Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

Does AI Understand? - Mind and Machine Episode 5 by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

“The Noble Due: Aquinas and Debitum Morale,” a lecture by Rev. Patrick Carter, O.S.B. (’05), given at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on November 21, 2025.

Does AI Really Think? - The Mind and the Machine: Episode 4 by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

This series examines the nature and limits of artificial intelligence through the lens of classical philosophy, with special attention to the thought of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. Its purpose is to illuminate what AI is, what it is not, and what its development reveals about the structure and meaning of human understanding. Thomas Aquinas College: thomasaquinascollege.edu The Mind and the Machi...

What is Artificial Intelligence? The Mind and the Machine Episode 2 by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

Is ChatGPT a Person - The Mind and the Machine Lesson 1 by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

“How Scripture Requires All Christians to be Catholic,” a tutor talk presented by Dr. Brett Smith of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on December 3, 2025.

"Literature and the Renewal of Moral Philosophy," by Dr. Thomas Hibbs (J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy and Dean Emeritus at Baylor University). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“At the Heart of Sexual Ethics: Reflections on Aquinas and Wojtyla,” by Dr. Mathew D. Walz, given at Thomas Aquinas College, California, on November 7, 2025.

Dr. Daniel McInerny of Christendom College presents the November lecture at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, “Art as Imitation: An Aristotelian Re-Activation.”

"On the Definition of Person," by Dr. Patrick Gardner (Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“A Dumb Ox's Prayer to Bellow,” by Dr. Michael Pakaluk (Catholic University of America). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Homosexuality, a Corrupt Complexio and Brutishness,” by Dr. Janet Smith. Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas vs Scotus vs Aquinas on the Intrinsic Divisibility of Dimensive Quantity,” by Jordan Raum (Catholic University of America). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas, Boethius, and the Art of Commentary,” by Dr. Anthony Andres (Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, California). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas’s Application of the Essence-Energy Distinction to the Divine Attributes in the Summa Theologiae,” by Dr. John Froula (St. Paul Seminary at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Best Praeambulum Fidei,” by Urban Hannon (University of Fribourg). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Edith Stein, the Perennial Philosophy, and the Problem of Women,” by Suzie Andres. Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Analogy in Aquinas: Development or Consistency?” by Shane Dowell (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

Magistri Est Ordinare, or, “It is for teachers to order,” a tutor talk by Dr. Steven Cain at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on October 8, 2025.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Funny Profundity, or Inane and Profane?” a “Tutor Talk,” presented by Dr. Travis Cooper at Thomas Aquinas College, California, on September 24, 2025

“‘þe best boke of roumaunce’: Form and Meaning in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” a lecture by Dr. Amy Fahey at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on September 20, 2025

“The Neo-Aristotelian Nature of the Sexes,” a 2025 lecture Dr. Tomás Bogardus at Thomas Aquinas College, California

“The Place of a Knowledge of History in the Well Educated Human Person” by Thomas Aquinas College Lectures & Talks

Opening lecture at Thomas Aquinas College, California, for 2025-26: "Why Do We Need Questions," by Dr. Sean Collins