uOttawa Summer Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy

uOttawa Summer Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy

July 4^th 2016

Desmarais Hall, 8161

55, Laurier Avenue East

Ottawa, ON K1S 0T5

9:45-10:00: ANNOUNCEMENTS

Morning session: 10:00-12:00

Chair: Mitia Rioux-Beaulne (University of Ottawa)

10:00 -11:00

Andre Martin (McGill University): Reference-fixing in Olivi

11:00 -12:00

Graeme Hunter (University of Ottawa): Descartes and the Schools: Discourse on Method Part I

12:00-1:30: LUNCH

First afternoon session: 1:30 -3:30

Chair: Christopher Byrne (St. Francis Xavier University)

1:30 -2:30

Michael Szlachta (University of Toronto): Human agency in Thomas Aquinas and Godfrey of Fontaines

2:30 -3:30

James Thomas (Ottawa): The Unity of Substantial Form in Descartes’s Meditations

3:30-4:00: COFFEE BREAK

Second afternoon session: 4:00 -6:00

Chair: Jean-François Méthot (Dominican University College)

4:00 -5:00

Brian Connolly (Bard College at Simon’s Rock): Thomas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant, and Dietrich of Freiberg on God’s Creative Power

5:00 -6:00

Antoine Côté (University of Ottawa): James of Viterbo on Simplicius and the ‘threefold distinction’

7:00: SUPPER