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Dr. Therese Scarpelli Cory, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, delivers an address in conjunction with the Wheaton College philosophy department. Does human creativity complete a world that God left unfinished? Or do our activities of making, building, and inventing mar the goodness of creation? Dr. Cory shows how Thomas Aquinas helps answer these question by reflecting on Divine creativity and its image in the human being. This lecture was presented on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 on the campus of Wheaton College.
This third lecture in the 2017-18 Philosophy Speaker Series was presented by Dr. Gordon Marino, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College.
Dr. Marino writes: "The Stoic Seneca said, 'He who studies with a philosopher...should daily return home a...
Published 03/23/18
The fifth lecture in the 2017-18 Philosophy Speaker Series was presented by Dr. Jeffrey Brower, Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. Brower writes, "According to the traditional doctrine of divine omnipresence, God is present everywhere. But how is that possible? For God to be present...
Published 03/23/18
The second lecture in the 2017-2018 Philosophy Speaker Series was presented on Wednesday, October 4 by Dr. Kevin Hector, entitled “Eternal Fulfillment? Some Thoughts on the Afterlife.”
Dr. Hector’s paper lays out two recent arguments raised against the desirability of eternal life, and then...
Published 10/06/17