Disputationes
Essays in Philosophical Theology by Dennis D. Bielfeldt

A blog on philosophical theology, metaphysics, Lutheran theology, and the intelligibility of being.
Investigations into the intelligibility of being, the grammar of theological language, and the metaphysical ground of truth.

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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Propositional Content, Truth-Conditions and Existential Empowerment

For a very long time I have puzzled over the relationship within theology among the notions of syntax, semantics and existential empowermen...

Monday, January 04, 2016

Metaphysics and Ontology V

The Question of Demonstrative Science Like all medieval theologians, Luther was well-educated and very interested in logic. He knew his A...

Metaphysics and Ontology IV

E. What is the Role of the Senses in Acquiring Knowledge? We have been surveying some of the metaphysical issues of the fourteenth century...

Saturday, January 02, 2016

Metaphysics and Ontology III

C. The Question of Potency and Actuality in Incorporeal Creatures and the Possibility of Universal Hylomorphism While those defending a ...

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Metaphysics and Ontology II

B. The Question of the Distinction between the Essence and the Existence of a Thing It is important to realize that medieval philosophers...

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Metaphysics and Ontology I

Addressing the issue of “Luther and ontology” requires clarity first on what ‘ontology’ is . Within Luther scholarship, unfortunatel...

Monday, December 14, 2015

Philosophical Issues Undergirding Contemporary Proclamation

Theology was once a lofty discipline whose practitioners were among the brightest and best of their age. In Luther's day candidates for...

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