What is Philosophy?
Reading Group
May 6, 13, 20, 27
A four-week reading group through What is Philosophy? with with Robert McNamara.
The group will meet over Zoom on Wednesdays in May (May 6, 13, 20, 27) from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT.
About the Text
Hildebrand begins by analyzing closely the receptivity that is proper to all kinds of knowledge. As a result, he holds a robust philosophical realism according to which the mind does not impose its terms on the object known, but receives the object on the object’s own terms.
Hildebrand’s What Is Philosophy? is perhaps the most significant and nuanced work we have that defends the position of realist phenomenology.
Format
The meeting will be conducted live in Zoom. Links for the session will be sent out ahead of time.
To allow for rich discussion, the group is limited in size to a maximum of 20 participants. Once the group is full, additional registrations will be placed on a waitlist.
All participants are expected to have a copy of the text and to come prepared to each session having done the weekly reading (15-45 pages per week). The weekly reading schedule will be emailed to you.
Moderator
Dr. Robert McNamara is lecturer in philosophy and head of philosophy department at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Ireland, adjunct professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA, while also tutoring periodically at the ITI Catholic University, Austria, and the Maryvale Institute, England. Robert is also an associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies, an associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Man and Woman, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland (currently suspended). Having studied physics, computing, philosophy, and theology, Robert brings a multidisciplinary perspective to his work while exploring anthropological and metaphysical themes in ancient, medieval, and phenomenological thinkers, with a defined focus on philosophical personalism in the Christian tradition. He currently resides in Maynooth, Ireland, with his wife, Caroline, and their five children.
Costs
Reading groups are free to attend.
If you are able, we invite you to make a donation to help defray the costs of organizing (reading groups cost the Hildebrand Project ~$900 for a four-week group). We are committed to making reading groups accessible to all; therefore, participation is not contingent on a donation.
Your gift support this reading group, our publications, web resources, and other events, all of which contribute to bringing the vital, life-giving witness of personalist philosophy into new and uncertain times.
Level:
Suitable for intermediate to advanced: primarily discussion.
Time:
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Reading:
forthcoming
May 6 — 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT