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    Thomists do not have an account of how modern mathematics relates to classical mathematics or more generally fits into the Aristotelian hierarchy of sciences. Rather than treat primarily of Aquinas’s theses on mathematical abstraction, I turn to considering what modern mathematics is in itself, seen from a broadly classical perspective. I argue that many modern quantities can be considered to be, not quantities as such or in themselves, but derived quantities, i.e., quantities that can be define…Read more
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    Then and Now—A Thomistic Account of History
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 243-259
    Thomists do not have a standard account of history as a discipline or of historical knowledge in general. Since Thomism is a tradition of thought derived in part from historical figures and their works, it is necessary for Thomists to be able to say how we know what we know about those figures and their works. In this paper, I analyze the notion of history both in its key contemporary senses and in how it was used by Aristotle and Aquinas. I show briefly how intellectual knowledge of the past is…Read more
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    Substantial Form in Modern Physics and the Other Sciences—and a New Picture of the Cosmos
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. forthcoming.
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    Substantial Form in Modern Physics and the Other Sciences—and a New Picture of the Cosmos
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. forthcoming.
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    Then and Now—A Thomistic Account of History in advance
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. forthcoming.
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    Then and Now—A Thomistic Account of History
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 90 243-259. 2016.
    Thomists do not have a standard account of history as a discipline or of historical knowledge in general. Since Thomism is a tradition of thought derived in part from historical figures and their works, it is necessary for Thomists to be able to say how we know what we know about those figures and their works. In this paper, I analyze the notion of history both in its contemporary senses and in how it was used by Aristotle and Aquinas. I show briefly how intellectual knowledge of the past is pos…Read more