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Dr. Paul Kidder's work is concentrated in the areas of metaphysics,
ethics, and aesthetics. He specializes in the philosophy of Bernard
Lonergan and has interdisciplinary interests in urban studies and
international development. He received his doctorate from Boston
College in 1987 and he joined the Seattle University Philosophy
Department in 1989. Courses taught at Seattle University include
Philosophy of the Human Person, Business Ethics, Philosophy of Art,
Modern Philosophy, and The Livable City.
| Selected Publications |
| "Lonergan, Heidegger, and the Being of Question."
Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. Forthcoming. |
| "Thinking with Father Richardson." Lonergan
Workshop 19 (2006) |
| "The Ontology of Interrogation in Lonergan
and Merleau-Ponty." American Catholic Philosophical
Quarterly, 78:1 (2004). |
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Abstract
online from CNRS |
| "The Lonergan-Heidegger Difference,"
Philosophy and Theology, 15:2 (2003). |
| "Interpretation and the Speechless Image,"
in A. Wiercinski, ed., Between Suspicion and Sympathy: Paul
Ricoeur's Unstable Equilibrium. Toronto: |
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The Hermeneutic Press, 2003. |
| "Four Faces of Urban Design Ethics."
Arcade: Architecture/Design in the Northwest, 21:3 (2003). |
| "The Future of American Cities." Lonergan
Workshop 17 (2002). |
| "Modern Architecture and Ignatian Vision."
Lonergan Workshop 15 (1999). |
| "The Hermeneutic and Dialectic of Community
in Development," International Journal of Social Economics,
24:11 (1997). |
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Abstract
online from EmeraldInsight. |
| "What Could Metaphysics Be? The Lonergan-Coreth
Debate," The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly,
69:4 (1995). |
| "Still Life and Landscape: The Sacred in
Secular Attire," Lonergan Workshop,11 (1995). |
| "Painting as Spiritual: The Philosophical
and Pedagogic Tasks," Lonergan Workshop, 11 (1995).
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| "Hunger and the Human Good: Ethics of Value
in the Context of Philippine Rural Development," Humanomics
9:4 (1993). |
| "Lonergan's Negative Dialectic," The
International Philosophical Quarterly, 30:3 (September 1990). |
| "What Is a Thing for Lonergan?" Method:
Journal of Lonergan Studies 7:1 (March 1989). |
| "Husserl's Paradox," Research in
Phenomenology, 17 (1987). |
| "Lonergan and the Husserlian
Problem of Transcendental Intersubjectivity," Method:
Journal of Lonergan Studies 4:1 (March 1986). |
| Selected Presentations |
| "Spiritual Meaning in Architecture."
Spiritual Life Institute, St. Martin's University, 2007. |
| "Voegelin, Heidegger, and the Configuration
of Historical Ontology." American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., 2005. |
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Available
online from the Eric Voegelin Society. |
| "Eric Voegelin's Philosophical Hermeneutic."
Lonergan Workshop, Boston College, 2005. |
| "Method in Urban Studies." International
Lonergan Conference, Regis College, Toronto, 2004. |
| "Indirect Communication in Plato,
Kierkegaard, Gadamer, Voegelin, and Lonergan." West Coast
Methods Institute, Loyola Marymount University, 2004. |
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Available here in PDF
format. |
| "The Public Good, the Private
Good, and the Human Good." Lonergan Workshop, Boston College,
2003. |
| "The City as Work of Art." Lonergan
Workshop, Boston College, 2002. |
| "Contemporary Challenges for Philosophy in
Jesuit Education." American Catholic Philosophical Assoc.,
Atlanta, 2002. |
| "Existenz and Symbol for Jaspers and Voegelin."
Jaspers Society of North America, Seattle, 2002. |
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Available here in PDF
format. |
| "Lonergan and Merleau-Ponty: Points of Intersection."
Lonergan Philosophical Society, Albany, 2001. |
| "Dwelling in Modernity." Seattle University
Philosophy Club Conference, Seattle, 2000. |
| "Urban Ethics: Theory and Malpractice."
West Coast Methods Institute, Santa Clara University, 1999. |
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Available here in PDF
format. |
| "Meaning, Time, and Architecture." Ernest
Becker Foundation, Seattle, 1999. |
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Abstract
online from the EBF Newsletter. |
| "The Dance of Death in Art." Ernest
Becker Foundation, Seattle, 1998. |
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Abstract
online from the EBF Newsletter |
| "Economic Development Ethics and the Mediation
of Culture," West Coast Methods Institute, Santa Clara
University, 1997. |
| "Kandinsky's Confidence." International
Merleau-Ponty Conference, Seattle, September 1997. |
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Available here in HTML
format. |
| "The Banality of Famine." West Coast
Methods Institute Conference, Santa Clara University, 1995. |
Professional Affiliations
American Philosophical
Association (1982-present)
American Catholic Philosophical
Association (1987-present)
Alpha Sigma Nu (elected
1986)
International Development
Ethics Association (1993-present)
Lonergan
Philosophical Society (1994-present)
Philosophers in Jesuit
Education (1999-present)
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