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EDUCATION:
| Ph.D | 1979 | Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto |
The Thomistic Critique of Avicennian Emanationism from the Viewpoint of the Divine Simplicity with Special Reference to the Summa contra Gentiles. 307 pp.
Ph.D. Dissertation, 1979. Supervisor: Joseph Owens. |
| M.S.L., magna cum laude | 1977 | Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
Philosophy Department |
The Problem of Creation: A Conversation between St. Thomas Aquinas and Ibn Sînâ of Persia in the Summa contra Gentiles, Book II, Chapters 1-24. 131 pp. + 26 pp. (notes) + 7 pp. (bibliography)
Licentiate Thesis, 1976. Supervisor: Joseph Owens. |
| M.A. | 1973 | Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto |
| B.A., magna cum laude | 1970 | St. John's College
Annapolis, Maryland |
AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
| Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Mnemonics |
AREAS OF COMPETENCE:
| Logic, Greek Mathematics, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophical Psychology, Ethics,
Political Philosophy, Islamic Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Latin Paleography; Latin and Greek
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
| Virginia Tidewater Consortium Summer Institute for College Teaching, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 1989. |
| Southeast Learning Styles Center Conference, George Mason University, 10 November 1990. |
B.A. THESIS AND OTHER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION:
2007-2008
Senior Thesis:
Joshua Donohue, “A Game-Theoretical Consideration of GO.” |
2006-2007
Discovery Day Symposium 2007
The Aesthetics of Landscapes: Benjamin Beckett |
Senior Thesis Examinations:
Ryan Miller, “Purification; or, Magic Mountain; or, Reexamining Kierkegaard’s Conception of Faith”
Christopher R. Rodriguez, “Whether conclusive philosophical inquiry is possible (A solution to the seemingly vicious circle of method and ontological commitment)”
Dometo Esse, “On the Philosophy of Alfarabi: The Connection between his Metaphysics and Political Science” |
| 2005-2006: Sabbatical Leave during Spring Term (No Thesis Supervision or Discovery Projects) |
2004-2005:
Senior Theses:
Scott Fleischman, The Divine Goodness
James R. Young, Atheism
Oscar Jimenez, Philosophy of Mind |
2003-2004:
Discovery Day Symposium 31 March 2004
Scott Fleischman, “Averroes’ Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachaean Ethics, Bk. I, Ch. 6: The Separated Good”
Tim Turntine, “Aristotelian Ethics”
Olena Kravchenko, “Comparing Aquinas and Averroes on Aristotle”
Senior Theses:
Andrew Swafford, “Music’s Role in Emotional Development of the Youth” (36 pp.) |
2002-2003
Discovery Day Symposium 2 April 2003
Catherine F. Brodersen, “A Comparison of Averroes’ and Aquinas’s Commentaries on Book I, Lecture III of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics”
James R. Young, “A Comparison of the Commentaries of Aquinas and Averroes on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, Lecture X.”
Senior Theses:
Luke Baker, The Nature of Philosophy
Malgorzata Bielawska, Suffering
Benjamin Jett, Substance and Transubstantiation in Aquinas
Justin West, The Problem of Free Will
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2001-2002
Discovery Day Symposium 10 April 2002
St. Thomas Aquinas and God (Student Presenters: Beth Meister, Benjamin Jett, Michael Urban, Josh Falk, Mike Smith, Chris Cook, Brother Marion Charboneau, Gosia Bielawska)
Senior Theses:
C. Averill, “Philosophical Appraisals of Nazi Medical Ethics: through the eyes of utilitarianism, positivism, and existentialism” (21 pp.)
B. Berg, “Philosophies of the After-life: Can it be found that a philosophical position on the after-life can influence a pattern of living, and does this tell the Individual anything?” |
1999-2000
Senior Theses:
E. Earnshaw, “Transcendental Beauty and St. Thomas Aquinas”
J. Heppler, “The Interrelation between Faith and Reason in the Writings of Aquinas and Unamuno” |
1992-93
K. J. Baltrinic, “Certain Reflections on the Development of the Understanding of Truth and its Impact on Society”
L. A. Heuser, “Death: Unlocking the Meaning of Life”
E. S. Dateno-Pilon, “Knowledge in Man and God according to St. Thomas”
J. M. Reninger, “Castles in the Sky: The Failure to Find the Roots of a Perfect Society”
J. A. Soos, “Understanding the Thomistic Fourth Way”
J. J. Stefanczyk, “Memory and Recollection according to Aristotle” |
1991-92
J. DeFauw, “Prophet, Philosopher, Statesman in Al-Farabi” (60 pp.)
K. A. Hibl, “The Imagination according to St. Thomas Aquinas” (38 pp.)
R. Kasper, “Is Law an Ordinance of Reason or of the Will? — St. Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suarez on the Essence of Law” (75 pp.) |
1990-91
M. Bauer, “Self-Knowledge in St. Augustine's De Trinitate” (53 pp.)
B. T. Ellis, “American and Cartesian Thought: A Comparison of the Scientific Method of René Descartes and the Philosophic Method of the Americans” (38 pp.)
R. Kish, “Ethics in Business: Turning a System of Values into Corporate Excellence” (35 pp.)
G. Russell, “The Substantial Unity of Man and the Poverty of the Human Soul” (44 pp.)
T. Summers, “The Nature and Ethics of Lying and Deception” (69 pp.) |
1989-90
C. T. Carlson, “Rousseau's Natural Education as a Solution to 'Society' and Departure from Scholastic Thought” (55 pp.)
P. Heisler, “Aquinas and Kant: Notions of Truth” (39 pp.) |
1988-89
B. Blaney, “A Modal Logic Analysis of Determinism in Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz and St. Thomas Aquinas” (43 pp.)
J. P. Corrigan, “The Role of Descartes' Philosophy in the Struggle between the City of God and the City of the World” (29 pp.)
J. A. D. Cuddeback, “The Role of Existence in Being for Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas” (42 pp.)
A. J. Heidecke, “An Examination of the Marxian Philosophy of History in the Light of Christian Philosophy” (54 pp.)
M. C. Rohan, “De Distinctione Modorum: A Study of the Nature of Scientific Method in Descartes and St. Thomas Aquinas” (127 pp.)
M. A. Siegmund, “The Holy Angels” (40 pp.)
G. Smith, “St. Thomas on the Passions” (28 pp.)
M. G. Taylor, “Augustinian Thought and the Role of Memory” (47 pp.)
M. Wallacavage, “The Soul's the Standard of the Man!' A Metaphysical Defense of The Person” (33 pp.)
T. Williams, “A Discussion of Hylomorphism” (35 pp.) |
1987-88
J. Blaney, “The Abortion Question and the Moment of Infusion of the Human Soul”
M. Cuddeback, “John Dewey: Nature, Experience and Value”
A. Rodriguez, “The Meaning of Man: A Mystery of Identity in the Thought of Frederick D. Wilhelmsen”
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