Demonstration and Certainty in Thomistic Philosophy of Nature | Father Ambrose Little, O.P.

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

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1:14.2	So our second speaker is Father Ambrose Little. Originally from Connecticut, he entered the
1:20.2	Dominican order in 2007 and was ordained a priest in 2013. Before joining the Dominicans, he graduated
1:26.8	across the street, the Catholic University of
1:28.7	America, with the Bachelor's in Philosophy. Afterwards, went on for a licentient in philosophy
1:33.2	at the Catholic University of America and taught for two years of Providence College. And
1:38.7	then he went on to earn his PhD in philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he wrote on Aristotelian
1:45.5	change in the scolentura, looking into aspects of Aquinas, of Aristotle's philosophy of nature
1:52.7	and philosophy of biology.
1:54.6	He joined the Pontifical Faculty of Mac Conception here at the Bacon House of Studies
1:58.6	in the summer of 2021, where he teaches philosophy
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