Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? w/ Prof. Jonathan Buttaci (Off-Campus Conversations)

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Jonathan Buttaci about his latest Thomistic Institute, "Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?".

Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? w/ Dr. Jonathan Buttaci and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations)

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About the speaker: Dr. Jonathan Buttaci is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He came to CUA in 2016 after completing his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Buttaci’s research focuses on accounts of mind and the soul in ancient Greek thought, in particular Aristotle’s theory of knowledge, learning, and scientific discovery. He is also interested more generally in the interplay between ancient Greek science, philosophy, and literature.

This project/publication was made possible through the support of Grant 63017 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine, and I'm a Dominican friar of the province of St. Joseph
0:13.6	and an assistant director at the Domestic Institute, and delighted to be with you for this
0:18.2	most recent installment of off-campus conversations, where we try to follow up with the Timistic Institute speaker and kind of chase down some of the insights from a lecture, whether on campus or in the setting of a conference or a retreat. So for this installment, very delighted to be joined by Professor John Butachi. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks. Happy to be here. That's great.
0:37.8	So folks will know you from other lectures that you've given for the Timisic Institute,
0:42.2	things that have appeared on the podcast. And for those who don't, would you just say a word of
0:46.3	introduction, you know, who you are, where you're from, what you do? Sure. I'm an assistant
0:50.1	professor at Catholic University. I teach philosophy. My research focuses mainly in ancient
0:56.1	philosophy. Some of my work focuses on ancient theories of science and in particular ancient
1:03.3	understanding of life and the soul. So that's where I did my graduate work at the University of
1:10.1	Pittsburgh, trying to look at Aristotle
1:12.6	in particular, but also more widely ways that ancient thinkers approach these scientific questions.
1:18.6	Okay. With whom did you study at the University of Pittsburgh?
1:23.6	Oh, so I studied with John McDowell and Jim Lennox.
1:32.0	Jim Lennox is known for his work in Aristotle,
1:33.9	in particular Aristotle's biology,
1:35.9	but also his work in Darwin.
1:43.9	And so he's one of these rare figures who is able to have expertise in two different fields,
1:45.2	and so he's able to see more.
1:51.8	So I was really happy to study with him, especially in connection with some of the questions we'll be talking about today.
1:53.7	That's awesome.
2:01.1	Yeah, I don't know the philosophical world well at all, but I'm good friends with Father Bonaventure Chapman, your colleague,
2:06.9	who has great esteem for many philosophers at University of Pittsburgh, and the way he describes it,
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