Have a listen to this long, but worthwhile discussion.
This week’s lecture was chosen because, In my view, Kant and St. Thomas are both giants representing and synthesizing their respective traditions. Kant synthesizes the moderns: Descartes (idealist) and Hume (empiricist). This is in contrast with Aquinas, who in many
Everyone wants the coronavirus to end. Everyone hopes that life will return to normal – at the grocery stores, bars, and churches.
There is much discussion today about when that return can be made and what the costs are in
I’m currently reading Yves Simon’s Foresight and Knowledge (Prévoir et savoir), a work written in 1944 on philosophy of science. The first chapter makes up a third of the book. There he considers what chance is (and is not), gives
If you’re in Houston next weekend, University of St. Thomas is hosting the famous Edward Feser. Come if you can. If you cannot, a video recording may be posted below days after the event.
In Latin (For precision and clarity) In English LogicaLogica 1.1 Impossibile est idem secundem idem simul esse et non esse (principle of non‑contradiction). 1.2 Omnis comparatio claudicat nisi in puncto comparationis. 1.3 Contra factum non fit argumentum. 1.4 Qui nimis probat nihil probat. 1.5 Cum negante principia nequit
“Anything that is in potency with respect to an object, and able to receive it into itself, is, as such, without that object; thus the pupil of the eye, being potential to colors and able to receive them, is itself colorless. … Since
There have been so many good philosophy-related memes around out there recently that I decided to compile 10 of my favorite.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.Which is your favorite? Leave a comment below.
The concept in the title isn’t only a Christian thing to do. It’s a human thing to do.In the Phaedo, Socrates famously encouraged reflection on your own personal mortality, and what kind of life you are living: just or unjust. For if
After the trip to Poland, I met a friend in Geneva. I haven’t done any serious biking/packing since I was about 17 years old. That changed this summer.Geneva is a boring city by the way, don’t go out of your