2024 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

When and Where

Friday, September 20, 2024 3:00 pm to Saturday, September 21, 2024 6:00 pm
JHI 100
Jackman Humanities Building
170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8

Description

Please join us for the 2024 edition of the Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Visit the Event Page for latest information.

All sessions (Friday, September 20, 3-8 pm & Saturday, September 21, 9 am-6 pm) are free and open to the public.


Schedule

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). 

 

2024 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

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

Sponsors

Department of Philosophy, Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, Centre for Medieval Studies, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies