Gregory T. Doolan

Curriculum Vitae

Education

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Ph.D. (Philosophy), 2003

“St. Thomas Aquinas and Divine Exemplarism”

Director: John F. Wippel

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

M.A. (Philosophy), 1997

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

B.A. (Political Theory), 1993

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Academic posts

2005–present

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Professor, School of Philosophy

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Graduate: • The Metaphysics of Creation in Aquinas’s De potentia

Undergraduate: • Metaphysics

• History of Medieval Philosophy

• Philosophy of Human Nature

• Ultimate Questions (Metaphysics for Honors Students)

2004–2005

Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Graduate courses: • Philosophy of Being (Metaphysics)

• Philosophy of Nature (Cosmology)

• Philosophical Anthropology

• Philosophical Ethics

1997–2004

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Lecturer, School of Philosophy

Courses taught: • Reasoning and Argumentation

• Philosophy of Human Nature

• Metaphysics

• Theories of Ethics

• The Classical Mind

• The Modern Mind

Presentations

“Aquinas and the Divine Ideas as Principles of Individuation.” Guest speaker for the International St. Thomas Society at the American Philosophical Association, December 2007.

“Aquinas and the Demonstrability of the Existence of Angels.” Patristic, Mediaeval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, October 2006.

“Aquinas, Angels, and the Subject Matter of Metaphysics.” American Maritain Association, Washington, D.C., October 2005.

“St. Thomas Aquinas and Motion of the Will: A Child’s First Choice.” Patristic, Mediaeval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, October 1999.

“Henrician Illumination Theory and the Active Intellect: A Scotistic Refutation.” Patristic, Mediaeval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, October 1998.

“Maritain, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the First Principles of Natural Law.” American Maritain Association, Colorado Springs, October 1998.

“Ockham on the Soul: Faith, Reason, and the Unity of Man.” Medieval-Renaissance Conference XII, Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, September, 1998.

“Thomas Aquinas and Free Trade.” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1998.

“Whether Aristotle’s ‘Thought-Thinking-Itself’ Thinks More Than Just Itself.” NYC International Philosophy Conference, Hunter College, New York, NY, May 1997.

Languages

French, German, Latin

Professional affiliations

American Catholic Philosophical Association

American Maritain Association

American Philosophical Association

Metaphysical Society of America

Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

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