Education:
B.A., Trent University, 1970
B.Phil., Oxford University, 1972
Thesis: “Aristotle on the many senses of Being”
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1976
Thesis: “Free Will and Neurophysiological Determinism”
Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Latin, Ancient Greek
Appointments:
University of Ottawa,
Philosophy & Classics Departments, 1975-1992
Chair of Classics, 1982-1988
Canadian Federation for the Humanities
Executive Director (on secondment) 1989-1990
University of Western Ontario
Visiting Professor, 1990-1991
Philosophy Department, 1992 to present
Chair of Philosophy, 1997-2002; Acting Chair 2007-2008
Professor Emeritus, 2019-
Université de Montréal
Visiting Professor, 1995
Canadian Philosophical Association
President, 2003-2004
Honours:
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des palmes académiques, conferred by the Government of France, 1990
Pleva Award for University Teaching, University of Western Ontario, 2003
