Talking Thomism

This lecture was given on March 3, 2023 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Fr. Walshe is a Norbertine priest of St. Michael's Abbey in California where he is also a professor of philosophy and dean of studies in their seminary program. He received a licentiate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and completed...

This lecture was given on April 21, 2023 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Theodore Rebard, tenured professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduate...

This lecture was given on February 17, 2023 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Fr. Stephen Brock of the Prelature of Opus Dei completed his undergraduate at the University of Chicago in 1979, studied in the 1980's at the Center for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto, completing a Ph. D. in Medieval Studies. In 1992...

This lecture was given on January 20, 2023 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Steven Jensen is tenured professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduate pr...

This lecture was given on October 14, 2022 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Scott Roniger is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only gr...

This lecture was given on October 7th, 2022 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Thomas McLaughlin is Professor of Philosophy at St. John Vianney Seminary, in Denver, CO. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduate prog...

This lecture was given on January 28, 2022 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Therese Cory is Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, ID. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the o...

This lecture was given on February 25, 2022, at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Dr. Thomas Osborne is Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduat...

This lecture was given on November 12th, 2021 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker: Fr. Grzegorz Holub is associate professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow. He speaks here on the Philosophical Anthropology & Ethics in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The...

This lecture was given on December 3rd, 2021 at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. About the Speaker | Fr. Robert Gahl is an Associate Professor of Ethics at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce). He is also the Vice Director of the Markets, Culture, and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre, founding Vice Chair of the Program of Church...

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder Dr. Robert Pasnau joins us for an episode on the assent of faith. Dr. Pasnau looks at the thought of medieval thinkers on the causes of and reasons for the assent of faith and the criteria used on heretics. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX...

Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas Dr. Christopher Wolfe joins us this week for an episode on unalienable rights. Dr. Wolfe looks at the thought behind unalienable rights and how they are understood by certain libertarian thinkers. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX,...

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University Dr. Catherine Peters joins us this week for an episode on Avicenna and Aquinas. Dr. Peters looks at the thought of Avicenna and its influence on and development within the teachings of St. Thomas. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the o...

Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas Dr. Christopher Wolfe joins us this week for an episode on politics. Dr. Wolfe, apropos of the debate, centering on the term "integralism", over the proper relation between church and state, suggests that looking to the thought of George Washington, our first president, may help us to resolve these debates. About the Center for Thomist...

Join us for a colloquium with Dr. George Sher! Dr. Sher is a professor of philosophy at the nearby Rice University, and he gives us in this episode an argument that only actions, not thoughts, can be vicious. This paper, "Vicious Thoughts", was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies on October 11th, 2019. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the U...

We are happy to welcome Dr. Nathan Smith, who teaches at Houston Community College, to our Colloquium Series this semester. This episode features his paper on Descartes, in which he investigates Descartes' mathematical method and the implications of that method for Descartes' idea of what corporeal beings are. This paper, "How Descartes' Method of Discovery Shapes His Concept of Corporeal Nature",...

Join us for a Colloquium with Dr. Steven Peña! Dr. Peña, who received his PhD from the Center for Thomistic Studies, and now teaches philosophy at San Jacinto College, speaks here on "Marx, MacIntyre and Metahistory". This paper was given on October 4th, 2019. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the on...

Center professor Dr. Christopher Martin is the author of this week's colloquium paper. The subject is the difficult concept of the "self": how the self can be identified, what ensures its continuity, and to what degree it can be identified with the soul. This paper, "The Self and the Soul: Aquinas, Ascombe and Authority", was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies on November 8th, 2019. About t...

We are happy to have Dr. Jennifer Frey with us for another episode of our Colloquium series. Dr. Frey is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, and she speaks here on Elizabeth Anscombe's little-understood writings on the concept of intention. Her paper is entitled "Aquinas and Anscombe on Action" and was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies on September 27t...

Dr. R. Edward Houser, professor emeritus of philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies, gives in this episode his paper "The Metaphysics of Aquinas and Avicenna". In it, he traces the influence of the Arabic philosopher on Aquinas' thought. This talk was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies on October 25, 2019. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, loca...

Join us for a colloquium with Dr. Robert Koons! Dr. Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and he speaks here about the implications of quantum mechanics for our understanding of matter in natural substances. This paper was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies, at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, on September 13th, 2019. About the Center for Th...

This episode features Dr. John Nieto. Dr. Nieto earned his PhD in philosophy from Notre Dame University and teaches at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, CA. In his paper, "Aristotle's Identification of Substance and Action in God as Subsisting Goodness," Dr. Nieto gives a detailed examination of Aristotle's statements about God in Metaphysics Lambda. This talk was given at the Center for Thom...

We are happy to welcome back Dr. Gaston LeNotre for his second appearance on Talking Thomism! Dr. LeNotre is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University College in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He earned his PhD in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. In his paper "Can Thomas' Account of Individuation Survive Scotus' Objections? A CONCRETE Respone," Dr....

Please be sure to subscribe to Talking Thomism on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher and leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts! Show Notes: In this episode, the Center brings you Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, OP PhD(University of St. Thomas)presenting a paper titled "Hunger and Thirst: Suffering for Christ in Sts. Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Kolkatta." The published version of...

Please be sure to subscribe to Talking Thomism on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher and leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts! Show Notes: In this episode, the Center brings you Dr. Thomas Harmon (University of St. Thomas)presenting a paper titled "Pleasant to read, rather than potent to persuade: St. Augustine on the Platonic division between the Few and the Many in some of his...