About Aron Wall
In 2019, I will be studying quantum gravity and black hole thermodynamics as a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford.
Some optimistic folks hope that Science will eventually explain everything about the world. But this hope seems absurd in light of the fact that explanations always involve presuppositions. The structure of explanation is always that we explain one thing A … Continue reading →
With sufficiently robust assumptions about how causation works, it is possible to formulate various Cosmological Arguments (there's more than one) in a strictly deductive way. But in our age there isn't enough of a consensus about how causation works, or … Continue reading →
Looks like I've got to tell you now what I think about the Cosmological Argument. I believe that Cosmological Arguments can give us a good reason to believe in some type of fundamental entity which causes the universe to exist. … Continue reading →
First read this piece by St. Feser: So you think you understand the Cosmological Argument? about the traditional structure of Cosmological Arguments, rebutting several popular misconceptions. Now take the following argument scheme, making suitable choices as needed: (Major Premise) Every … Continue reading →
I've been discussing Sean Carroll's claim that: The demand for more than a complete and consistent model that fits the data is a relic of a pre-scientific view of the world. My claim is that if you had a perfect … Continue reading →