We’ve all watched a baby stretch into childhood, a clumsy teenager getting used to the new size of his limbs, and a young adult reach his full stature. And yet, as familiar as these changes may be, it’s not always clear why a snowball that increases in size as it rolls downhill is not…

We speak of “feeding a fire” when we throw logs into a hearth, and in a way, it feels alive—flames dance, heat radiates, and it seems to “consume” its fuel with appetite. But no matter how vividly it burns, a fire does not live. Contrast this with a child taking in food: the still-warm piece of bread given by her…

Imagine a puppet show. The puppet dances, shakes, and bows very naturally, yet every movement is prescribed, and every gesture is caused by strings pulled off-stage. In much of modern psychology, the human being is cast in a similar way: a biological puppet manipulated by hidden strings of…

Contemporary psychology, despite its methodological advancements and empirical achievements, suffers from a foundational fracture: an inadequate understanding of the mind-body relationship. This is not a minor issue—it cuts to the heart of what psychology purports to study…

The election of the new Pope, Leo XIV, has been received with joy and hope throughout the Church. The world watches expectantly as this pontificate begins—one that, from his very first words, has expressed a desire to guide the Church by the hand of God while simultaneously seeking to…

Imagine a scientist who proudly refuses to use a microscope, insisting that only what can be seen with the naked eye counts as scientific data. Microscopic structures of tissue, the cells that compose it or microbes that have infected the sample — would be dismissed as irrelevant because…

If modern psychology’s moral neutrality attempts has led to an impoverished understanding of the human person, how can we restore what was lost? Drawing on the Thomistic tradition, the second part of our inquiry examines how…

In our previous article on the absence of teleology in modern psychology, we explored how the rejection of final cause reduced the human person to mechanisms and processes, stripping away any sense of inherent purpose. This article continues that investigation by focusing on…

Modern psychology has achieved remarkable empirical advances, mapping neural circuits, decoding behaviors, and developing therapies grounded in cognitive and behavioral science. Yet, as many reflective scholars have noted, something essential seems missing…

Modern psychology, despite its remarkable empirical achievements, has suffered a profound philosophical amnesia: it has systematically marginalized or outright rejected the soul, the very concept from which its name is derived, as it was once defined…

Modern psychology, as we know it, is built on the triumphs of empirical research: experiments, measurements, brain scans, and behavioral analyses. But beneath this scientific surface lies a deeper philosophical tension that has troubled thinkers for decades…