John Cavadini - The Grand Design: An Augustinian Reply to Stephen Hawking

A lecture by theologian John Cavadini (Notre Dame), given at the University of Chicago on February 2, 2012. In this talk, Professor Cavadini gives his response to a then-recent statement by acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking that philosophy was dead, and that science is the only reasonable method for securing knowledge. In response, Professor Cavadini argues that philosophy is rooted in man’s wonder about the universe, and that scientific inquiry is only one aspect of true wisdom and should not be privileged over others.