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Don't miss out. Apply today at Thomisticinstitute.org slash Rome. So I approach the theory of evolution

from the RCCC perspective as it has been mentioned.

And first I will map the situation for us here in terms of where this tradition, in my opinion,

can be helpful in a broader conversation on philosophical and theological presuppositions and

repercussions of evolutionary theory.

So topics where we or this tradition can contribute.

When you approach evolutionary theory in its philosophical aspects,

then there is a number of relevant conversations where this tradition can be helpful and it may enter these conversations.

First of all, a very complex and difficult

conversation on the definition of species in biology and philosophy of biology. Then the notion of

stability and change, how we understand stability of things both empirically and philosophically

speaking, and then how can one thing change into another,

which is obviously important for evolutionary theory.

Then goal directedness or teleology from Greek telos, that is end, and chance.

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