Robbie Moser
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: âThe Anti-Philosophy of Richard Rortyâ,&˛Ô˛ú˛őąč;Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 14 [in press]
2016: âA Note on Anselm's unum argumentumâ,&˛Ô˛ú˛őąč;Ătudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies 32, pp. 155-70
2014: âWittgenstein, Form, and the Criterion of Understandingâ, in Whence Intelligibility? Louis Perron, Ed., (Washington, DC: Council for Research and Values in Philosophy), pp. 13-30
2012: âThe Anti-Philosophy of Wittgenstein and al-Ghazaliâ,&˛Ô˛ú˛őąč;Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 8, pp. 107-122
2011: âThomas Aquinas, Esse Intentionale, and the Cognitive As Suchâ,&˛Ô˛ú˛őąč;Review of Metaphysics 64, pp. 763-788
2009: âWhat Does it Mean to Be a Thomist?â Ătudes maritainiennes - Maritain Studies 25, pp. 112-128
- Encyclopedia Entries
2013: âAbstractionâ, 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: âConativeâ, 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: âCharles de Koninck, Philosophy, and the Limits of Knowledge", at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish (October 20)
2018: âIrony, or Philosophy, in a Populist Age", at the Phoenix Colloquium, Mount Allison University, Sackville (September 21)
2018: âSome Ends of Philosophy", at the Faculty of Arts Research Day, Mount Allison University, Sackville (January 26)
2017: âIneffabilia", 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: âRorty and the Role of Philosophy in Politics", at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Ryerson University, Toronto (May 28)
2017: âHoly Nonsense: Wittgensteinians Effing the Ineffable", at the Phoenix Colloquium, Mount Allison University, Sackville (March 24)
2016: âTeaching Wittgenstein's Children", at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, Acadia University, Wolfville (October 22)
2016: âThe Vanishing Point of Anselm's Argument", at the Atlantic Mediaevalists Association, Mount Allison University, Sackville (October 1)
2015: âSt 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: â 'Philosophy as Therapy' to What End?â, at the Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association, St. Thomas University, Fredericton (October 31)
2015: âSt Anselm's Expressionâ, at the Atlantic Mediaevalists Association, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown (October 3)
2015: âWittgensteinâs End of Philosophyâ, Invited Public Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish (March 12)
2015: âNot Particularly: Wittgenstein on a Source of Trouble in Philosophyâ, Invited Public Lecture at the Department of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (February 18)
2015: âAnselmâs Argument, Existence, and the Value of an Unbounded Invariableâ, at the Phoenix Colloquium, Mount Allison University, Sackville (January 16)
2014: â âI made you see othersâ: Wittgenstein on the Duty of Persuasionâ, at âFeed Your Brainâ Provostâs Lecture Series, Mount Allison University, Sackville (November 13)
2014: âWittgensteinâs Method as Socratic Recollectionâ, at the Atlantic Region Philosophersâ Association, Memorial University, St. Johnâs (October 25)
2014: âWittgenstein on Not Aiming at Completenessâ, at the Dalhousie Philosophy Colloquium, Dalhousie University, Halifax (July 18)
2014: âWittgensteinâs Lie: Philosophical Investigations §133â, at the Phoenix Colloquium, Mount Allison University, Sackville (March 28)
2012: âDangerous Medicine: The Anti-Philosophy of Wittgenstein and Al-Ghazaliâ, at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, St. Jeromeâs University, Waterloo (May 30)
2011: âWittgenstein and the Menoâ, at the Phoenix Colloquium Series, Mount Allison University, Sackville (September 30)
2011: âKnowledge, Dialogue, and the Dewey-Russell Debateâ, at the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton (May 31)
2011: âNaturalism and Idealism in Philosophy of Mind: an exitus-reditus Storyâ, at the Phoenix Colloquium, Mount Allison University, Sackville (January 31)
2010: âWittgenstein on What Religious Language Showsâ, at the Western New York and Pennsylvania American Catholic Philosophical Association, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, USA (October 30)
2010: âDialogue, Scepticism, and the Renewed Interest in Al-Ghazaliâ, at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Saint Paul University, Ottawa (October 22)
2010: âSt Thomas and the Criterion of Cognitionâ, at Canisius College, Buffalo NY, USA (May 25)
2010: âTwo Questions About Natural Kindsâ, at the Phoenix Colloquium Series, Mount Allison University, Sackville (February 2)
2009: âA Block to Progress: Dewey and Russell on Immediate Knowledge,â at the Atlantic Region Philosophersâ Association, Cape Breton University, Sydney (October 17)
2009: âAristotle, Representation, and Current Philosophy of Mindâ, at the Ancient Philosophy Conference, Mount Allison University, 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