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.