College of Arts and Letters
Reformed Epistemology
Can belief in God be rational without evidence and argument? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and...
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God and Other Minds
Can belief in God be rational because of something other than arguments and evidence? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
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Philosophy of Religion — In Animated Form
Alvin Plantinga’s ideas are presented in a visually captivating style in 10 videos created by Notre Dame philosophy professors with a grant from the Templeton Foundation. Topics...
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Morality and Social Control in Criminal Law
Panel discussion during the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference featuring panelists Marc de Girolami (St. John’s University), Cecelia Klingele (Wisconsin Law), Meghan Ryan (Southern...
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Called to Communion
Talks given at the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference by Mary Anne Case (University of Chicago) on “Trans Formation in the Vatican’s War on ‘Gender Ideology'”; Pia de Solenni...
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By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: On The Death Penalty
Panel discussion at the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference. Panelists: Joseph Bessette (Claremont McKenna College), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Gerard Bradley (Notre Dame...
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Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature
World War II was a time of paradox: victory amidst catastrophe, democracy spread by violence, individualism drafted for propaganda. Looking at poetry and novels helps us see how...
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Morality and Modernity
The Fall Conference of 2017 called, “Through Every Human Heart,” included the following presentations: Jennifer Donnelly (Terra Foundation for American Art) on “The Good,...
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Depicting Evil
As part of the Fall Conference of 2017 called, “Through Every Human Heart, ” the following talks were presented: Randy Boyagoda (University of St. Michael’s College,...
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Virtuous Evildoers
This talk is given by Gilbert Meilaender at the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference. This was a part of the Fall Conference of 2017 called, “Through Every Human Heart.” The...
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Obscuring the Good
As part of the Fall Conference of 2017 called, “Through Every Human Heart,” the following talks were presented: John Haldane (University of St. Andrews, Baylor University) on...
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De Nicola Family Lecture: Machiavelli on Necessary Evil
Keynote address given at the 2017 Notre Dame Fall Conference by Harvey Mansfield (Harvard University), introduced by Carter Snead (Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture). This...
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