Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., Dominican friar, physicist, and philosopher discusses scientific realism, causal properties, perceiving individual things, different viewpoints on causal powers, scientific demonstration and certainty in the philosophy of nature, reasoning from effect to cause, and electric charge and experimental observations.

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., is a professor of philosophy specializing in the philosophy of nature. He delves into the intricate relationship between physics and Thomistic thought, highlighting the complexities of light and electromagnetic radiation. Discussions include the unique properties of light, the role of virtual photons, and how these elements interact with matter. Fr. Davenport emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to understand these phenomena, using examples like the photoelectric effect and the nature of substances such as diamond.

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., theologian and philosopher, discusses the confluence of physics and philosophy, exploring determinism in physics, the relevance of Aristotelian and Thomistic principles in modern science, the harmony between science and spirituality, the debate on free will and neuroscience, and the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.