| 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 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
- PHIL 3306 Topics in Ancient Philosophy
(Cosmology)
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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