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The Issue of Free Will: Are We the Authors of Our Actions? – Prof. Steven Jensen
Season 13
Prof. Steven Jensen explores the issue of free will and moral responsibility, arguing that we are genuine authors of our actions only if our choices …
7 months, 1 week ago
Rewiring the Brain – Dr. William Hurlbut
Season 13
Dr. William Hurlbut examines how natural neuroplasticity, education, lifestyle, and new neurotechnologies are “rewiring the brain,” highlighting both…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
If ChatGPT Exists, Why Study? – Fr. Chris Gault, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Chris Gault explores whether AI like ChatGPT should change how or why we study, showing that while machines can accelerate information processing…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Can a Machine Understand?: ChatGPT, Knowledge, and the Nature of Understanding – Prof. Tomás Bogardus
This lecture was given on November 17th, 2025, at University of Georgia.
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7 months, 2 weeks ago
Does God Care About Suffering? – Dr. Christopher Mooney
Season 13
Dr. Christopher Mooney asks "whether God really cares about our suffering" and uses biblical narratives, the significance of Christ’s tears, and phil…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Suffering Good? – Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.
Season 13
Sr. Elinor Gardner asks whether suffering can be called “good” by engaging Stoic thinkers like Seneca, modern echoes in Nietzsche, and biblical wisdo…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The God of Love and the Reality of Evil and Suffering – Prof. Chris Baglow
Season 13
Prof. Chris Baglow explores how the God of love can allow evil and suffering by showing that a world created for freedom and love—not as a determinis…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Christ Fully Reveals Man to Himself: What Christ's Humanity Says about What It Means to Be Human – Prof. Paul Gondreau
Season 13
Prof. Paul Gondreau explores how Christ’s concrete, fully human life uniquely “fully reveals man to himself,” showing that every human person and all…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Creation as Relation: An Existential Consideration – Dr. Robert McNamara
Season 13
Dr. Robert McNamara explores how creation is not a distant event but our very act of existing here and now, so that each person’s being is itself a c…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Do We Make Morality, or Discover It? An Examination of the Basis of Natural Law – Dr. Erik Dempsey
Season 13
Dr. Erik Dempsey explores whether we make morality or discover it by unpacking Aquinas’s three natural inclinations and arguing that they ground obje…
7 months, 3 weeks ago