“Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ / Thomas d’Aquin et ses sources arabes”
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Organized by the Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ International Working Group, Marquette University, and sponsored by the Commissio Leonina, Paris, France, and the Departments of Philosophy and Theology at Marquette University, and the Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy with funding from the Mellon Fund and the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Location: Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library
Beaumier Conference Center
Presenters & Presiders
Fr. Timothy Bellamah, O.P., Commissio Leonina, Paris & Washington, D.C.
Mr Nathan Blackerby, Marquette University
Rev. Fabio Gibiino, O.P., Commissio Leonina, Paris,
Prof. R. E. Houser, University of St Thomas, Houston,
Prof. Mark Johnson, Marquette University,
Prof. Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City,
Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University,
Prof. David B. Twetten, Marquette University,
Ms Rosa Vargas Della Casa, Marquette University
SCHEDULE
Saturday October 17, 2009, 1:30 – 7:00 pm
1:30-2:45 Session Chair: Prof. David Twetten, Marquette University
Presenter: Prof. Rollen E. Houser, University of St Thomas, Houston,
“Avicenna on Truth”
2:50-4:05 Session Chair: Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University
Presenter: Luis Xavier López-Farjeat, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City,
“Maimonides on Religious Beliefs”
4:10-6:10 Session Chair: Prof. R. E. Houser, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Presenter: Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University,
“Intellect and Intelligibles in the Commentary on the Sentences: Avicenna, Averroes and Aquinas.”
6:15-7:00 Roundtable session: Presentation of the Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ Project on Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on the Sentences
Presenters: Profs. Houser, Taylor and López Farjeat
7:30 pm Reception with buffet dinner at the home of Prof. Taylor.
14360 Indian Ridge Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005
(for directions use Mapquest or Googlemaps)
Sunday October 18, 2009, 12:00-5:00 pm
Advanced Graduate Student Presentations
12:00-1:15 Session Chair: Fr. Timothy Bellamah, O.P., Commissio Leonina, Paris & Washington, D.C.
Presenter: Rev. Fabio Gibiino, O.P., Commissio Leonina, Paris,
“Saint Thomas et la science divine.”
1:20-2:35 Session Chair: Prof. David Twetten, Marquette University
Presenter: Ms. Rosa Vargas Della Casa, Marquette University,
“Thomas Aquinas on the Possibility or Impossibility of a Conceptual Apprehension of Esse.”
2:40-3:55 Session Chair: Prof. Prof. Mark Johnson, Marquette University
Presenter: Mr Nathan Blackerby, Marquette University,
“On the Origins of Aquinas’s Dualism. An Exposition of Aquinas’s Metaphysics of Soul and a Comparison with His Sources.”
4:00: Concluding Open Discussion