Last year, the Lyceum Instituted hosted Dr. Domenic D’Ettore (Dean, Division of Liberal Studies and professor of Philosophy with the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, TX), a careful and insight scholar of the Latin Thomist tradition and an expert on analogy. Drawing on his great expertise, Dr. D’Ettore presents for us a clear and concise presentation of predication and highlights the importance of analogy—including an argument for how it can be explained.
Lyceum Institute Colloquium
The Analogous Use of Words – Identifying Sameness without Reduction
The questions concerning analogical predication—so essential in the Thomistic tradition—are often confused. Often and rightly situated between equivocation and univocation, analogy is used to argue for meaningful predication of God, of metaphor, and—indeed upon reflection—in making clear our meaning in all sorts of linguistic use. But using analogical language carries many pitfalls. In this lecture, Dr. D’Ettore gives us a clear explanation with many useful examples to both understand what analogy is and to see how it may be preserved in speaking meaningfully about God and other such topics.
The recorded Q&A session is available to all enrolled Lyceum Institute members.
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