Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Session I (4:30 – 6:30)
Chair: Giorgio Pini (Fordham University)
José Filipe Silva (University of Helsinki): “Perceptual Rationality”
Commentator: Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado, Boulder)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Session II (10:00 – 12:00)
Chair: Riccardo Strobino (Tufts University)
Meryem Sebti (CNRS, Paris): “Why does Avicenna use the concept of fitra in his doctrine of the rational soul? ”
Commentator: Taneli Kukkonen (NYU Abu Dhabi)

Session III (2:00 – 4:00)
Chair: Simona Vucu (University of Toronto)
John Jalsevac (University of Toronto): “Understanding Aquinas’s vis cogitative through the via negativa”
Léo Melançon-Thibault (Université de Montréal): “The Reaction to Durand of Saint-Pourçain’s Rejection of Abstraction: The Case of Durandellus and Peter of Palude”
Jordan Lavender (Purdue University): “Nicholas of Autrecourt and John of Ripa on the Relationship Between Awareness and Reflexivity”

Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)
Chair: Violeta Cervera Novo (Université Laval)
Claude Panaccio (Université du Québec à Montréal): “Ockham’s Theory of Substance”
Commentator: Peter King (University of Toronto)

All sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in Room 100 of the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St. George Street).

The colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, and the Centre for Medieval Studies.

Organizers: Deborah Black, Peter King, Martin Pickavé