Podcast Episodes

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 even subvert nature within Aristotelian and Thomis…

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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 interplay between philosophical tradition, scientific disc…

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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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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 Aristotelian principles, correlative pairs, and the inte…

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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 abstractions, and the interplay between pure and ap…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks 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 atmospheric science to investigate habitable environmen…

Published on 3 months ago

Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in the Scientific Revolution I Prof. Nuno Castel-Branco

Season 12

Prof. Nuno Castel-Branco examines Nicolaus Steno’s innovative use of focused interdisciplinarity during the Scientific Revolution, tracing Steno’s groundbreaking shift from anatomy to geology and the…

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Dividing and Relating the Sciences in Aquinas I Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

Season 12

Fr. Philip-Neri Reese analyzes Aquinas’s method for dividing and relating the sciences, clarifying the distinction between speculative and practical sciences, the role of material and formal causes, …

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Aquinas and the Basic Principles of the Material World I Prof. Michael Gorman

Season 12

Prof. Michael Gorman explores Aquinas’s foundational philosophy of the material world, detailing key concepts such as the four causes, hylomorphism, act and potency, matter and form, and the distinct…

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How Many Friends Should I Have? I Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

Season 12

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau explores the nature, value, and varieties of friendship in Christian and philosophical tradition, highlighting the importance of cultivating friendships of pleasure, utility, and…

Published on 3 months ago