Congratulations to Prof. Rachel Barney
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Prof. Rachel Barney has just been appointed Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy, and received a nice letter from Justin Trudeau!
Congratulations to Robert Howton!
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Congratulations to Dr. Robert Howton on the successful defense of his PhD thesis (accepted Nov. 9 2016), “Aristotle’s Case for Perceptual Knowledge”, in the Philosophy Department, and to his Committee: Jennifer Whiting (supervisor), Brad Inwood, and Lloyd Gerson. Robbie is at present Visiting Lecturer in the Philosophy Dept. at the University of Pittsburgh.
Congratulations to Bryan Reece!
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Congratulations to Dr. Bryan Reece, whose PhD thesis, “The Ontology, Etiology, and Moral Psychology of Action: Aristotle and Today”, was successfully defended in August this year. Bryan’s supervisor was Prof. Lloyd Gerson; other committee members were Brad Inwood and Philip Clark. This year Bryan is a Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at the University of Toronto, teaching courses on Aristotle, human nature, and early modern philosophy.
UTCMP 2016
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Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Session I (4:30 – 6:30)
Chair: Antoine Côté (University of Ottawa)
Speaker: Stephen Dumont (University of Notre Dame): “The Condemnation of Giles of Rome Revisited”
Commentator: Peter Eardley (University of Guelph)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Session II (10:00 – 12:00)
Chair: Christina Van Dyke (Calvin College)
Speaker: Dag Hasse (Julius-Maximillian-Universität Würzburg): “Averroës on Knowing God”
Commentator: Luis Xavier López-Farjeat (Universidad Panamericana)
Session III (2:00 – 4:00)
Chair: Michael Fatigati (University of Toronto)
Kendall Fisher (Syracuse University): “Thomas Aquinas on Hylomorphism and the In-Act Principle”
Philip Choi (University of Colorado at Boulder): “Skepticism, Reliabilism, and Evidentia in William of Ockham”
André Martin (McGill University): “Terminative Causation and the Object of Cognition in Peter John Olivi”
Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)
Chair: Andrew Arlig (Brooklyn College)
Cecilia Trifogli (Oxford University): “Thomas Aquinas, Giles of Rome, and Thomas Wylton on the Subject of Thought and the Intellectual Soul”
Commentator: Therese Scarpelli Cory (University of Notre Dame)
Congratulations to Nathan Gilbert
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Congratulations to recent CPAMP graduate Nathan Gilbert, who will be a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Durham, U.K., starting in fall 2016! Nathan received his PhD from the Classics Department in 2015, for his dissertation, “Among Friends: Cicero and the Epicureans”.
ATWAP 2016
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Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy
March 11-12, 2016
Program
Friday, March 11
2.30 – 2.45 Introductions
2.45-4.15 Frank Gonzalez (Ottawa): “Plato’s Perspectivism”
Interlocutor: Marina McCoy (Boston College). Chair: Tom Robinson (Toronto)
4.15-4.30 Break
4.30-6.00 Constance Meinwald (U. Illinois at Chicago): “What Do We Think We’re Doing?”
Interlocutor: Allan Silverman (Ohio State). Chair: Brooks Sommerville (Colgate)
Saturday, March 12
9.00-10.30 Kenneth Sayre (Notre Dame): “Dialectic in Plato’s Later Dialogues”
Interlocutor: Mark Johnstone (McMaster). Chair: Lloyd Gerson (Toronto)
10.30-10.45 Break
10.45-12.15 Melissa Lane (Princeton): “Antiarchia: Interpreting Plato’s Political Thought”
Interlocutor: David Ebrey (Northwestern). Chair: Martin Pickavé (Toronto)
12.15-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.30 Michael Erler (Würzburg): “Elenctic Aporia and Performative Euporia: Literary Form and Philosophical Message” Interlocutor: Rachel Singpurwalla (Maryland). Chair: Rachel Barney (Toronto)
3.30-3.45 Break
3.45-5.15 François Renaud (Université de Moncton): “Drama and Argument in Plato” Interlocutor: Debra Nails (Michigan State). Chair: James Allen (Toronto)
5.15-6.00 Concluding Survey and General Discussion led by Tom Robinson (Toronto).
UTCMP 2015
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The University of Toronto Colloquium in Mediaeval Philosophy 2015
Friday, September 25
Session I (4:30 – 6:30)
Chair: Matthew K. Siebert (University of Toronto)
Speaker: Marilyn McCord Adams (Rutgers University): “John Duns Scotus vs Henry of Ghent on Divine Illumination: Muddying the Waters”
Commentary: Giorgio Pini (Fordham University)
Saturday, September 26
Session II (10:00 – 12:00)
Chair: Walid Saleh (University of Toronto)
Speaker: Emma Gannagé (Georgetown University): “Al-Kindî On Why Mathematics Matters”
Commentary: Thérèse-Anne Druart (Catholic University of America)
Session III (2:00 – 4:00)
Chair: Celia Byrne (University of Toronto)
Zita Thot (Fordham University): “Was Giles a Thomist about Divine Concurrence?”
René Létourneau (Université du Québec, Montréal): “Substantial Plurality of the Soul: A Mid-XIIIth Century Naturalist Interpretation”
Michael Szlachta (University of Toronto): “Peter John Olivi, Freedom, and the Will’s Dominativus Aspectus”
Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)
Chair: Bernardo Carlos Bazan (University of Ottawa)
Antoine Côté (University of Ottawa): “Pierre Roger (1291-1352) on the Causes and Object of Cognition”
Commentary: Peter John Hartman (Loyola University, Chicago)
All sessions will be held in Room 100 of the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St. George Street) and are free and open to the public.
Registration and inquiries: medieval_dot_philosophy_at_utoronto_dot_ca
The colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, the Centre for Medieval Studies, the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
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Organizers: Deborah Black, Peter King, Martin Pickavé
Congratulations to Willie Costello
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Willie Costello, a recent CPAMP graduate, has been appointed a Mellon Postoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, a three-year position starting September 2015. Willie completed his PhD in the Philosophy Department in April, with his thesis “From causes to Forms: the Phaedo and the foundations of Platonic metaphysics”.
Congratulations to Willie Costello and Nathan Gilbert
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Congratulations to Willie Costello and Nathan Gilbert on the successful defenses of their excellent dissertations this week. Well done Dr. Costello and Dr. Gilbert!! Willie Costello’s thesis is entitled “From Causes to Forms: the Phaedo and the Foundations of Platonic Metaphysics”. It was directed by Rachel Barney and the external examiner was Sarah Broadie (University of St. Andrews). Nathan Gilbert’s thesis “Among Friends: Cicero and the Epicureans” was supervised by Brad Inwood. Catherine Steel (University of Glasgow) took part in the defense as external examiner.
ATWAP 2015
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THE ANCIENT SOPHISTS:
TEXTS, ARGUMENTS, METHODS, INFLUENCE
Seventh Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy
March 7-8, 2015
Jackman Humanities Building 418