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From the Editorial Introduction:This first issue of Reality—The Philosophy of Realism—like most publications and especially those of a collaborative effort, signifies innumerable hours of effort. The goal of our journal is simple: to reinvigorate an intelligent discussion about realism as a philosophical approach. By a realist approach, we mean not…Continue reading “Latest Issue”

3May 20229 May 2022

[Article] Life in the Anti-Environment

Learning How to Play Adam PugenPost-Doctoral FellowUniversity of Toronto ABSTRACT: This paper explores the perceptual implications of video games, and…

7Feb 202215 Mar 2022

[Article] No Cause, No Credo

Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Nature as Preambula Fidei Accompanied by Tkacz, “Thomas Aquinas on Instrumental Creation, the Cosmogonical Fallacy, and…

[Article] Christian Philosophy as an Existential Habitus

Francisco PlazaPhD CandidateUniversity of St. Thomas, TXEditor, Reality[1] ABSTRACT: In this paper we shall explore Jacques Maritain’s definition of “Christian…

[Article] Was Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange a Personalist?

20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020

A Rapprochement Between the Individual-Person Distinction and the Primacy of the Common Good Contra Maritain’s Personalism[1] Taylor Patrick O’Neill Assistant Professor of Theology Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IA ABSTRACT:…

Essay

[Essay] The Roots of Human Dignity & its Modern Dissolution – Part I

19 Mar 202030 Jun 2020

Francisco E. Plaza, PhD Candidate University of St. Thomas, Houston TX Editor, Reality The following is part I of II. See Part II here. As modern secularism strives to…

Issues

[Issue] The Philosophy of Realism

4 Mar 20208 Mar 2020

From the Editorial Introduction:This first issue of Reality—The Philosophy of Realism—like most publications and especially those of a collaborative effort, signifies innumerable hours of effort. The goal of our journal…

Editorial Introduction – Reality as Katharsis

26 Feb 202019 Mar 2020

Daniel C. Wagner, PhD Professor and Chair of Philosophy Aquinas College, Grand Rapids MI Editor, Reality Brian Kemple, PhD Continuum Philosophical Insight Executive Editor, Reality This first issue of…

[Article] Made of Flame and Air

21 Feb 202020 Mar 2020

A response to Kirk Kanzelberger Michael J. Dodds, O.P. Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Berkeley, CA Abstract: I comment on certain aspects of Kirk Kanzelberger’s article, “Reality and the…

[Article] The Philosophical Implications of Sense Realism

5 Feb 20203 Mar 2020

A Response to Daniel Wagner James D. Capehart, Ph.D. Sacred Heart Apostolic School Rolling Prairie, IN [response to daniel wagner, "the logical terms of sense realism"] Download Issue Version PDF…

[Article] Aquinas On Suppositum, Essence & Universals

5 Feb 20205 Feb 2020

Seth Kreeger PhD Candidate Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology [online only response to daniel wagner, "the logical terms of sense realism"] Download as PDF Having read “The Logical…

[Article] Signs and Reality

9 Dec 201919 Mar 2020

An advocation for semiotic realism[1] Brian Kemple, PhD Continuum Philosophical Insight Executive Editor, Reality ABSTRACT: The world today has a “meaning” problem. That is: while the attainment of “meaning” poses…

[Article] The Analogy of Res-ality

9 Dec 20193 Mar 2020

Reflections in Response to Brian Kemple Matthew K. Minerd, Ph.D. Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Pittsburgh, PA ABSTRACT: I have been asked to write a response to…

[Article] The Logical Terms of Sense Realism

27 Nov 201919 Mar 2020

A Thomistic-Aristotelian & Phenomenological Defense Daniel C. Wagner Professor and Chair of Philosophy Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI Editor, Reality ABSTRACT: At the heart of realist philosophy is the doctrine…