jargon. The first will have a few premises of the formal proof, which will be quoted directly from Feser in his Five Proofs book since I feel the way Feser puts it is the best I’ve come across so far. I will structure this post with switching between two sub-parts. The statements and argument is structured as a formal proof, which look a lot like very simple statements and if-then statements. Meaning that if the structure of every statement leading up to the conclusion, our premises, is logically coherent while connecting to each other and if each of the premises are true, then there is no other choice but to accept the conclusion as a true statement. Keep in mind that all proofs I speak of are logical proofs, not scientific proofs, which I explained in my other post “What is a Proof?” I won’t be using Aristotle’s exact words nor Aquinas’s but rather drawing heavily on Edward Feser’s book Five Proofs of the Existence of God. Thomas Aquinas’s First Way of the Five Ways he proves the Existence of God.

This can also be considered to be an explanation of some form of St. To the best of my ability I will attempt to lay out and explain the proof of the Existence of God using the reasoning of Aristotle. God’s Existence has metaphysical roots and thought since the times of Aristotle.

Edward feser five proofs of the existence of god