Philosophy

Activity: Betting on the Truth

In this activity, we compare believing with betting and ask when it is okay to bet on a particular claim coming true. The decision is illustrated by this important big questions:...

Having Better Arguments

Professor Meghan Sullivan on Plato’s Republic

Professor Meghan Sullivan she speaks about Plato’s Republic (ca. 375 BC), as part of “The Book That Changed My Life” series from the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture....

Big Questions Live: When to Take a Leap of Faith

If you read enough bestseller books on how to succeed in life or business and you will start to recognize patterns in the advice that’s given: Learn to fail, take big risks, do...

Philosophy

A Conversation with Mike Schur: “Can Television Make Us Better People?”

Mike Schur — the creator of the philosophy-focused NBC comedy The Good Place as well as Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine — came to Notre Dame to meet with...

Evolution and the Image of God with Marie George

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Catholic philosopher Marie George to talk about evolution, the image of God, and extraterrestrials. Marie George is a professor of...

The 25th Annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy, Featuring Dr. Cornel West

Cornel West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and a prominent public intellectual, delivered the 25th annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and...

Aristotle and Aquinas on the Active and Contemplative Life

Join Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame, and Dr. Meghan Sullivan for an engaging interview about how Aristotle and Aquinas can help us...

Philosopher Francis J. Beckwith on the Abortion Debate

Francis J. Beckwith is a philosopher who publishes and teaches in the areas of religion, jurisprudence, politics, and ethics. He is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State...

Teacher and Author Matthew Mehan on His First Children’s Book

Matthew Mehan is a teacher at The Heights School in Washington, D.C. and The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for...

Professor D. C. Schindler on Freedom From Reality

D.C. Schindler is an associate professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paull II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. He is also the author of Freedom from...