Classical Philosophy in the Lands of Islam and Its Influence (A Workshop) I

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Aquinas and 'the Arabs' International Working Group

Organizer Name

Nicholas A. Oschman

Organizer Affiliation

Marquette Univ.

Presider Name

David Cory

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 1

Moral Responsibility in Averroes: A Critique of Aquinas's Claims Regarding the Possibility of Moral Responsibility in the Philosophical Psychology of Averroes

Presenter 1 Name

Traci Phillipson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Marquette Univ.

Paper Title 2

Religion as Critique: Al-Ma‘arrī’s Risālat al-Ghufrān on Life and the Hereafter

Presenter 2 Name

Irfan A. Omar

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Marquette Univ.

Paper Title 3

Matter and Passivity in the Avicennian Definition of Nature

Presenter 3 Name

Catherine Peters

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Center for Thomistic Studies, Univ. of St. Thomas, Houston

Start Date

9-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley 2 LeFevre Lounge

Description

Sponsored by the Aquinas and the 'Arabs' International Working Group, this session focuses on (a) philosophers within the Lands of Islam prior to the 14th century and (b) their influence upon the Latin West. Nicholas A. Oschman