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How the Highest of the Inanimate Touches the Lowest of the Living: A Contemporary Thomistic Approach – Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Thomas Davenport examines the philosophical and scientific boundaries between the inanimate and the living, highlighting how Thomistic principles, spontaneous generation, and structured homogenei…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Measure of All Things? Rethinking Constants and Replicability in the Life Sciences – Prof. Santiago Schnell
Season 12
Prof. Santiago Schnell’s lecture examines the challenges of measurement, scientific constants, and replicability in the life sciences, highlighting how philosophical and mathematical models are cruci…
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The Plasma Membrane - Boundary and Bridge at the Edge of Life – Prof. Keith Kozminski
This lecture was given on July 19th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.
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Water and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl
This lecture was given on July 18th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.
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Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. John Cuddeback
Season 12
Prof. John Cuddeback presents Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God emphasizing the importance of cleaving to the final end—God—as the ultimate rule and measure of all actions, fostering order a…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. Paige Hochschild
Season 12
Prof. Paige Hochschild explores Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God, focusing on the virtues required for spiritual journey, the meanings of patience, hope, and memory, and the role of Dante’s…
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Must 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, and contemporary examples from architecture and lit…
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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 certain social bodies like families and states hav…
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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 qualities, but are rather habituated character states that…
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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 perspective that the essence of human nature grounds obje…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago