2008 Colloquium

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[All sessions in 156 Goldwin Smith Hall]

Thursday, May 29

        2:30–2:45 Announcements

Session 1 (2:45–4:00)

Jeff Brower, Purdue University

Aquinas on Matter, Form, and Individuation

        4:00–4:30 Break

Session 2 (4:30-5:45)

Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College

Mysticism and Medieval Philosophy

        7:30 Pizza at Scott MacDonald's House

Friday, May 30

Session 3 (9:00–10:15)

Gareth Matthews, University of Mass, Amherst

Augustine on Reading Scripture

        10:15–10:45 Break

Session 4 (10:45–12:00)

Thomas Williams, University of South Florida

Against the Frankfurtian Reading of Anselm's Theory of Free Choice

        12:00-1:30 Lunch

Session 5 (1:30-2:45)

Cyrille Michon, Université de Nantes

Is Aquinas’ Conception of Liberum Arbitrium Coherent?

        2:45-3:00 Short break

Session 6 (3:00-4:15)

Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame

Natural Law and Moral Universalism:

Considerations from Aquinas and Others

        4:15-4:45 Break

Session 7 (4:45-6:00)

Jack Zupko, Emory University

Using Seneca to Read Aristotle: The Curious Methods of Buridan’s Ethics

        7:30 Picnic at Stewart Park

Saturday, May 31

Session 8 (9:00-10:15)

Jeff Hause, Creighton University

Misconceiving Hope

        10:15-10:45 Break

Session 9 (10:45-12:00)

Giorgio Pini, Fordham University

Scotus on Knowing and Naming Natural Kinds

        12:00-1:30 Lunch

Session 10 (1:30-2:45)

Josh Blander, UCLA

Something on Scotus or Ockham

        2:45-3:00 Short break

Session 11 (3:00-4:15)

Kate Waidler, Cornell University

Charity and Ultimate Ends in Aquinas

        4:15-4:30 Break

Session 12 (4:30-5:45)

Scott MacDonald, Cornell University

Augustinian Puzzles about Divine Presence

        6:30 Dinner

Schedule

[as of May 28, ‘p’ = ‘presenter’]

[p] Josh Blander, UCLA

Charles Brittain, Cornell University

[p] Jeff Brower, Purdue University

Nate Bulthuis, Cornell University

Brian Embry, University of Houston

Megan Embry, University of Houston

[p] Jeff Hause, Creighton University

Erik Kenyon, Cornell University

Neil Lewis, Georgetown University

[p] Scott MacDonald, Cornell University

[p] Gareth Matthews, UMass, Amherst

Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University

[p] Cyrille Michon, Université de Nantes

Stephen Ogden, Yale University

Sydney Penner, Cornell University

[p] Giorgio Pini, Fordham University

[p] Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame

Mary Sirridge, Louisiana State University

[p] Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College

[p] Kate Waidler, Cornell/Wheaton College

Thomas Williams, University of South Florida

[p] Jack Zupko, Emory University



Participants

Download: 2008 schedule.pdf