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The Thomistic Institute

Why be Philosophical? - Prof. Marshall Bierson

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Prof. Marshall Bierson asks what it really means to be philosophical, and he takes listeners through the subtle ways our love of truth gets derailed—by winning, by approval, by self-justification, and even by mistaking the feeling of insight for insight itself.


This lecture was given on June 27th, 2026, at Dominican House of Studies.


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About the Speaker:


Marshall Bierson is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America. His research centers on the intersection of ethics and philosophical anthropology. He is particularly focused on the work of Elizabeth Anscombe and in exploring how her Thomisticly inflected philosophical psychology clarifies moral absolutes.


Keywords: Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, C. S. Peirce, Debate, Gorgias, Philosophy, Plato, Rationalization, Socrates, Truth