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Dr. Matthew Siebert

Associate Professor,

Philosophy

matthewsiebert@bac.edu

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Meet Dr. Matthew Siebert

OF NOTE:
I restarted the Philosophy department, in cooperation with the Charlotte Diocese seminary.

KNOWN FOR:
Much of my Intro Philosophy class is focused on practicing philosophical discussion. Students say that I have clear explanations and a good sense of humor.

POPULAR QUOTE:
“The Church … sees in philosophy the way to come to know fundamental truths about human life.” St John Paul II

WHEN NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, CAN OFTEN BE FOUND:I Singing in church choir or playing sports with my three kids.

Classes

Examples of classes taught by Dr. Matthew Siebert:

Philosophy of Science & Nature PH305
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Seminar PE300W
Knowing by Trusting PH440
Classical Texts of Political Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval PO211
Faith & Reason (Philosophy of Religion) PH314
Philosophy of Knowing and Believing (Epistemology) PH315
Philosophy of Reality (Metaphysics) PH316
Philosophy of St. Augustine
Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
Political Economy EC356
Introduction to Philosophy PH200

Education

B.A., University of Winnipeg
M.Phil., University of Oxford
Ph.D., University of Toronto

Representative Publications and Presentations

“Aquinas on Testimonial Justification” The Review of Metaphysics, vol. 69, no. 3 (March 2016)
“Augustine’s Development on Testimonial Knowledge” Journal of the History of Philosophy, vol. 56 no. 2 (April 2018)
“Aquinas on Believing God” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophy Association, vol. 89 (2016)
“Testimonial Trustworthiness: Truthfulness & Trust” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 92 no. 2 (Spring 2018)
“Faith in Science”, American Maritain Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, 1 March 2018
“Aquinas on Change”, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division meeting, Baltimore, 7 Jan. 2017
“Testimony and the Aristotelian Virtue of Truthfulness”, Aristotelian Solutions to Contemporary Problems, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 25 April 2015
“Plato on Courage: Laches, Protagoras and Republic”, International Plato Society meeting, Ann Arbor, 5 October 2012
Commentary on “Existential Thomist Reflections on Kenny” by John F. X. Knasas, American Catholic Philosophical Association, Boston, 10 October 2015
Commentary on “Albert the Great and the Matter of Virtue” by David Zettel, 55th Congress, Canadian Philosophical Association meeting, Waterloo, 30 May 2012