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Finding Meaning Amidst Chaos Or: Why Get Out of Bed in the Morning?
A lecture by Dr. Robert McNamara (St. Patrick’s Pontifical University)
When:
September 30, 2025 | 6:00 PM GMT+1
Chapter:
University of Galway
Location:
Colm ÓhEocha Theatre, Arts Millenium Building (AMB1021)
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Dr. Robert McNamara is lecturer in philosophy at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, Ireland, associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies, associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project, associate member of faculty at the International Theological Institute and the Maryvale Institute, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland (currently suspended). Robert researches anthropological and metaphysical questions in medieval and phenomenological thinkers, especially as both bear reference to philosophical personalism. He has studied physics and computing, philosophy and theology, and received his Ph.D. for research in the thought of Edith Stein and Thomas Aquinas. Robert is originally from Galway, Ireland and now lives in Carlow with his wife, Caroline, and their four children, Vivian, John, Catherine, and Oran.
This event is made possible through the support of Grant 63391 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this event are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.