A Metafísica de Copleston e o Debate com Russell
Alexander Maar, “A Metafísica de Copleston e o Debate com Russell,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 76, no. 4 (2020): 1331–62, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_4_1331.
Alexander Maar, “A Metafísica de Copleston e o Debate com Russell,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 76, no. 4 (2020): 1331–62, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2020_76_4_1331.
Type | Journal Article |
---|---|
Author | Alexander Maar |
Rights | © 2020 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
Volume | 76 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 1331-1362 |
Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
ISSN | 0870-5283 |
Date | 2020 |
Extra | Copleston’s Metaphysics and the Debate with Russell |
DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2020_76_4_1331 |
Language | Portuguese |
Abstract | Father Frederick Copleston is best known for his carefully crafted works History of Philosophy and Thomas Aquinas. Copleston’s most notable metaphysical thesis is his interpretation of the argument from contingency, which he sees as the superior choice for theists. He draws on Aquinas and distinguishes between causa fieri and causa esse to argue that God is a higher order (vertical) cause of contingent causal series (horizontal). Copleston presents God not as a temporal first cause, but an ontologically ultimate cause necessary to explain a contingent universe. His contribution changed the way we read Aquinas. Copleston’s willingness to debate his thesis with different philosophical perspectives is illustrated by his acceptance to discuss God’s existence with Bertrand Russell, in 1948. This BBC radio debate epitomises the dispute between theists and atheists from the 1940s onwards. I undertake to expound and comment Copleston’s contribution to metaphysics, present relevant parts of the debate and provide criticism. |
Date Added | 1/28/2021, 10:24:00 PM |
Modified | 1/28/2021, 10:37:03 PM |
Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologiae. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1972.
Cameron, Jon. “The Gifford Lectures – Over 100 Years of Lectures on Natural Theology.” (s.d.) https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/frederick-charles-copleston. Acesso: 10/09/2020.
Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd. Ed. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Copleston, Frederick C. A History of Philosophy. Vol II – Medieval Philosophy. New York / London / Toronto / Sydney / Auckland: Image Books, 1993 [1950].
Copleston, Frederick C. Religion and the One: Philosophies East and West. London / New York: Continuum, 2003 [1982].
Copleston, Frederick C. Thomas Aquinas. London: Search Books, 1976 [1955].
Gutting, Gary. Talking God: Philosophers on Belief. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Hume, David. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Edited by Norman Kemp Smith. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1947 [1779].
Kenny, Anthony. “Necessary Being.” Sophia 1, no. 8 (1962): 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02789895.
Kerr, Gaven. Aquinas and the Metaphysics of Creation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Koons, Robert. “A New Look at the Cosmological Argument.” American Philosophical Quarterly 34, no. 2 (1997): 193-211.
Law, Stephen. “Why is there anything at all?” Closer to truth – Interview Series. Part 1 [Video], https://www.closertotruth.com/series/why-there-anything-all-part-1#video-2595. Acesso: 12/10/2020.
Leibniz, Gottfried W. “The Principles of Nature and Grace, Based on Reason, 1714.” In Philosophical Essays. Edited and translated by Roger Ariew, e Daniel Garber. Indianápolis / Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 1989.
Lewis, David K. “Causation.” The Journal of Philosophy 70, no. 17 (1973): 556-567. https://doi.org/10.2307/2025310.
Mackie, John L. The Miracle of Theism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982.
McCabe, Herbert. God Matters. London: A&C Black, 2005.
Oppy, Graham, e Trakakis, Nektarios N. Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion. Vol. 5. London: Routledge, 2013.
Oppy, Graham. “Koons’ Cosmological Argument.” Faith and Philosophy 16, no. 3 (1999): 378-389. https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil199916335.
Palmer, Michael. The Question of God. London / New York: Routledge, 2001.
Russell, Bertrand. “Am I an atheist or an agnostic?” 1947. Reproduzido em Scepsis – Magazine of Science and Social Criticism (s.d.). https://scepsis.net/eng/articles/id_6.php. Acesso: 29/11/2020
Russell, Bertrand. “The Existence of God: A Debate between Bertrand Russell and Father F. C. Copleston, SJ.” In Why I am not a Christian? London / New York: Routledge, 2004 [1957], 125-152.
Russell, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1946.
Scotus, John D. Philosophical Writings: A Selection. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1964 [c. 1300].
Smart, John C., e Haldane, John J. Atheism and Theism. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.
Stangroom, Jeremy, e Garvey, James. Great Philosophers. London: Arcturus Publishing, 2015.
Stewart-Williams, Steve. Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Wilkinson, Michael B. Philosophy of Religion. London / New York: Continuum, 2010.
Wippel, John F. “Thomas Aquinas on Creatures as Causes of Esse.” International Philosophical Quarterly 40, no.2 (2000): 197-213. https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq20004027.