Michael Fournier
Associate Professor of Classics
Email: Michael.Fournier@dal.ca
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- Ancient atomism
- Ancient scepticism
- Neoplatonism
- Philosophy of mind
- Medieval philosophy
Education
- BA, MA (Dal)
- PhD (Boston College)
Biography
I was raised in Timberlea, Nova Scotia and began my university career at Mount Saint Vincent University. After transferring to Dalhousie I completed a BA and then an MA in Classics. My Masters thesis considered the development of Augustinian themes in the Proslogion of Saint Anselm.
I received my PhD in Philosophy from Boston College. In my dissertation I reinterpret the traditional philosophical consolations found in Cicero and Seneca in order to reevaluate their influence on Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy.
Research interests
Current research project
I am writing a book on the philosophy of mind in Lucretius’ De rerum natura. The project reconstructs Lucretius’ account of the relationship between the atomic swerve and mental phenomena, drawing on contemporary concepts such as self-similarity, emergence, multiple realization, and non-reductive physicalism.