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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”

[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…

14May 202114 May 2021

[Article] On the Cenoscopic and the Idioscopic

And Why They Matter[1] Fr. Scott Randall PaineProfessor of PhilosophyUniversity of Brasilia, Brazilhttps://3wisdoms.com ABSTRACT: We are accustomed to viewing polarities…

11Dec 202011 Dec 2020

[Article] How To Be a Contemporary Thomist: The Case of Marshall McLuhan

Adam Pugen, PhDUniversity of TorontoInstitute of Communication, Culture,Information and Technology ABSTRACT: The provocative nature of both the form and content,…

[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…

[Book Review] What Love Is

11 Nov 201916 Jun 2020

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

Essay

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

5 Nov 201910 Jun 2020

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

[Article] Reality and the Meaning of Evil

28 Oct 201919 Mar 2020

Kirk Kanzelberger, PhD Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH ABSTRACT: “Evil is really only a privation.” This philosophical commonplace reflects an ancient solution to the problem of theodicy in one of…

Essay

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

25 Oct 201912 Apr 2020

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…