Does God Exist | Prof. Michael Gorman

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This lecture was given on February 22nd, 2025, at University of Rochester.

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About the Speaker:

Michael Gorman is Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology, and his work covers both areas, with a special emphasis on metaphysical themes. He is the author of over thirty-five scholarly articles, a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and a book that will appear in the spring of 2024 entitled A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics (The Catholic University of America Press, 2024).

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0:26.7	Well, thanks very much for having me,
0:28.8	and thanks for coming out.
0:30.4	And I'm especially, I have to say,
0:34.6	I'm impressed that you guys have these events on Saturday.
0:39.2	Like, I mean, most people use Saturday to show out or catch up,
0:44.5	and you guys are like, taking a step forward. I don't know. I'm impressed.
0:52.8	Okay, so the talk is called, does God exist? This is just the outline. So if you're starting to feel desperate and you can tell like how far through you are,
0:57.9	how soon the agony will be over.
1:00.5	Okay.
1:01.4	So does God exist?
1:03.4	I hope you won't be disappointed.
1:06.2	If I say that that's a question that can't be settled adequately in a short talk,
1:12.3	I hope none the,
1:18.2	but what I'll do is less ambitious, but I hope helpful nonetheless. I'll explore the possibilities and limits for using philosophy to learn about God's existence. Now, since this is
1:24.9	organized by the Thomistic Institute, you won't be surprised to hear that I'll be presenting things in a way that jives with the approach of Thomas Aquinas.
1:35.3	But I won't be doing it because I was brought in by the Thomistic Institute. Instead, I'll be doing it because I think it makes good sense.
1:43.3	So here's the order. I'll be presenting things in here. That's what's on the board.
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