"Thomistic Hylomorphism, Self-Determination, Neuroplasticity, and Grace: The Case of Addiction"

by Daniel D. De Haan

A version of this paper was presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, October 28-30, 2011. For a citable version see the forthcoming, “Thomistic Hylomorphism, Self-Determination, Neuroplasticity, and Grace: The Case of Addiction” in the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association: Science, Reason, and Religion, Vol. 85,
(2012).

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Addiction within a Thomistic Philosophical Anthropology: A Conceptual Analysis

by Daniel D. De Haan

Draft Only. (N.b. I have substantially revised some key concepts employed within this paper; an updated version is coming soon)

A version of this paper was presented at, 2011 CUA Graduate Philosophy Conference, on “Addiction, Vice, and the Possibility of Moral Reform,” at The Catholic University of American, Washington D.C., March 17-18, 2011.

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