Season 9

Nov. 4, 2022

Loneliness and Friendship: Aquinas' Cure for What Ails the Soul | Pro…

This lecture was given on September 28, 2022 at Trinity University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emer...

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Nov. 4, 2022

How to Be Happy with Prof. Christopher Kaczor | Off-Campus Conversati…

How can one be happy? What practical steps can we gather from psychology and theology? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Christopher Kaczor about his latest Th...

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Nov. 2, 2022

How to Be Happy: Lessons from Psychology and Theology | Professor Chr…

This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at the University of North Texas. For more information please visit us at https://thomisticinstitute.org/. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Lo...

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Nov. 1, 2022

Why Do I Keep Existing? A Lecture on Being | Prof. Paul Symington

This talk was given on September 12, 2022 at the University of Rochester. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. Paul Symington is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Scholarly Excellence at Franciscan University of Steuben...

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Oct. 31, 2022

Was Galileo A Heretic? The Galileo Affair and Why It Still Matters To…

This talk was given on September 27, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information please visit, thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Nuno Castel-Branco is a historian of science and research fellow at the Harvard University Center ...

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Oct. 28, 2022

Does Moral Disagreement Entail Moral Relativism? | Prof. Francis Beck…

This talk was given on September 30th, 2022 at Yale University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Politi...

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Oct. 27, 2022

A Brief History of Science...and Faith? | Prof. Lawrence Principe

The lecture was given at the University of California, Berkeley on September 23, 2022. For information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. Lawrence M. Principe is Drew Professor of the Humanities...

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Oct. 26, 2022

Love, Addiction, and Self-Reliance in The Confessions of St. Augustin…

This lecture was given at Vanderbilt University on September 29, 2022. For information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Domin...

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Oct. 25, 2022

Civil Conversation in an Age of Pluralism & Ideological Extremism | P…

This talk was given on September 19, 2022 at Regent University. For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where h...

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Oct. 21, 2022

The Big Bang to Humans: Purpose & Meaning in an Expanding and Evolvin…

This talk was given on September 14, 2022 at Iowa State University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and h...

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Oct. 20, 2022

Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 007 | Prof. Gina Noia on Bioethics & En…

Are quality of life judgments ethical? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with bioethicist Prof. Gina Noia about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Are Quality of Li...

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Oct. 19, 2022

What is a Soul? | Prof. Marie George

This lecture was given at Cornell University on September 14, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Marie George has been a member of the St. John’s University Philosophy De...

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Oct. 18, 2022

Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia

This lecture was given for John Hopkins University on April 11, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resi...

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Oct. 17, 2022

TI in DC 'Resting in the Real: St. Thomas Aquinas on Contemplation' S…

This talk was given on September 27, 2022 for the DC Young Professionals chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more information please visit, thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member o...

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Oct. 14, 2022

Is Free Will an Illusion? | Fr. Stephen Brock

This lecture was given on September 15, 2022 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Stephen L. Brock is a priest of the Pr...

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Oct. 13, 2022

Science and the Theology of Extraterrestrials | Prof. Karin Öberg

This lecture was given at Baylor University on September 13, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her ...

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Oct. 12, 2022

Thomistic Underpinnings of the Theology of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petr…

This talk was given on September 8, 2022 at The University of Texas at Austin For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conc...

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Oct. 11, 2022

Four Kinds of Happiness & Four Kinds of Friendship | Prof. Christophe…

This lecture was given on May 11, 2022 at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Phi...

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Oct. 10, 2022

Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence: Metaphysics & Downward Causatio…

This talk was given on July 16, 2022 at the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: MARIUSZ TABACZEK, O.P., is a Polish Dominican and theologian...

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Oct. 7, 2022

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral: Aquinas on Inanimate vs. Animate Natur…

This lecture was given at the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium entitled, Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence, on July 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming ...

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Oct. 7, 2022

Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 006: Prof. Paul Gondreau on Truth

What is truth? If we're right, are they wrong? What are the Catholic claims on truth? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Paul Gondreau about his latest …

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Oct. 5, 2022

Do We Have Free Will? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

This lecture was given on April, 22, 2022 at the University of California at Berkeley. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of …

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Oct. 5, 2022

Is it Selfish to Pursue One's Own Happiness Above All Else? | Prof. R…

This lecture was given at Louisiana State University on April 21, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the ...

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Oct. 4, 2022

Why Did God Become Man? Motives for the Incarnation | Prof. Corey Bar…

This lecture was given at Florida State University on April 22, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Corey Barnes is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin C...

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