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William
Sweet
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 also
supervises theses 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 and Vice President of the Council for Research and Values in Philosophy. He is a Past President of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Canadian Theological Society, the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, and the Istituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain (Rome), and served as a member of the Steering Committee of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie from 2003 to 2018. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Historical Society, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is also a Permanent Member of the Institut international de philosophie. 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.), in theology
at the University
of South Africa (D.Th.), and in philosophy at
the University
of Ottawa (Ph.D)
and at the Université Saint-Paul
(D.Phil.).
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
details A
research profile from about 15 years ago. A brief biography Varia and some fun stuff |
Where on
earth is Antigonish?
Local weather.