podcast 77 – Mr. Chad McIntosh on the Trinity

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In this episode we meet new trinities contributor Mr. Chad McIntosh, a PhD student in Philosophy at Cornell University.

We discuss his interest in the Trinity, the Trinity as a “holy mystery,” the concept person, why thinking about this issue is important, William Lane Craig’s Cerberus analogy, and whether the Trinity is found in the Bible or only in later tradition.

You will also discover where he thinks he and I fit into the Marvel Comics universe.

Next week, we’ll discuss Mr. McIntosh’s forthcoming journal article, which presents a new twist on the idea of a “social” Trinity.

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Links for this episode:

• Mr. McIntosh’s blog Appeared-to-Blogly
• Philosophy @ Calvin College
• Philosopher Dr. Kelly James Clark
• Philosophy @ Cornell University
• Dale’s “On the Possibility of a Single Perfect Person“
• Peter van Inwagen on the Trinity: his 1988 paper “And Yet They Are Not Three Gods But One God” (This is fairly technical; you may want to see also the summary by Dale here.)
• the metaphysical concepts of supervenience and constitution
• This week’s thinking music is “Moonlight“ by The Mind Orchestra, from their debut album Devoured by the Comfort Zone.