弗朗西斯·柯立芝

I have taught in the philosophy department at Loyola since August of 1987. In service of my research I have written a number of articles on Plato and one on Descartes (published in a variety of journals including 古代哲学 and 国际 Philosophical Quarterly). I have also presented papers at meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek 哲学, the Metaphysical Society of America, and the Southwestern Philosophical Society. My recent research interests include metaphysics and what (following Plato) we could call “divine madness” in Western and Eastern thought. In the Phaedrus, Socrates proposes that the highest form of divine madness is eros. I have argued that there are seven stages of eros in the history of Western philosophy and culture. 供我讨论, 参见文章, 论神圣的疯狂, its Relations to the Good, and the Erotic Aspect of the Agapeic Good,” Tidjschrift voor Filosofie 65 (2003), p. 93-119.

I am currently writing a book that develops the erotic relations between Western philosophy (indebted to Plato) and the Eastern philosophies of Buddhism, 印度教, 和道教. A sketch of this project is contained in the article, “The Erotic Origins and Resolutions of the Question: ‘Why is there Something rather than Nothing’,” Journal of the Southwestern Philosophical Society 22. 1 (2006), p. 121-28.

授课

• 哲学 (PHIL T122)
• Making Moral Decisions (PHIL V252)
• 环境al 哲学 (PHIL V243)
• Divine Madness (PHIL U239)
• Within the 哲学 Major I teach 古代哲学 (PHIL A400), 形而上学 (PHIL A210), and (periodically) Seminar: Major Author (PHIL A493)

专业领域

• 古代哲学
• 形而上学
• 哲学 of Religion