Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ International Working Group
at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
in Dallas, Texas, 16-19 November 2017
Session 1: “Metaphysics and Religion” (Friday, November 17, 10am-12pm)
Organizer: Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo, St. Gregory the Great Seminary (Lincoln, Nebraska); Universidad Panamericana (Mexico).
Chair: Therese Cory, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana).
Speaker 1: Catherine Peters, University of St. Thomas (Houston): “Predication and Causality: Avicenna and Aquinas on the Twofold Division of Common Principles.”
Speaker 2: Jacob J. Andrews, Loyola University (Chicago): “Delighting in the First Truth: William of Auxerre’s Intellectual Faith in its Historical Context.”
Speaker 3: Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo, St. Gregory the Great Seminary (Lincoln, Nebraska); Universidad Panamericana (Mexico): “Maimonides and Aquinas on the Finality of Worship in the Mosaic Law.”
Session 2: “Avicenna and Aquinas” (Sunday, November 19, 9-11am)
Organizer and Chair: Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo, St. Gregory the Great Seminary (Lincoln, Nebraska) and Universidad Panamericana (Mexico).
Speaker 1: David B. Twetten, Marquette University (Milwaukee): “Aquinas with Avicenna Really Distinguishing Esse and Essence.”
Speaker 2: Rollen E. Houser, University of St. Thomas (Houston): “Avicenna and the Five Ways.”