Rev. Kurt Pritzl, O.P.
Dean and Associate Professor

 

Area of Specialization

 

          Ancient philosophy, especially early Greek philosophy and the thought of Aristotle; the theory of knowledge and philosophical anthropology; ancient accounts of soul and truth.

 

Publications

 

          "Aristotle and Happiness after Death: Nicomachean Ethics 1.10-11," Classical Philology 78 (1983): 101-11.

 

          "The Cognition of Indivisibles and the Argument of De Anima 3.4-8," Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Practical Reasoning 58 (1984): 140-50.

 

          "On Sense and Sense Organ in Aristotle," Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Realism 59 (1985): 258-74.

 

          "On the Way to Wisdom in Heraclitus," Phoenix 39 (1985): 303-16.

 

          "Ways of Truth and Ways of Opinion in Aristotle," Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: The Importance of Truth 67 (1993): 241-52.

 

          "Opinions as Appearances: endoxa in Aristotle," Ancient Philosophy 14 (1994): 1-10.

 

          "The Significance of Some Structural Features of Plato’s Crito," pages 60-83 in Plato and Platonism, ed. Johannes M. Van Ophuijsen (Washington, D.C., 1999).

 

          "Being True in Aristotle’s Thinking," Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 14 (1998): 177-201.

 

          "Truth in Fides et Ratio: Aristotelian Reflections and Recommendations," Communio 29 (2002): 89-106.

 

          "Aristotle’s Door," forthcoming, in Truth, ed. Kurt Pritzl (Washington, D. C.).

 

          Truth, ed. with introduction forthcoming from The Catholic University of America Press.

 

          "Philosophy in the Pastoral and Spiritual Formation of Priests," Seminary Journal 11 (2005): 40-44.

 

          "The Role of Philosophy at a Contemporary Christian University (A Sketch)" in Joy in the Truth: The Catholic University in a New Millennium, forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press.

 

          "The Place of Intellect in Aristotle," Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Intelligence and the Philosophy of Mind 80 (2006): 57-76.

 

Lectures and Addresses

 

          Invited Paper, “The Role of Philosophy at a Contemporary Christian University,” Joy in the Truth: The Catholic University in the New Millennium, Notre Dame Center for Ethics, University of Notre Dame, 1 October 2005.

 

          “The Place of Intellect in Aristotle,” Invited Plenary Address, American Catholic Philosophical Association 80th Annual Meeting on “Intelligence and the Philosophy of Mind,” Denison University, Granville, Ohio, October 29, 2006.