Professor
Paolo C. Biondi

Philosophy Department

Tel.: 705-673-5661 ext. 308
Fax: 705-673-4912
E-mail: pbiondi@usudbury.ca

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.