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William
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Dr William Sweet is Professor of
Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Philosophy,
Theology and Cultural Traditions at St Francis Xavier
University, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a
member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University
of Ottawa, and an Adjunct Professor in the
graduate programmes at Saint
Paul University,
the Dominican
University College (Ottawa), and the University
of New Brunswick.He currently serves as President of the World Union of Catholic Philosophical Societies, Vice President of the Council for Research and Values in Philosophy, Treasurer of the Canadian Theological Society, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie. He is a Past President of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, and the Istituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain (Rome). He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Historical Society. He may be contacted at Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University Box 5000 Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada e-mail: wsweet (at) stfx.ca |
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Education Doctoral studies in political
science at the Sorbonne at the
Université de Paris
(D.E.A.) and in
philosophy at the University
of Ottawa (Ph.D)
and at the Université Saint-Paul
(D.Ph.).
Additional studies at Carleton University (B.A. Hons., M.A.), the University of Ottawa (B.A. Hons., B.Th.), Saint Paul University (B.Ph., S.T.B., L.Ph.), and the University of Manitoba (M.A.), and at: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universität Wien (Austria), Centre Sèvres, (Faculté de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus, Paris), Collège International de Philosophie (Paris), Collège de France, Collège dominicain de philosophie et de theologie (Ottawa), Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the Goethe Institut. |
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Personal
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moderately recent research profile. A brief biography Varia and some fun stuff |
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