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Robbie Moser

Associate Professor
Office
Hart Hall 113

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, 91传媒, Sackville (September 21)

2018: 鈥淪ome Ends of Philosophy", at the Faculty of Arts Research Day, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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, 91传媒, 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