{"id":12881,"date":"2026-04-28T08:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/?page_id=12881"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:45:32","slug":"prof-mark-k-spencer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/prof-mark-k-spencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Mark K. Spencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block  cta-with-media full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"cta-with-media__content  template-media-sx py-60 md:py-80\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-40 md:gap-50 lg:gap-100 md:flex-row\n        md:items-start\">\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n            <div class=\"media\" style=\"--bg-color-var: #FFFFFF\">\n              <div\n  class=\"image bg-cover  --is-png \"\n   data-defer >\n  <figure>\n    <div class=\"image__wrapper\">\n              <picture>\n          \n          <source\n            srcset=\"\"\n            sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 808px, (min-width: 768px) 680px, 100vw\"\n          \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mark-Spencer-2023-1.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"Mark-Spencer-2023 (1)\">\n        <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                      <h2 class=\"font-500 text-primary mb-20 s50\">Scientific Committee<\/h2>\n                                <p class=\"!mb-40\"><p data-path-to-node=\"1\">A Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota, USA), <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"76\">Professor Spencer<\/b> is an authoritative scholar of Dietrich von Hildebrand\u2019s thought and the phenomenological tradition, employing an approach that integrates classical metaphysics and personalism.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"3\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Specialization:<\/b> Expert in philosophical anthropology, aesthetics, and the metaphysics of the person. His research focuses on the nature of human interiority and the perception of values.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Contribution to the Chair:<\/b> He actively collaborates with the <b data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"61\">Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum<\/b> to deepen the connection between realist phenomenology and Thomism, offering an academic perspective that combines analytical rigor with spiritual sensitivity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Key Publications:<\/b> Author of numerous essays and volumes, including <i data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"67\"><\/i><i><span style=\"color: black\">The Irreducibility of the Human Person<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0e non\u00a0<i>The Form of the Person <\/i><\/span>(2022), in which he explores the structure of the human being in dialogue with the Hildebrandian tradition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Research Areas:<\/b> He focuses on the themes of beauty, subjectivity, and the &#8220;deep experiences&#8221; of the heart as pathways to objective truth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n                                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12903,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12881\/revisions\/12903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}