2024 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

Please join us for the 2024 edition of the Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Check back closer to the event dates for program details.

Program

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Session I (4:30 – 6:30)

Chair: Giorgio Pini (Fordham University)

Can Laurens Löwe (Saint Louis University): “William Crathorn on the Relation between a Power and Its Manifestation”

Commentator: Susan Brower-Toland (Saint Louis University)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Session II (10:00 – 12:00)

Chair: Jon McGinnis (University of Toronto)

Cristina Cerami (CNRS, Paris): “Al-Fārābī and the Kalām on the Divine Attributes”

Commentator: Rosabel Ansari (Stony Brook University)

Session III (2:00 – 4:00)

Chair: Simona Vucu (University of Toronto)

Vikram Kumar (Cornell University): “Augustine’s Proof of the Existence of God in De Libero Arbitrio 2”

Muhammad Fariddudin Attar (Carleton University): “Efficient Causality and the Divine Mind in Avicenna’s Deduction of the Cosmic Order”

Rebecca Hicks (Saint Louis University): “Thomas Aquinas on the Range of Plato’s Forms”

Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)

Chair: Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

Juhana Toivanen (University of Jyväskylä): “Peter Olivi on Moral Vices and Self-Love”

Commentator: Michael Szlachta (St. Francis Xavier University)

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, the Centre for Medieval Studies, the Faculty of Arts & Science, the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

Organizers: Deborah Black, Reza Hadisi, Peter King, Jon McGinnis, and Martin Pickavé