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[PREVIEW] Volume 1, Issue 1 – What is Realism? The term “realism” has been applied to countless theories and philosophical approaches over the millennia. Many claims to be realist, however, seem to make “realism” meaningless: either because they are indistinguishable from idealism or nominalism, or because they hollow out the concept…Continue reading “Latest Issue”

28Oct 201931 Oct 2019

[Article] Reality and the Meaning of Evil

Kirk Kanzelberger, PhD Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH ABSTRACT: “Evil is really only a privation.” This philosophical commonplace reflects an…

17Oct 201918 Oct 2019

[Article] Classical Realism in a Democratic Context

Brian Jones, PhD Candidate University of St. Thomas, Houston TX ABSTRACT: In this response to Francisco Plaza’s paper, I…

17Oct 201918 Oct 2019

[Article] Political Science and Realism

Francisco E. Plaza, PhD Candidate University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX Editor, Reality ABSTRACT: This article contrasts the pursuit…

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19 Nov 201919 Nov 2019

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[Book Review] What Love Is

Written by Brian Kemple A review of and response to Carrie Jenkins’ What Love Is: And What It Could Be, (Basic Books: NY, 2017).[1] The Ruin and Salvation of Love…

Essay

[Essay] Aristotle on Nature (φύσις) – Part II

5 Nov 201913 Nov 2019

Ancient Source of Katharsis for the Lived Nihilism of Modernity Daniel C. Wagner, Ph.D. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids MI Editor, Reality The following is part II (of II) in a working…

Essay

[Essay] Aristotle on Nature (φύσις) – Part I

25 Oct 201913 Nov 2019

Ancient Source of Katharsis for the Lived Nihilism of Modernity Daniel C. Wagner, Ph.D. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids MI Editor, Reality The following is part I (of II) in a working…

[Article] Interpretation and Traditions

10 Jul 201915 Oct 2019

Written by Brian Kemple [download pdf]An intersection for semiotics, phenomenology, and Thomism My topic in this article develops from themes I have advanced or at least suggested in both Ens Primum…

[Book Review] Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny

19 Jun 201923 Oct 2019

Written by Brian Kemple A review of Kate Manne’s Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford University Press: New York, 2018) Semantic Activism in the Service of Ideology “So maybe…

Essay

[Essay] Dostoevsky and the Cry of Rachel

11 Jun 201926 Oct 2019

Written by Francisco Plaza One of the most recurring issues in the history of philosophy is the problem of evil: more specifically, of how to reconcile the inevitability of suffering…

[Book Review] The Right Side of History

16 May 20198 Aug 2019

Written by Francisco Plaza A review of Ben Shapiro's The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great (Broadside Books: New York, 2019). We face an…

Issues

[Issue 1] What is Reality

16 Jan 20196 Jun 2019

The term “realism” has been applied to countless theories and philosophical approaches over the millennia. Many claims to be realist, however, seem to make “realism” meaningless: either because they are…