Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMust Beautiful Things be Natural? – Prof. Raymond Hain
Season 12
Prof. Raymond Hain examines whether beauty must be natural, exploring Thomistic metaphysics, twentieth-century debates between Maritain and Gilson, a…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Are Societies Natural? The Metaphysics of Thomistic Social Thought I Prof. Joshua Hochschild
Season 12
Prof. Joshua Hochschild examines whether societies are natural by tracing the Aristotelian and Thomistic understanding of social forms, arguing that …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Are the Virtues Natural? I Fr. John Sica, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. John Sica explores whether virtues are natural by examining Aristotle and Aquinas, ultimately concluding that the virtues are not innate qualitie…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
From Nature to Norm: How to Derive 'Ought' From 'Is' I Prof. Catherine Peters
Season 12
Prof. Catherine Peters addresses the philosophical question of deriving moral ought from descriptive is, arguing from a Thomistic natural law perspec…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Natural and the Artificial I Prof. Christopher Frey
Season 12
Prof. Christopher Frey examines the distinctions and interactions between natural and artificial entities, showing how art can complete, imitate, or …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Nature's Cheat Codes? On the Course of Nature and its Laws I Prof. John G. Brungardt
Season 12
Prof. John Brungardt explores the concept of laws of nature as partial transcriptions of the natures of physical substances, emphasizing the interpla…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Aquinas on Nature and the Natural: Form and the Scale of 'Esse' I Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.
This lecture was given on May 29th, 2025, at Mount Saint Mary College.
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10 months, 4 weeks ago
Aquinas on Nature and the Natural: Endoxa and Principles I Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Raymund Snyder explores the foundations of nature, natural philosophy, and metaphysics through a Thomistic lens, with special attention to Aristo…
11 months ago
Usefulness and Elegance in Mathematics I Prof. Meraiah Martinez
Season 12
Prof. Meraiah Martinez explores the beauty and usefulness of mathematics, emphasizing the delight mathematicians find in elegant proofs, structured a…
11 months ago
How Planetary Science Unifies the Search for Life Beyond Earth I Prof. Jonathan I. Lunine
Season 12
Prof. Jonathan Lunine explains how planetary science unifies the search for life beyond Earth by integrating astronomy, geology, chemistry, and atmos…
11 months ago