Book Launch: Thomas Pfau, "Incomprehensible Certainty: Metaphysics and Hermeneutics of the Image"

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Location: 205/206/207 McKenna Hall

Incomprehensible Certainty Thomas Pfau Cover

The Departments of English, German and Russian Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the University of Notre Dame Press, present:

Learning to See: Images in Theology and Philosophy

A book symposium for Incomprehensible Certainty: Metaphysics and Hermeneutics of the Image by Thomas Pfau

Thursday, March 9, 2023 — 4:00pm to 5:30pm, Room 205/206/207 McKenna Hall,
University of Notre Dame

Here is a link to the book’s introduction Writing the Image.

Program

Introduction:

John Betz, associate professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

Opening Remarks:

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English at Duke University, with a secondary appointment on the Duke Divinity School faculty. He is the author, editor, and translator of twelve books, including Minding the Modern: Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013, 2015).

Remarks by the Panelists:

Cyril O’Regan, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

Romana Huk, associate professor of English, Faculty Fellow at The Nanovic Institute, and Affiliate Faculty at the Initiative on Race and Resilience at University of Notre Dame, and Editor-in-Chief at Religion & Literature

Judith Wolfe, professor of philosophical theology, University of St. Andrews

Q & A

Reception and book signing

We hope to see you there!

Organizer: John Betz
Sponsors: ISLA, Theology Dept, German Dept, History of Philosophy Forum

Originally published at historyofphilosophy.nd.edu.