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Miss Claire Murphy
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St. Thomas Hall, Rm. 228

Curriculum Vitae

B.A., Thomas Aquinas College, 2020; M.A., philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2024; Ph.D., philosophy, University of Notre Dame (ABD); Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, 2021-2022; Instructor of Record, University of Notre Dame, 2023; Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, 2025-.

 

Publications

  • “The Apostle of Common Sense: The Historical Roots of Duhem’s Distinction between Physics and Metaphysics.” HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of  Science vol. 14, no. 2 (2024), 554-571.

  • “Unity Out of Multiplicity: Nicholas of Cusa on the Elements.” In Hylomorphism into Pieces: Elements, Atoms and Corpuscles in Philosophy, Science, and Medicine (1400–1600), ed. by N. Polloni and S. Roudaut. London: Palgrave McMillan (2024), 117-140.

 

Presentations

  • “Denotation and Recognition: Two Views of Representation in Art and Science,” Bethany Workshop, University of Notre Dame London, July 2024.
  • Comments on Patrick Corry’s “Aristotle’s Perceptual Realism in De anima III.1-2,” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, November 2023.
  • “Science From the Vantage Point of the Human Soul.” Thomistic Summer Conference: The Soul, Thomas Aquinas College, June 2023.
  • “Models as Artifacts: An Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective.” Modeling, Idealization, and Truth: A Dialogue Between Contemporary Philosophy of Science and the Aristotelian Tradition, Rome: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, February 2023.
  • “Idealization and Hylomorphism about Representation.” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 2022.
  • “Pope Francis and Charles De Koninck on Humanity’s Responsibility toward the Cosmos.” de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Fall Conference, University of Notre Dame, November 2022.
  • “Remotely Rooted in Reality: Aquinas on Cognition of Beings of Reason.” XVth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy, Société Internationale pour l’Etude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM), Paris, August 2022.
  • “The Physics of a Natural Philosopher: Pierre Duhem and Charles De Koninck on Science, Philosophy, and Faith.” Thomistic Summer Conference: Faith and Reason, Thomas Aquinas College, June 2022.
  • “Between Idolatry and Iconoclasm: The Role of Mediation in Scientific Understanding.”
  • 4th Annual Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) Workshop, Fordham University, April 2022.
  • “Unity Out of Multiplicity: Nicholas of Cusa on the Elements.” Hylomorphism into Pieces: Matter, Atoms, and Corpuscles in the Late Middle Ages, KU Leuven (moved online due to pandemic), April 2022.
  • Comments on Patrick Fisher’s “The Metaphysics of Mathematical Explanation in Science,” American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, November 2021.
  • “Truth, Flesh, Chiasm: Aquinas and Merleau-Ponty on Indeterminacy in Embodied Knowledge,” Summer School on Affective Intentionality in Medieval Philosophy and Phenomenology, University of Würzburg, July 2021.