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Both by training and by disposition I am an historian of philosophy. During the past 25 years I have focused upon the history of medieval and of Renaissance philosophy, as well as upon ancient philosophy. To this end, I spent seven postdoctoral years researching and teaching in the European cities of Munich, Paris, Graz, Padua, and Rome.

Other areas in which I continue to work are philosophy of religion, Existentialism, 19th-century German philosophy, hermeneutical theory, and medical ethics. I am one of three co-directors of the Program in Human Rights and Medicine and am an affiliate of the Austrian Center.

Selected Publications

"Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion (ca. 1078): On Thinking of That-than-which-a-Greater-Cannot-Be-Thought," pp. 111-118 in Jorge J. E. Gracia and Gregory M. Reichberg, editors, The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader's Guide. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.

"Anselm of Canterbury," pp. 138-151 in Jorge J. E. Gracia and Timothy B. Noone, editors, A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.

"Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): First Modern Philosopher?" pp. 13-29 in Peter A. French and Howard K. Wettstein, editors, Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy (Vol. 26 in the series Midwest Studies in Philosophy). Boston: Blackwell, 2002.

Hugh of Balma on Mystical Theology: A Translation and an Overview of His De Theologia Mystica. Minneapolis: Banning Press, 2002.

Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Nicholas of Cusa (2 volumes). Minneapolis: Banning Press, 2001.

Complete Philosophical and Theological Treatises of Anselm of Canterbury. Translated by J. Hopkins and Herbert W. Richardson. Minneapolis: Banning Press, 2000. [Published as a single volume. Revised from the three Mellen volumes, now out of print. Includes portions of my New, Interpretive Translation of Anselm's Monologion and Proslogion.]