Peter Weigel
- Ph.D., Philosophy, Yale University
- M.Phil., Logic and Metaphysics, U. of St. Andrews (UK)
- B.A., Philosophy, Marquette University
Experience
Associate Professor at WC 2007 - present
Assistant Professor at WC 2001-2007
Lecturer at Yale University and Fairfield Jesuit University, prior to WC appointment
Department Chair, July 2011 - July 2014, July 2020 - July 2023
Interim (Acting) Chair for Fall 2015
Adviser to the Humanities Program 2007 - 2019
Adviser to WC Institute for Religion, Politics, and Culture 2010 - present
Areas of Interest
- Philosophy of Religion
- Medieval Philosophy
- Metaphysics
- Logic / Rhetoric
- Christianity
- Analytic Philosophy
- Modern Philosophy
Regular courses
Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Augustine and Aquinas, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Logic, Analytic Philosophy, Existentialism, Utopia, Readings in Christian Themes, & assorted Great Books courses.
Select work
Books
Authored book on the philosophical theology of Thomas Aquinas, (Oxford: Peter Lang Publishers, 2008).
Edited book, Christian Philosophical Perspectives on Human Nature, (Peter Lang, 2016). [co-edited with Joseph Prud鈥檋omme]
Edited book of works by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, SJ, on Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God鈥檚 Kingdom (Peter Lang, 2015).
Edited book of homilies by theologian (and friend) Fr. Richard Roach SJ [d. 2008], Faith, Love, and Mercy: Homilies in Catholic Life (Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2015).
Select Articles
鈥淒ostoevsky on the Problem of Evil鈥� in The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research 85 (2005).
Entries for 鈥淪t. Ignatius Loyola鈥� and 鈥淯niversals鈥� [Problem of] for New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics (InterVarsity, 2006)
鈥淗appiness, Division, and the Self in Plato鈥檚 Symposium鈥� in The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research 96 (2008).
鈥淢emory and the Unity of the Imagination in Spinoza鈥檚 Ethics鈥� in International Philosophical Quarterly (June, 2009)
鈥淒ivine Simplicity鈥� for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, March 2011
鈥淪ingular Cognition: Brief Remarks on Klima and Pini鈥� in the Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics (SMLM) Vol. 9 (2011), 39-43.
鈥淪implicity and Explanation in Aquinas鈥� God,鈥� Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics (SMLM) Vol. 2, (2002, reprinted 2011), 113-128.
鈥淎quinas and Locke on Person and Resurrection,鈥� published in Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, Fall 2016
"Classic Divine Attributes, An Overview," chapter in Handbook of Philosophy and Religion, ed. Mark Lamport (Rowman and Littlefield, Summer 2022)
Select Book Reviews:
- Reviewer for Review of Metaphysics journal, 2009-present
- Reviewer for Phi Beta Kappa Society鈥檚 The Key Reporter, 2012-present
Review of Martin De Nys鈥檚 Considering Transcendence in The Review of Metaphysics (September 2009).
Review of Paul Kirkland鈥檚 Nietzsche鈥檚 Noble Aims in The Review of Metaphysics (June 2010).
Review of Eugene Thacker鈥檚 After life, in The Review of Metaphysics (March 2012).
Review of Charles Mott鈥檚 Biblical Ethics and Social Change for the journal Politics and Religion (August 2012).
Review of Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner鈥檚 Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness for The Phi Beta Kappa Society newsletter, The Key Reporter (Summer 2014).
Review of Noson Yanofsky鈥檚 The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us for The Review of Metaphysics (December 2014).
Review of Thomas Buford鈥檚 Know Thyself: An Essay in Social Personalism for The Review of Metaphysics (December 2014).
Review of Joseph Heller鈥檚 Ultimate Explanations of the Universe for The Phi Beta Kappa Society newsletter, The Key Reporter (Summer 2015).