The University of Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy 2018 – 21-22 September

When and Where

Friday, September 21, 2018 4:35 pm to Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:35 pm
Room 100
Jackman Humanities Building
170 St. George Street

Description

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Session I (4:30 – 6:30)
Chair: Peter Eardley (University of Guelph)
Christopher Martin (University of Auckland): “Only God Can Make A Tree: Abaelard on Wholes and Parts and Some Evidence of His Later Thinking About Them.”
Commentator: Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Session II (10:00 – 12:00)
Chair: Kara Richardson (Syracuse University)
Riccardo Strobino (Tufts University): “Avicenna’s Account of Conditionals and the Logic of Scientific Discourse”
Commentator: Asad Q. Ahmed (University of California, Berkeley)

Session III (2:00 – 4:00)
Chair: Matthieu Remacle (University of Toronto)
Michael Fatigati (University of Toronto): “Avicenna on Uniquely Human Emotions”
Daniel Simpson (St. Louis University): “Naturally Apt For One Another: Ockham on the Nature of Causal Linkage”
Aline Medeiros Ramos (Université du Québéc à Montréal/Université du Québéc à Trois-Rivières): “The Status of Prudence in Buridan’s Ethics”

Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)
Chair: Claude Panaccio (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Irène Rosier-Catach (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris): “The ‘Linguistic Turn’ of Medieval Logic in the Early XIIth Century”
Commentator: Andrew Arlig (Brooklyn College)

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).

Organizers: Deborah Black, Peter King, Martin Pickavé

Map

170 St. George Street