Philosophy Episodes

Jan. 10, 2025

Christianity as True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr | …

Professor Matthew Thomas examines the theology of St. Justin Martyr, arguing that Justin viewed Christianity as the culmination of both Greek philosophy and Jewish scripture, with Christ as the fulfillment of both.

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Jan. 7, 2025

Analogy and the Semantics of Simplicity: Learning form the Limits of …

Professor Joshua Hochschild explores Aquinas's understanding of analogy in relation to divine simplicity, distinguishing between analogy as a likeness between things and analogy as a relation between the significations of terms, and argues that the...

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Jan. 6, 2025

Is Belief in God Rational? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

Professor Joseph Trabbic explores the rationality of belief in God by first defining belief, distinguishing it from knowledge, and then examining what makes belief rational both subjectively and objectively, before finally addressing the nature of ...

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Jan. 3, 2025

What is Beauty? Aquinas and Contemporary Culture | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

Professor Thomas Hibbs discusses the importance of beauty in contemporary culture, drawing upon Emily Dickinson, Charles Taylor, Iris Murdoch, and Jacques Maritain to explore how beauty can unself us, enhance our understanding of truth, and connect...

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Jan. 2, 2025

Why Do You Desire to KNOW? Human Nature & Philosophy w/ Fr. Gregory P…

Why do human beings desire knowledge? Why should YOU care about philosophy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Therese Cory about the role of wonder in philosophy.

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Jan. 1, 2025

Truth, Goodness, and Fantasy Literature | Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at Thomistic Institute in Limerick.

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Dec. 31, 2024

Aquinas on Art and Contemporary Film | Prof.Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on October 22nd, 2024, at University of North Texas.

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Dec. 30, 2024

Good, Simple, and Eternal: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About God | Pr…

This lecture was given on March 14th, 2024, at Fordham University.

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Dec. 27, 2024

Scotus on Why Christ's Assumed Human Nature Is Not a Person | Prof. M…

This lecture was given on February 24th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a part of a conference titled: "Majesty and Lowliness: On the Hypostatic Union of Divine & Human Natures in Christ."

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Dec. 26, 2024

What is "Meaning" and Why Should I Care Whether My Life Has it? | Fr.…

This lecture was given on April 20th, 2024, at St. Albert's Priory as a part of an intellectual retreat titled, "Happiness and the Meaning of Life."

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Dec. 20, 2024

What Makes a Person Good? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given on September 23rd, 2024, at University of Edinburgh.

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Dec. 19, 2024

What is Knowledge? | Prof. Tomas Bogardus

This lecture was given on April 26th, 2024, at University of California, Berkeley.

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Dec. 2, 2024

Saint Thomas and the Acquired Virtues | Prof. Candace Vogler

Professor Candace Vogler examines Thomas Aquinas' approach to virtue by highlighting Thomas' development of the Aristotelian notion of virtue, and explaining the role of the acquired and infused cardinal virtues in correcting human flaws.

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Nov. 29, 2024

Friendships and Social Life - Thomistic Insights | Prof. Thomas Hibbs…

Professor Thomas Hibbs and Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau discuss the importance of friendship and social life from a Thomistic perspective, highlighting the decline in friendships in modern society with philosophical insights from Aristotle and Aquinas.

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Nov. 12, 2024

Natural Inclinations, the Passions, and Human Acts | Fr. Kevin Flanne…

This lecture was given on September 6th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as part of a Thomistic Circles conference titled: Disentangling the Emotions: St. Thomas on Moral Taxonomy and Integration.

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Nov. 6, 2024

Judging Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism | …

This lecture was given on November 8th, 2023, at Ave Maria University.

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Oct. 21, 2024

Affliction, Sorrow and Human Flourishing | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on November 30th, 2023, at North Carolina State University.

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