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Haldane speaks at AMU
February 22, 2007
Philosophy lecture series looks at Christian metaphysics
John J. Haldane, Ph.D. was at Ave Maria University Feb. 22 to give a lecture titled "The End of Metaphysics?" as the second installment in the philosophy department's "Christian Philosophy and Metaphysics" lecture series.
Haldane is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The author of several books, including Atheism and Theism (with J.J.C. Smart) and An Intelligent Person's Guide to Religion, Haldane has published articles on a variety of subjects such as art, philosophy of education, political philosophy and theology.
The philosophy department's spring lecture series, which began with Jorge J.E. Gracia's lecture "A Christian Metaphysics? Aquinas' Point of View" Feb. 9, will explore some of the distinctive contributions that Christian philosophers have made to the study of metaphysics in the wake of Pope John Paul II's 1998 encyclical Fides et Ratio, according to AMU philosophy chair Barry David.
"The series will cover a wide variety of themes, and our speakers have all written and talked extensively on these subjects both before and after the release of Fides et Ratio," David explained. "We're especially interested in considering how Christian philosophers have attempted to recapture the sapiential dimension of metaphysics by engaging philosophically divine revelation, answer the challenges to classical metaphysics posed by several notable modern philosophers, and engage profitably various schools of modern philosophy."
The remaining lectures in the series are Robert E. Wood from the University of Dallas (March 16) and Oliva Blanchette from Boston College (March 30). These lectures are all open to the public. For more information on the series, contact Barry David at barry.david@avemaria.edu.