Jack Zupko, BA, MA, PhD

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Arts - Philosophy Dept

Email: zupko@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-4108
Address: 2-63 Assiniboia Hall
9137 116 St NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2E7

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

medieval philosophy metaphysics logic philosophy of religion

About

Jack Zupko, Ph.D.—Professor of Philosophy. A graduate of Cornell University, Professor Zupko specializes in medieval philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. He has published numerous research articles and five books, including John Buridan: Portrait of a 14th-Century Arts Master (Notre Dame), which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2003, Duns Scotus on Time and Existence (with Edward Buckner) (CUA Press 2014), a translation and commentary on Scotus’ Questions on Aristotle’s De interpretatione, and, most recently, (with Gyula Klima, Peter G. Sobol, and Peter Hartman) the Latin edition + English translation of John Buridan's Questions on Aristotle's De anima (Springer 2023). He has served as medieval subject editor for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy since 1998, and was Book Review Editor (2005-13) and Editor (2015-20) of the Journal of the History of Philosophy. Professor Zupko received awards for his teaching while on the faculties of Emory University and San Diego State University. Prior to coming to the University of Alberta in 2013, he was Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Winnipeg.

Research

medieval logic and semantics; later medieval Aristotelianism, especially natural philosophy; 14th-century origins of modernity

Teaching

medieval and Renaissance philosophy; metaphysics; philosophy of religion; history of philosophy; history of logic; ethics

Courses

PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy: Values and Society

An introduction to the classical problems of philosophy through study and critical discussion of selected philosophical classics and contemporary works. Emphasis will be placed on questions of moral and other values and on the nature of society and justice.

Fall Term 2025

PHIL 357 - Philosophy of Religion

General topics in the Philosophy of Religion, which may include the concept of 'religion,' the existence of God, meaning and intelligibility in religious language, religion and morality, implications of the social scientific study of religion.

Winter Term 2026