Participants
Josh Blander, UCLA
Charles Brittain, Cornell University
Jeff Brower, Purdue University
Nate Bulthuis, Cornell University
Brian Embry, University of Houston
Megan Embry, University of Houston
Jeff Hause, Creighton University
Erik Kenyon, Cornell University
Neil Lewis, Georgetown University
Scott MacDonald, Cornell University
Gareth Matthews, UMass, Amherst
Jeffrey McDonough, Harvard University
Cyrille Michon, Université de Nantes
Stephen Ogden, Yale University
Sydney Penner, Cornell University
Giorgio Pini, Fordham University
Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame
Mary Sirridge, Louisiana State University
Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College
Kate Waidler, Cornell/Wheaton College
Thomas Williams, University of South Florida
Jack Zupko, Emory University
Schedule
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