Robbie Moser
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Biography
Robbie Moser studies philosophers and ideas of the mediaeval and analytic traditions. He has a special interest in metaphysics and characterizations of philosophy.
Publications
Academic Publications
- Journal Articles, Book Chapters
2018: 鈥淭he Anti-Philosophy of Richard Rorty鈥,&苍产蝉辫;Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 14 [in press]
2016: 鈥淎 Note on Anselm's unum argumentum鈥,&苍产蝉辫;脡tudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies 32, pp. 155-70
2014: 鈥淲ittgenstein, Form, and the Criterion of Understanding鈥, in Whence Intelligibility? Louis Perron, Ed., (Washington, DC: Council for Research and Values in Philosophy), pp. 13-30
2012: 鈥淭he Anti-Philosophy of Wittgenstein and al-Ghazali鈥,&苍产蝉辫;Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 8, pp. 107-122
2011: 鈥淭homas Aquinas, Esse Intentionale, and the Cognitive As Such鈥,&苍产蝉辫;Review of Metaphysics 64, pp. 763-788
2009: 鈥淲hat Does it Mean to Be a Thomist?鈥 脡tudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies 25, pp. 112-128
- Encyclopedia Entries
2013: 鈥淎bstraction鈥, revised article by E.D. Simmons, in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, volume 1. Robert L. Fastiggi, ed. 4 vols. (Detroit: Gale), pp. 2-7
2013: 鈥淐onative鈥, original entry in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, volume 1. Robert L. Fastiggi, ed. 4 vols. (Detroit: Gale), pp. 298-99
Academic Presentations
2018: 鈥淐harles de Koninck, Philosophy, and the Limits of Knowledge", at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish (October 20)
2018: 鈥淚rony, or Philosophy, in a Populist Age", at the Phoenix Colloquium, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (September 21)
2018: 鈥淪ome Ends of Philosophy", at the Faculty of Arts Research Day, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (January 26)
2017: 鈥淚neffabilia", panel paper on Michael Hymers's Wittgenstein on Sensation and Perception (Routledge 2017), in an Author-Meets-Readers Symposium of the Atlantic Wittgenstein Reading Group, at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, St. Mary's University, Halifax (October 13)
2017: 鈥淩orty and the Role of Philosophy in Politics", at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Ryerson University, Toronto (May 28)
2017: 鈥淗oly Nonsense: Wittgensteinians Effing the Ineffable", at the Phoenix Colloquium, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (March 24)
2016: 鈥淭eaching Wittgenstein's Children", at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, Acadia University, Wolfville (October 22)
2016: 鈥淭he Vanishing Point of Anselm's Argument", at the Atlantic Mediaevalists Association, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (October 1)
2015: 鈥淪t Thomas, Fr Dewan, and the Metaphysics of Individuation", at the Symposium on the Philosophy of Lawrence Dewan, OP: Metaphysics and Ethics, Dominican University College, Ottawa (November 7)
2015: 鈥 'Philosophy as Therapy' to What End?鈥, at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, St. Thomas University, Fredericton (October 31)
2015: 鈥淪t Anselm's Expression鈥, at the Atlantic Mediaevalists Association, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown (October 3)
2015: 鈥淲ittgenstein鈥檚 End of Philosophy鈥, Invited Public Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish (March 12)
2015: 鈥淣ot Particularly: Wittgenstein on a Source of Trouble in Philosophy鈥, Invited Public Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (February 18)
2015: 鈥淎nselm鈥檚 Argument, Existence, and the Value of an Unbounded Invariable鈥, at the Phoenix Colloquium, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (January 16)
2014: 鈥 鈥業 made you see others鈥: Wittgenstein on the Duty of Persuasion鈥, at 鈥楩eed Your Brain鈥 Provost鈥檚 Lecture Series, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (November 13)
2014: 鈥淲ittgenstein鈥檚 Method as Socratic Recollection鈥, at the Atlantic Region Philosophers鈥 Association, Memorial University, St. John鈥檚 (October 25)
2014: 鈥淲ittgenstein on Not Aiming at Completeness鈥, at the Dalhousie Philosophy Colloquium, Dalhousie University, Halifax (July 18)
2014: 鈥淲ittgenstein鈥檚 Lie: Philosophical Investigations 搂133鈥, at the Phoenix Colloquium, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (March 28)
2012: 鈥淒angerous Medicine: The Anti-Philosophy of Wittgenstein and Al-Ghazali鈥, at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, St. Jerome鈥檚 University, Waterloo (May 30)
2011: 鈥淲ittgenstein and the Meno鈥, at the Phoenix Colloquium Series, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (September 30)
2011: 鈥淜nowledge, Dialogue, and the Dewey-Russell Debate鈥, at the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (May 31)
2011: 鈥淣aturalism and Idealism in Philosophy of Mind: an exitus-reditus Story鈥, at the Phoenix Colloquium, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (January 31)
2010: 鈥淲ittgenstein on What Religious Language Shows鈥, at the Western New York and Pennsylvania American Catholic Philosophical Association, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, USA (October 30)
2010: 鈥淒ialogue, Scepticism, and the Renewed Interest in Al-Ghazali鈥, at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Saint Paul University, Ottawa (October 22)
2010: 鈥淪t Thomas and the Criterion of Cognition鈥, at Canisius College, Buffalo NY, USA (May 25)
2010: 鈥淭wo Questions About Natural Kinds鈥, at the Phoenix Colloquium Series, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (February 2)
2009: 鈥淎 Block to Progress: Dewey and Russell on Immediate Knowledge,鈥 at the Atlantic Region Philosophers鈥 Association, Cape Breton University, Sydney (October 17)
2009: 鈥淎ristotle, Representation, and Current Philosophy of Mind鈥, at the Ancient Philosophy Conference, 快猫成版视频, Sackville (August 5)
Education
PhD (University of Ottawa, 2009)
MA (Dalhousie University, 2002)
BA (St. Francis Xavier University, 2001)
Teaching
PHIL 1621 - Reason, Will, & World (Introduction to Philosophy)
PHIL 2611 - Introductory Logic
PHIL 2801 - Metaphysics
PHIL 3101 - Mediaeval Philosophy
PHIL 3301 - Analytic Philosophy in Origin
PHIL 3311 - Analytic Philosophy in Progress
PHIL 3731 - Philosophy of Law
PHIL 4001 - Topics in History of Philosophy
PHIL 4511 - Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 4611 - Topics in Analytic Philosophy
Research
Mediaeval philosophy
20th-century analytic philosophy
Wittgenstein
Metaphysics
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