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Saturday, March 26
7:15am Mass
Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJ Chapel on the 2nd floor of the Lowenstein Building of Fordham University
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:25 Welcome
Richard Gyug, Interim Director, Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University
8.30-10:10 Session 1: Plenary Lectures
Rudi te Velde, University of Amsterdam and Tilburg University
Thomistic Metaphysics in the Contemporary Debate
Joseph Warwykow, University of Notre Dame
Scripture and Philosophy in the Christology of the contra Gentiles
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 2: Four Concurrent Sessions
2A. Angels, Persons, and Natures
Chair: J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Fordham University
Franklin T. Harkins, Fordham University
Propter nostrum materialem intellectum: Angelic Bodies, Divine Accommodation, and Metaphysical Manuduction in Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
Christina Van Dyke, Calvin College
Disembodied Souls and Personhood in Aquinas's Account of the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Michael Gorman, The Catholic University of America
Thomas Aquinas on Nature and Accident in Light of the Incarnation
2B. Being and the Transcendentals
Chair: Joseph Koterski, S.J., Fordham University
Rosa Vargas, Marquette University
Language and Thought in Aquinas: From the Semantics of Being to the Epistemology of Being
Alice Ramos, St. John’s University, New York
The Transcendentals, the Human Person, and the Perfection of the Universe
Thomas M. Osborne, Jr., University of St. Thomas, Houston
Esse as First and Ultimate Perfection in Thomistic Metaphysics
2C. Themes in 20th Century Thomism
Chair: Jeremy Wilkins, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Christopher S. Morrissey, Redeemer Pacific College
The Discovery of the Being of Metaphysics: Is Metaphysics Parasitic on Physics?
Matthew Pugh, Providence College
Maritain, the Intuition of Being, and Thomistic Metaphysics
Jason Mitchell, L.C., Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
Knowledge of ens as primum cognitum and the Discovery of ens qua ens according to Fabro and Aertsen
2D. Essence and Existence
Chair: R. James Long, Fiarfield University
David Twetten, Marquette University
Aquinas's Essentialism as a Key to His Doctrine of Being
Mark D. Gossiaux, Loyola University, New Orleans
Thomas Aquinas and the First Debates on Essence and Existence
Paul Kucharski, Fordham University
Aquinas's Road to the Real Distinction in On Being and Essence: An Interpretation
12:00-1:15 Lunch (a list of local restaurants will be provided)
1.15-2.55 Session 3: Plenary: The Discovery of Being as Being I
Chair: Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Thomistic Institute, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.
Stephen Fields, S.J., Georgetown University
Transcendental Thomism and Its Discontents: The Paradox of Contingency and Necessity
John Knasas, University of St. Thomas, Houston
The Role of Sense Realism in the Initiation of Aquinas’s Metaphysics
2.55-3.15 Coffee Break
3.15-4.55 Session 4: Plenary Lectures
Chair: Brian Davies, O.P., Fordham University
Eleanore Stump, Saint Louis University
The Ultimate Foundation of Reality and the Non-Aristotelian Character of Aquinas's Ethics
Gyula Klima, Fordham University
Parvus error in principio magnus est in fine: Aquinas and Some Critics on Being and Essence
4:55-5:15 Coffee Break
5:15-6:45 Session 5: Three Concurrent Sessions
5A. God and Act
Chair: Giuseppe Butera, Providence College
John O’Callaghan, University of Notre Dame
The Third Way: A Hopeless Case?
Steven Long, Ave Maria University
On the Analogicity and Transcendence of Act and the Foundation of Metaphysics
Kevin White, The Catholic University of America
Act and Fact: A Disputed Point in Recent Thomistic Metaphysics
5B. Semantics and Metaphysics
Chair: Glenn Statile, St. John’s University, New York
Peter Candler, Baylor University
Fantasies of Synthesis: Victorian Thomism and the Reception of Aeterni Patris
Patricia Pintado, Pontifical College Josephinum
Cornelio Fabro's Revival of Thomistic Metaphysics in the 20th Century
Stephen Chamberlain, Providence College
Maritain, Heidegger, and Deely: Interpretations of Aquinas on the Apprehension of Being
5C. Nature, Grace, and Christ
Chair: Dominic Doyle, Boston College
Holly Taylor Coolman, Providence College
Aquinas's Metaphysics of Law: Reading Nature and Grace through Lex
Shawn M. Colberg, University of Notre Dame
Aquinas and the Grace of Auxilium
Timothy Pawl, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Another Problem of Foreknowledge and Freedom: Aquinas on the Knowledge of Christ's Human Soul
6:45-7:45 Evening Reception with Wine and Hors d'Oeuvres
Sunday, March 27
8:00am Mass
Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJ Chapel on the 2nd floor of the Lowenstein Building of Fordham University
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:40 Session 6: Plenary: The Discovery of Being as Being II
Chair: James Brent, O.P., The Catholic University of America
John Wippel, The Catholic University of America
Thomas Aquinas, Separatio, and Our Discovery of Being as Being
Lawrence Dewan, O.P., Dominican University College, Ottawa
St. Thomas, First Known Being, and the First Metaphysical Conclusion
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 7: Four Concurrent Sessions
7A. Theological Aesthetics
Chair: Astrid O’Brien, Fordham University
Paul Gondreau, Providence College
“Nothing implanted in our nature by God was lacking in the human nature assumed by the Word of God”: A metaphysics of human nature in the Christology of Aquinas
Oleg V. Bychkov, St. Bonaventure University
Metaphysics as Aesthetics: Aquinas's Metaphysics in Present-Day Theological Aesthetics
Christopher Denny, St. John’s University, New York
Aquinas's Interpretation of Denys's Apophaticism: Its Consequences for Theological Aesthetics
7B. Ontology
Chair: Giorgio Pini, Fordham University
Gregory Doolan, The Catholic University of America
Aquinas on the Categories as Parts of Being
James Lehrberger, University of Dallas
The Being of the Objects of the Theoretical Sciences
James M. Jacobs, Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans
The Ontological Status of Artifacts
7C. Causation, Creation, and Self-knowledge
Chair: Matthew Cuddeback, Providence College
Gloria Frost, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Aquinas on God's Infallible Causation of Contingent Effects
John Tomarchio, St. John’s College, Annapolis
Aquinas on the Object Proper of Creation and Metaphysics
Therese Scarpelli Cory, Seattle University
Aquinas on the Soul's Circular Motion: Ontological Independence, Self-Knowledge, and Contemplation of God
7D. The Subject Matter of Theology, the Divine Names, and the Beatific Vision
Chair: Franklin Harkins, Fordham University
Boyd Taylor Coolman, Boston College
Thomas Aquinas and Alexander of Hales on the Subject Matter of Theology
Aaron Canty, Saint Xavier University
Aquinas and Scotus on God as Object of Beatific Enjoyment
Paul Symington, Franciscan University
Modes of Being as Semantic & Epistemic Foundation for Divine Naming in Aquinas
12:30-2:00 Concluding Luncheon
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