• Aquinas Lecture with Fr. Stephen L. Brock
    Aquinas Lecture with Fr. Stephen L. Brock

    Fr. Stephen L. Brock, Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome delivers a lecture on "Aquinas's Shortest Way to God's Existence, and How Darwinism Fits Within It." Watch it now

  • UST’s Philosophy Program Wows at Home and Abroad
    UST’s Philosophy Program Wows at Home and Abroad

    As the only U.S. graduate philosophy program focused on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Center is renowned for its prolific scholarly contributions, rigorous academics, strong Catholic identity and exceptional postgraduate job placement.

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  • Dissertation Explores Thomas Aquinas and ‘Being’
    Dissertation Explores Thomas Aquinas and ‘Being’

    Brian Kemple, doctoral candidate in the UST Center for Thomistic Studies, publicly defended his dissertation on August 26 about the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and ‘Being.’

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  • Doctoral Dissertation Examines Communities for the Best Life
    Doctoral Dissertation Examines Communities for the Best Life

    John Macias, doctoral candidate in the UST Center for Thomistic Studies, publically defended his dissertation on May 9 about the philosophy of Thomistic philosopher Alasdair Macintyre. 

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  • Steven Peña Defends Dissertation
    Steven Peña Defends Dissertation

    Steven Edward Peña, a doctoral candidate in the UST Center for Thomistic Studies program, publicly defended his dissertation, “Onus Probandi: An Attempt to Locate the Burden of Proof in the Existential Theistic Debate,” on May 15 before the University community and his dissertation board.

     

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UST’s Philosophy Program Wows at Home and Abroad
By all accounts, representatives from UST’s Center for Thomistic Studies are making an extraordinary impression at philosophy conferences nationwide and internationally. 
Dissertation Explores Thomas Aquinas and ‘Being’
Brian Kemple publicly defended his dissertation on Aug. 26 before the University community and his dissertation board. It was accepted by the Center for Thomistic Studies, and in May he will be the 28th recipient of a doctorate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas.
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The Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas is the only graduate philosophy program uniquely focused on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in the United States. The Center is founded on the Church’s insistence of the perennial value of the thought of Aquinas as the new millennium proceeds.
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