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Ordained in 2002 for the Diocese of Lafayette (Louisiana), Fr. Guilbeau entered the Dominican novitiate in 2005 and professed his simple vows in 2006. Before joining the Order, Fr. Guilbeau obtained his Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees from St. John's Seminary in Boston, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (Patristic Theology) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In the fall of 2010, having completed three years of parochial ministry at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in fundamental moral theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
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Catholic University of America Press recently published the 51st volume of its Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Series. Edited by Fr. Kurt Pritzl, O.P., the work is entitled Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence. The publisher's synopsis is printed below.
A member of the Province of St. Joseph, Fr. Pritzl is Dean of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He teaches and has published in the areas of ancient Greek philosophy and the theory of knowledge. Fr. Pritzl has also written and lectured on the role of philosophy in the intellectual and spiritual formation of seminary students.
From the publisher:
Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence brings together groundbreaking studies of objective truth as a robust, philosophically consequential reality and a compelling presence in all areas and dimensions of human life. After an era of philosophical reflection in both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions dominated by the denial or compromise of the standing and centrality of truth, which has been profoundly influential even in the general culture, important philosophers are again taking up and advancing the case for objective and substantial truth. This volume makes a unique contribution to this movement by presenting studies that enlarge and enliven the logical argument for truth by articulating and exploring the rich and robust presence of truth in various areas of human life and knowing, both speculative and practical.
The chapters of Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence, contributed by outstanding scholars in philosophy, theology, and law, include both fresh and penetrating interpretations of the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Heidegger on various dimensions of truth as well as original analysis and thoughtful speculative reflection on the presence and role of truth in various areas of human life such as law, art, and science. Together these studies provide investigations of objective and consequential truth from all the historical periods of philosophy and from contemporary outlooks on dimensions of truth in human life and knowing whose import is underappreciated.
In addition to the editor, the contributors are:
Jan A. Aertsen, director of the Thomas Institute, University of Cologne
Brian Bix, Frederick W. Thomas Professor for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law and Language, University of Minnesota
Daniel O. Dahlstrom, professor of philosophy and chair of the department, Boston University
Daniel Garber, professor of philosophy and chair of the department, Princeton University
Susan Haack, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy and law, University of Miami
Sean Dorrance Kelly, professor of philosophy, Harvard University
John Milbank, professor of religion, politics and ethics, University of Nottingham
Mitchell Miller, professor of philosophy, Vassar College
Timothy Noone, professor of philosophy, The Catholic University of America
Robert Wood, professor of philosophy, University of Dallas