Aquinas and ‘the Arabs’ International Working Group
at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
San Francisco 3-6 November 2016
Organizer: Prof. Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University, Milwaukee
First Session:
Chair of the Session: Therese Scarpelli Cory, University of Notre Dame
Topic of the session: Intellect
Speaker No. 1: Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University
“Clarifications on the Vocabulary of Intellect in al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes”
Speaker No. 2: Matthew Robinson, St Thomas University, Fredericton NB Canada
“Agent Intellect in the Latin Tradition: St Bonaventure’s sources”
Speaker No. 3: Timothy Noone, The Catholic University of America
“Rufus, Bonaventure, and l’Augustinisme averroissant”
Name of Commentator for all: Therese Scarpelli Cory, University of Notre Dame
Session 2
Chair of the Session: Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University
Topic of the session: Will & Faith
Speaker No. 1: Sarah Pessin, University of Denver
“Divine Will and Maimonides’ Conflicting Critique of Aristotle: Providence as Indignity and Eternity as Arrogance?”
Commentator: Francisco Romero, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara, Mexico
Speaker No. 2: Jacob Andrews, Loyola University of Chicago
“Faith and Reason in William of Auxerre”
Commentator: Luis Lopz-Farjeat, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City