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Education
- B.A. (Honours), Philosophy, University of Sudbury/Laurentian University
- M.A. Philosophy, Université Laval
- Ph.D. Philosophy, Université Laval
Areas of specialization
- Aristotelian Cognitive Psychology (Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic)
Courses taught
- PHIL 1115 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 2305 Origins of Western Philosophy
/ Philosophie grecque
- PHIL 2345 Bioethics: Human Life Issues
/ La bioéthique et les nouveaux pouvoirs sur la vie
- PHIL 2505 Critical Thinking and Argumentation
/ Pensée critique et argumentation
- PHIL 2525 Contemporary Moral Issues /
Problèmes éthiques contemporains
- PHIL 2575 Philosophy of Law
Current areas of research interest
- Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics II.19 (induction, intuition, science, experience); Greek and Hellenistic conceptions of intelligence (nous), soul or mind (psychê), life (zôê); philosophy of cognitive psychology; philosophy of mind; philosophy of biology
Recent publications
- “The Induction of the Principles of Science in Aristotle’s
Analytics” (in progress).
- Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics II.19: Introduction, Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Critical Analysis. Collection Zêtêsis (Quebec City: Laval University Press, 2004).
- Co-editor with Melchior Mbonimpa. Ethical Considerations on Globalization/Enjeux éthiques de la mondialisation. Proceedings of the First National Colloqium sponsored by the Ethics Project of the University of Sudbury (Sudbury: Éditions Glopro, 2003).
- « ‘De l’expérience...’ Un examen de quelques propos d’Aristote sur l’empeiria, » Laval théologique et philosophique, 57, No. 3 (Octobre, 2001) 495-511.
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