Episodes

May 5, 2022

Why You Can't Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

Professor Joshua Hochschild discusses the metaphysical implications of reverse engineering human beings through artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience, arguing that despite technological advancements, human intelligence cannot be fully repli...
May 4, 2022

Eucharistic Miracles | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Florida. Handout: https://tinyurl.com/2p863z2k For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin i...
May 3, 2022

Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political...
April 28, 2022

An Appraisal of Karl Rahner's Theology of Death | Fr. John Corbett, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 27, 2022

Done in the Body: The Eternal Meaning of Our Present Life | Prof. Bruce Marshall

This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 26, 2022

'If we have died with Christ’: Christian Life and the Death of Jesus | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 25, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 25, 2022

Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example from Gerard Manley Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart

This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Washington and Lee University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian ...
April 22, 2022

The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate | Prof. Angela Knobel

Prof. Knobel's presentation slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8as75m This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org...
April 21, 2022

The Crass and the Sublime in Dante and Chaucer | Dr. Patrick Callahan

This lecture was given on March 17, 2022 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4nh6uavk. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisti...
April 20, 2022

The Perennial Importance of Plato | Prof. John Rist

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John M. Rist was educated in classics at Trinity College, Cambr...
April 20, 2022

A Thomistic Account of Truth | Prof. Timothy Pawl

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the College of William and Mary. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4dbe7m5r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute...
April 18, 2022

Predestination and Human Freedom: A Catholic Approach | Prof. W. Matthews Grant (duplicate)

Access Prof. Grant's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2utsun3j This lecture was given on March 7, 2022 at Hillsdale College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W....
April 15, 2022

What Is Truth? Why Does It Matter? | Prof. Jennifer Frey

This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Indiana University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the Un...
April 14, 2022

The Life of the World to Come | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate f...
April 13, 2022

Are We Just Accidents? Evolution in the Light of Faith | Prof. Tomás Bogardus

View Prof. Bogardus' slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yer9hxmu This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the s...
April 12, 2022

Biblical Responses to Objections to the Catholic Faith | Prof. Michael Dauphinais

This lecture was given on February 18, 2022 at the University of Oklahoma. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the...
April 11, 2022

Aquinas on the Cardinal & Theological Virtues | Prof. Jonathan Sanford

This lecture was given on February 17, 2022 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is Professor of Phil...
April 8, 2022

Aristotle and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Rob Koons

This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at t...
April 7, 2022

Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman

This lecture was given on February 16, 2022 at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic Univer...
April 6, 2022

Are Unjust Laws Really Laws? Positivism and the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Peter Koritansky

This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Peter Karl Koritansky is a Professor of History, Philosophy, an...
April 5, 2022

Personal Relationship with the Persons of the Trinity | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 7, 2022 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P....
April 4, 2022

How and How Not to Be Happy | Prof. J. Budziszewski

This lecture was given on February 10, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor...
April 1, 2022

What Happens When You Eat God? The Effects of the Eucharist | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P.

This lecture was given on January 9, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: ...
March 31, 2022

The Eucharist: How Could Christ be Present in Many Places at Once? | Prof. Alexander Pruss

This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on u...