Our frend Michael Witcoff speaks to me and Fr. Dcn Dr Ananias on his podcast concerning our new project on Orthodox apologetics and argumentation and how to integrate transcendental arguments in a coherent way. We cover apologetic methodology, the chapters we have complete so far, the projected audiences, how we look at Thomistic philosophy and theology and its (inadequate) apologetic, and why the transcendental argument for God is much more biblical, patristic and philosophically sound.
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Jay,
I strongly recommend you read Thomist Prof. Edward Feser’s book _The Last Superstition_. I doubt it would take you very long to read. The book defends 3 of the “5 Ways,” but it is much broader in scope. It gets into the correct interpretation of those arguments and addresses the common “non-sequitur” objections. It explicitly defends Aristotelian foundationalism against modern critics like Descartes, Hume, and Kant. (Interestingly, Feser uses some transcendental arguments himself, which he sees as rooted in Aristotle and perfectly consistent with Thomism.) Whatever you might think of Feser, he can’t be accused of ignoring the modernist critiques of Aristotelian foundationalism. I’m pretty sure that reading this book will help you strengthen your case for presuppositionalist apologetics in your forthcoming book, since it will require you to critique (what seems to be) the strongest contemporary defense of Thomism.
I already own it