Cosmic vs. Measurable Time: From Physics to Cosmology
Wolfgang Smith There is a categorical distinction between space and time conceived, on the one hand, as cosmic bounds, and on the other, as variables x and t to...
Metaphysics
From the Prologue to ‘The Vertical Ascent’ (II)
Bruno Bérard Editor’s Note: The following is the second of a two-part preview of M. Bérard’s Prologue to Wolfgang Smith’s forthcoming book...
From the Prologue to ‘The Vertical Ascent’ (I)
Bruno Bérard Editor’s Note: The following is the first of a two-part preview of M. Bérard’s Prologue to Wolfgang Smith’s forthcoming book,...
The Mystery of Visual Perception
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: This article is also available in Portuguese language translation. Lord Kelvin made a crucially important point when he declar...
Preface to the Persian Edition of ‘Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions’
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: The following is a reproduction of Prof. Smith’s preface to Sa’id Tehrani-Nasab’s translation of Ancient...
Four Ideas of Nature and the Vindication of Aristotle
Ali Sebetci The late English philosopher R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) argues in his influential book, The Idea of Nature, that there have been three periods of...
Does Physics Admit a Teleology?
Wolfgang Smith Our question—“Does physics admit a teleology?”—proves, first of all, to be incurably philosophical inasmuch as it has no meaning whatsoev...
Do We Know the Electron?
Wolfgang Smith In August of last year, Eahab Ibrahim—a friend of the Initiative—posted a fascinating question, to which I would like to respond. It asks wha...
Ontological Dimensions of Causation
Ali Sebetci It is well known that the modern conception of science is fundamentally different from the traditional. What makes science modern, moreover, is its ...
What is a “Proof” of God?
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: In response to Richard Carrier’s recent review of Edward Feser’s Five Proofs for the Existence of God, Dr. Smith pres...
From Schrödinger’s Cat to Thomistic Ontology
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: Originally presented as the Templeton Lecture on Christianity and the Natural Sciences at Gonzaga University in 1998, and ...