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Water and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl

Water and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl

Update: 2025-10-13
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Prof. Brian Carl's lecture provides an accessible introduction to Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy of nature, focusing on substance, accident, causes, hylomorphism, and the metaphysical principles underlying change and the nature of light.


This lecture was given on July 18th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.


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About the Speakers:


Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology.


Keywords: Actuality and Potentiality, Categories, Ethics, Hylomorphism, Incarnation, Motion, Philosophy Of Nature, Physics, Prime Matter, Substantial Change

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Water and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl

Water and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl

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