School of Philosophy

School of Philosophy
The Catholic University of America

Fall 2008 Lecture Series

Metaphysical Themes – In Honor of John F. Wippel

 September 12                          Gregory T. Doolan, The Catholic University of America
                                                Aquinas on Substance as a Metaphysical Genus

September 26                          Brian Shanley, O.P., Providence College
                                                Thomas Aquinas on Demonstrating God’s Providence

 October 3                                Jan Aertsen, University of Cologne
                                                 Why is Metaphysics called First Philosophy in the Middle Ages?

October 10                              Marilyn McCord Adams, Oxford University
                                                Why Bodies as Well as Minds in the Life to Come?

October 17                              Stephen Brown, Boston College
                                                The Role of Metaphysics in Theology according to Godfrey of Fontaines

October 24                              Dominic O’Meara, University of Fribourg
                                                The Transformation of Metaphysics in Late Antiquity

October 31                             Andreas Speer, University of Cologne
                                              The Fragile Convergence: Structures of Metaphysical Thinking

November 7                             Carlos Bazan, University of Ottawa
                                                On Angels and Human Beings

November 14                           Eleonore Stump, Saint Louis University
                                                God’s Simplicity, the Knowledge of Persons, and the Knowledge of God

 November 21                           James Ross, University of Pennsylvania
                                                 Merely Metaphysical Possibility?

December 5                             Robert Sokolowski, The Catholic University of America
                                                The Science of Being as Being

All lectures are held at 2:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Aquinas Hall at

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 20064.

This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Franklin J. Matchette Foundation

and the support of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation and the George Dougherty Foundation.

For further information, contact the Office of the Dean, School of Philosophy, 202-319-5259,

cua-philosophy@cua.edu and see http://philosophy.cua.edu.