Andrew Griffin

BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD Candidate (Dal)

Andrew Griffin is a Faculty Fellow in the Humanities in the Foundation Year Program. After completing a BA(Hons) in Philosophy and Contemporary Studies at the University of King’s College, he devoted himself to the study of Greek and Latin and earned an MA in Classics from Dalhousie University, with a dissertation titled “Contradiction as the Way to Vision in Anselm’s Proslogion.” He went on to pursue a PhD in Classics, with a dissertation (forthcoming) devoted to Plato’s conception of doxa (opinion, belief, judgement), with a particular focus on the dialogue Theaetetus.

Research Interests

Andrew’s primary interest is in Ancient and Medieval conceptions of education as a philosophical or spiritual itinerary of the soul in which knowledge of the self, reality, divinity, and the natural world are dynamically related. His work focuses especially on the itinerary as a movement through perspectives, which can open up, close off, or deepen possibilities for understanding.

Select Publications and Presentations

“What Must the Materialists not Overhear and Why? A Reading of Theaetetus 151e-184b”, International Plato Conference, Madrid, 2025. Conference Presentation.

“Aquinas’ Identification of the Platonism of Dionysius and its Legacy.” Vetera Novis

Augere: Le risorse della tradizione tomista nel contesto attuale, Vol. II. Temi filosofici ericerche storiche, edited by Serge-Thomas Bonino and Luca F. Tuninetti, Rome: University Press Urbania, 2025, pp. 599-610.

“Nicholas of Cusa’s Neoplatonism Pivoting to Modernity” International Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University, Villanova, 2024. Conference Presentation.

“The Inclusive Epekeina of Anselm’s Proslogion” Dionysius 38 (2020), 98-127.