John G. Brungardt

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• The “Perfect” System Would Eliminate Being Human

  By John Brungardt on April 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A recent case heard by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands found that “a doctor had not acted improperly when he euthanized a 74-year-old woman with advanced dementia, even though the woman had to be repeatedly sedated and physically restrained… Read More ›

• The cosmos of Christian mystery

  By John Brungardt on April 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Mattias Joseph Scheeben‘s The Mysteries of Christianity begins with a reflection on the nature of Christian mystery. It can also be read as a commentary on the prooemium to the Summa contra Gentiles Book IV (which is itself an echo… Read More ›

• Something ever new under the sun

  By John Brungardt on April 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  From Fr. Ronald Knox, a sermon entitled “The Risen Christ,” from Pastoral and Occasional Sermons. There is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9 Behold, I make all things new. — Apocalypse 31:5 When Easter comes, the Church delights to… Read More ›

• IPC Presentation

  By John Brungardt on April 11, 2020 • ( 1 )

  For those interested, the final draft version of my presentation at the recent IPC Colloquium in Paris, celebrating the 50th anniversary of that institution, can be found at this link. A portion of the introduction follows: In his 1941 essay… Read More ›

• Review on Thomistica

  By John Brungardt on April 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Over at Thomistica is my review of Fr. David Alcalde’s Cosmology Without God? Here’s a brief excerpt: In his monograph, Cosmology Without God? The Problematic Theology Inherent in Modern Cosmology—a revised version of his doctoral dissertation written under Michael Hanby at the Pontifical… Read More ›

• Essay in forthcoming AMA volume

  By John Brungardt on February 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Soon to appear from the American Maritain Association, in conjunction with the Catholic University of America Press, is a collected volume of the contributions of the Association’s 2018 meeting. Edited by Matthew Minerd, it is entitled Facts are Stubborn Things: Thomistic… Read More ›

• Second part of review in Scientia et Fides

  By John Brungardt on January 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Now available is the second part of a review essay which I co-authored with Geoffrey Woollard for the journal Scientia et Fides. The abstract of the essay follows: The short monograph Creative Nature (Francisco Javier Novo, Rubén Pereda, and Javier… Read More ›

• Summer Program in Philosophy and Science

  By John Brungardt on January 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Thomistic Institute has just announced its third annual summer program, with the theme of “Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World.” The TI Summer Program website elaborates on this as follows: What are chance occurrences, and how has indeterminacy… Read More ›

• IPC-Paris Conference Presentation

  By John Brungardt on January 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  This March, the IPC-Facultés Libres de Philosophie et de Psychologie celebrates its 50th anniversary with a colloquium in honor the teachers of its own teachers, and inspiration for its pedagogical program, Charles De Koninck and Msgr. Maurice Dionne. The colloquium… Read More ›

• Short review of Feser’s Aristotle’s Revenge

  By John Brungardt on December 13, 2019 • ( 1 )

  Over at Thomistica.net one can find my short review of Edward Feser’s Aristotle’s Revenge. The review is overall very positive. I hope to elaborate on some points of criticism of particulars of the book and its approach in later blog-posts.

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