Jack Zupko, BA, MA, PhD
Pronouns: he / him
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Arts - Philosophy Dept
- zupko@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-4108
- Address
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2-63 Assiniboia Hall
9137 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2E7
- Availability
- On sabbatical leave 2023-24
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
Featured Publications
Jack Zupko
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 2023 May; 97 (2): 1-8 10.5840/acpq2023972273
Jack Zupko
Quaderni di Noctua. 2019 October; 5: 433-65 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-13
Jack Zupko
The Ontology, Psychology and Axiology of Habits (Habitus) in Medieval Philosophy, ed. Magali Roques and Nicolas Faucher. 2019 January; Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind, and Action, 7 (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature): 333-46
Jack Zupko
Metaphysics. 2018 September; I (1): 88-96