Weed, Jennifer -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Jennifer
Last Name: 
Weed
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
University of New Brunswick
Phone: 
5064534844
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Time Period: 
Medieval
Specific Area of Research: 
medieval metaphysics with a particular interest in the thought of both St. Thomas Aquinas and Rabbi Moses Maimonides, and the dialogue between Christian, Jewish and Islamic thinkers over the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; contemporary metaphysics; problems concerning analogy; the use of religious language; issues of religious pluralism
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
St. Louis University
PHD Date: 
2003
Major Publications: 
“Creation as a Foundation of Analogy in Aquinas,” in Divine Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Thomas Aquinas. Eds. Harm Goris, Herwi Rikhof, and Henk J. M. Schoot. (Leuven: Peeters Press, 2009). Draft • Invited book review of Jules Janssens, Ibn Sina and his influence on the Arabic and Latin World, forthcoming in Bulletin of International Medieval Research, Summer 2009. • Invited book review of Daniel Schwartz’s Aquinas on Friendship, in Journal of the History of Philosophy, vol. 47, (1), pp. 136-137, January, 2009. Review-proofs • “Maimonides and Aquinas: A Medieval Misunderstanding?” in Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, vol. 64, (1), pp. 379-396, 2008. • Book review of Mercedes Rubio’s Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God in Journal of the History of Philosophy, vol 46, (2), pp. 319-320, April, 2008. Book Review • Invited book review of Rik Van Nieuwenhove et al., Eds., The Theology of Thomas Aquinas, in Bulletin of International Medieval Research, vol. 13, pp. 77-79, 2007. Book Review-uncorrected proof • “De Genesi ad litteram and the Galileo Case,” invited article in Go Figure! Essays on Figuration in Biblical Interpretation. Ed. Stanley D. Walters. (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2007), pp. 148-160. De Genesi ad litteram • “Religious Language,” invited entry in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Eds. James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, 2007. Religious Language • “Boethius and the Problem of Evil,” in An Anthology of Philosophical Studies, Eds. Patricia Hanna, Adrianne McEvoy, and Penelope Voutsina. (Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2006), pp. 361-372. Boethius-Uncorrected Version • “Boethius, Voldemort and the Destructive Effects of Evil,” in Harry Potter and Philosophy, (Peru, IL: Open Court Press, 2004). Boethius and Voldemort
Membership in Academic Societies: 
American Philosophical Association
Courses Taught: 
Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Medieval Philosophy, Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion (including Islamic and Jewish Philosophy)