Michael Fournier
Associate Professor of Classics
Email: Michael.Fournier@dal.ca
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- Ancient atomism
- Ancient scepticism
- Neoplatonism
- Philosophy of mind
- Medieval philosophy
Education
- BA, MA (Dal)
- PhD (Boston College)
Biography
I was raised in Timberlea, Nova Scotia and began my university career at Mount Saint Vincent University. After transferring to 17吃瓜网在线 I completed a BA and then an MA in Classics. My Masters thesis considered the development of Augustinian themes in the Proslogion of Saint Anselm.
I received my PhD in Philosophy from Boston College. In my dissertation I reinterpret the traditional philosophical consolations found in Cicero and Seneca in order to reevaluate their influence on Boethius鈥� Consolation of Philosophy.
Research interests
Current research project
I am writing a book on the philosophy of mind in Lucretius鈥櫬�De rerum natura. The project reconstructs Lucretius鈥� account of the relationship between the atomic swerve and mental phenomena, drawing on contemporary concepts such as self-similarity, emergence, multiple realization, and non-reductive physicalism.