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Jeremiah Hackett
Title: | Professor Emeritus |
Department: | Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | hackettj@mailbox.sc.edu |
Resources: | Department of Philosophy Roger Bacon Research Society |

Education
PhD, Toronto, 1983
Research Interests
History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Moral Philosophy.
My primary training is in the history of philosophy: later ancient, medieval and Renaissance. I work also in the history of medieval and Renaissance science. I am interested in how modern philosophy and science understands the history of philosophy. This specialization in the history of philosophy covers the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. I have also written on medieval ethical theory. Meister Eckhart and philosophy in 14th c. Germany; George Berkeley. Heidegger and Augustine.
I am currently interested in Roger Bacon and Averroism; Robert Grosseteste's Commentary on the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle; Meister Eckhart and philosophy in 14c. Germany; Heidegger on Augustine; Heidegger on the uses of history of philosophy and science.
Recent Publications
A volume of essays in my honor is forthcoming: The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon Studies in Honour of Jeremiah Hackett, edited by Nicola Polloni, Yael Kedar, and published by Routlege.
Also, a new translation, with introduction and notes, of Roger Bacon’s Moralis philosophia will go to the printer in late March or early April, 2021.
Articles
- “Roger Bacon and His First Interpreter: The Anonymous Iuvenis Johannes,” in Cecilia Panti and Nicola Polloni, eds., Vedere nell’ Ombra: Studi su natura, spiritualitè e scienze operative offerti a Michela Pereira, Florence: SISMEL [Micrologus Library 90], 2018, pp. 179-182.
- “Roger Bacon and Peter John Olivi on the “Status” of “The Philosophers,” in Luca Bianchi, Onorato Grassi and Cecilia Panti, eds., Edizioni, Traduzioni E Tradizioni Filosofiche (Saecoloi XII-XVI): Studi Per Pietro B. Rossi, Aracne Editrice: Caterano [Flumen Sapientiae, 7], 2018, pp. 557-571.
Institutes, Activities and Awards
I am the founding president of the Roger Bacon Research Society. I was recently presented with “The Franciscan Institute Medal" for excellence in Franciscan Studies and magisterial scholarship on the works of Roger Bacon.