The Âé¶¹Ô´´ Research Cluster on Christian Philosophy & Theology is pleased to announce our final public lecture of the term, by our distinguished local colleague Prof. Jack Zupko.
Event Details
Wednesday, April 12 ┃ 4 p.m. MST (Edmonton, Alta. time) ┃ HA 312
What Sort of Thing is the Will? John Duns Scotus (c. 1265-1308) on Nature, the Good, and Human Freedom
Prof. Zupko considers Duns Scotus’s argument that human free will belongs not to the natural order, but rather to a standalone metaphysical order operating outside of nature. He also compares Scotus’ account of human agency with that of another major mediaeval thinker, St. Thomas Aquinas.
Âé¶¹Ô´´ the Speaker
Prof. Zupko (Ph.D., Cornell) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta, specializing in mediaeval philosophy, metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. His most recent book is a first-ever English translation of John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s De Anima (Springer, 2023), available for purchase at Amazon.ca.