Rate My Professor Angus Brook

Professor Angus Brook serves as the National Head of the School of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He earned his BA (Hons) and MA in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Education from Australian Catholic University, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. As a dedicated scholar in philosophy, Brook has taught extensively across the discipline, covering history of philosophy, metaphysics, Aquinas, natural law, ethics, and political philosophy. His research specializations include Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, philosophy of education, philosophy of technology, and metaphysics. Brook's academic career at Notre Dame Australia includes roles such as Lecturer in Philosophy and Associate Professor of Philosophy, with leadership positions including a secondment as Head of Campus from 2018 to 2019.

Brook has authored and edited numerous publications that reflect his expertise. He edited *An Introduction to Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Liberal Arts Tradition* (McGraw-Hill, 2014), contributing chapters such as 'Faith and Reason and Metaphysics' (also published in Faith and Reason, Wipf & Stock, 2022), 'Play, Virtue, and Well-being: is consumerist play a bad habit?' (Springer, 2017), 'Philosophy and Liberal Education', 'Metaphysics', 'Natural Law', 'Human Flourishing', and others in the 2014 volume. Key journal articles include 'An Aristotelian Concept of Time(s)' in *Metaphysica* (2022), 'A Philosophical Analysis of Learning' in *Review of Metaphysics* (2021), 'The Aristotelian Context of the Existence-Essence Distinction in De Ente et Essentia' in *Metaphysica* (2019), 'Thomas Aquinas on the Effects of Original Sin: a philosophical analysis' in *Heythrop Journal* (2018), 'Is it possible to be a phenomenological Thomist?' in *New Blackfriars* (2016), 'What is Education? Re-reading metaphysics in search of foundations' in *New Blackfriars* (2013), and 'Heidegger's Notion of Religion: The limits of being-understanding' in *Forum Philosophicum* (2010). He has also presented conference papers, including 'Aristotelian Powers: An Ontological Analysis of Virtue' at the Virtue Ethics Conference (2023) and 'Martin Heidegger’s Path to an Aesthetic Ethos' at the Sydney Society Literature & Aesthetics Conference (2005). In addition to his scholarly output, Brook was part of the Logos team that received the Vice Chancellor's Award for initiatives that enhance student learning. His work contributes to the Catholic intellectual tradition, emphasizing critical reasoning, ethics, and interdisciplinary engagement through the university's Core Curriculum.