Brian Kemple on "Interpretation and Traditions: An Intersection For Peirce, Heidegger, and Aquinas"

Talking Thomism

This episode features Dr. Brian Kemple (Fellow at the Center for the Study of Digital Life) speaking on "Interpretation and Traditions: An Intersection for Semiotics, Phenomenology, and Thomism." In this talk, Dr. Kemple addresses how the insights of Peirce, Heidigger, and Thomas can be used to understand how we interpret the truth. The talk draws on material from Dr. Kemple's recent book "Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition, The Philosophy of Being as First Known" (Brill, 2017) and his forthcoming book Dr. Kemple, a graduate of the Center for Thomistic Studies, is a fellow at the Center for the Study of Digital Life (http://www.digitallife.center). You can buy "Ens Primum Cognitum" here: https://www.amazon.com/Cognitum-Aquinas-Tradition-Philosophy-Inquiry/dp/9004352392/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525887088&sr=1-2 This talk was given at the Center for Thomistic Studies on April 24, 2018. The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduate program in the United States uniquely dedicated to the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. More information about the Center can be found on our website at http://stthom.edu/CTS. For news and updates about future events, like our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/thomisticstudies Producer: John Boyer Announcer: Peter Gardner Intro and outro music: Clare Jensen, "Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude" by J.S. Bach.