Hall College Center
Research Interests: Theories of motion, infinity and continuity, Averroes
Teaching Interests: Ethics, metaphysics
Other Interests: Music, birding, hiking
PhD, Indiana University
BA & MA, Stanford University
Dr. Conolly teaches a range of courses in the history of philosophy and in contemporary philosophy, but he specializes in ancient and medieval philosophy. His dissertation investigated ancient and medieval theories of matter and chemical mixture,and he has presented papers on medieval theories of the intellect at several philosophy conferences. In addition to a number of studies on the metaphysics of identity and change, Dr. Conolly is currently preparing critical editions of several 13th-century Averroist commentaries on the Liber de causis. He has been teaching at Simon's Rock since 2006.
“Averroes, Thomas Aquinas, and Giles of Rome on How This Man Understands”. Vivarium 45, 2007.