{"id":7798,"date":"2024-06-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T15:47:56","slug":"looking-at-mariusz-tabaczeks-book-2024-theistic-evolution-part-17-of-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7798","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Mariusz Tabaczek&#8217;s Book (2024) &#8220;Theistic Evolution&#8221; (Part 17 of 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0802 At&nbsp;<em>the end of the second plate,<\/em>&nbsp;Tabaczek responds to&nbsp;<em>an objection<\/em>&nbsp;(section 5.3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately (for me), the objection comes from a fellow Thomist, Michal (in English, Michael) Chaberek.&nbsp;&nbsp;Razie Mah has already considered one of Chaberek&#8217;s articles.&nbsp;&nbsp;See&nbsp;<em>Comments on Michal Chaberek&#8217;s Essay (2019) &#8220;Classical Metaphysics and Theistic Evolution&#8221;,<\/em>&nbsp;available at smashwords and other e-book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately (for me), I suspect that Tabaczek may object to&nbsp;<em>my examination of Chaberek&#8217;s work<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, why should I worry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabaczek is in the kitchen and I am on the third&#8230; or is it the fourth plate?&#8230; of his intellectual banquet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to me, I hear Tabaczek&#8217;s objection.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I am like a patron sitting in a restaurant when a little squabble takes place in the kitchen.&nbsp;&nbsp;I cannot frame the dispute very well.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, I hear raised voices and I know it is everyone in the kitchen potentially has a knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0803 The kerfluffle concerns&nbsp;<em>the definition of the term, &#8220;species&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabaczek offers a list of the categories of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I present my own list.&nbsp;&nbsp;As soon as the list meets the reader&#8217;s eyes, the reader should know where I am going with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide300.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide300-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0804 Of course,&nbsp;<em>items two through five<\/em>&nbsp;may be regarded as&nbsp;<em>a manifestation of item one<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder, &#8220;Does Chaberek conflate&nbsp;<em>items two through five<\/em>&nbsp;with term one?&nbsp;&nbsp;Does he fail to differentiate&nbsp;<em>items two through five<\/em>&nbsp;sufficiently?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who cares?&nbsp;&nbsp;The fourth plate still tastes great.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus, it shows&nbsp;<em>the difficulties faced by the proponents of theistic evolution<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0805 Here is the Greimas square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide301.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide301.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide301.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide301-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When a science<sup>agent<\/sup>&nbsp;(A) looks at the image of theology<sup>agent<\/sup>&nbsp;in the science<sup>mirror<\/sup>&nbsp;(C), he sees &#8220;biblical kinds&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, &#8220;biblical kinds&#8221; are not scientific.&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore, the term can be readily ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0806 To me, this indicates that, despite Tabaczek&#8217;s objection to Chaberek&#8217;s apparent misconceptions,&nbsp;<em>the advocates of theistic evolution<\/em>&nbsp;need to choose&nbsp;<em>their intellectual battles<\/em>&nbsp;carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0802 At&nbsp;the end of the second plate,&nbsp;Tabaczek responds to&nbsp;an objection&nbsp;(section 5.3). 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