About the lecture

In this module, we introduce Aquinas’ account of practical reason, focusing in particular on (i) reason as an operation of the power of intellect (ii) two powers of intellect: intellectus agens, and intellectus possibilis (iii) how we use reason to deploy the intellect, and (iv) the relationship between practical reasoning and human action.

About the lecturer

Dr Daniel De Haan is a Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer in Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Tradition at the University of Oxford. His research interests are in philosophical theology, Christian and religious ethics, and science and religion. His most recent publications include Aquinas on Perceiving, Thinking, Understanding, and Cognizing Individuals (2019), and Approaching Other Animals with Caution: Exploring Insights from Aquinas's Psychology (2019)