Jennifer Weed

Research interests

• Medieval Philosophy
• Metaphysics
• Philosophy of Religion
• Jewish Philosophy

Current projects

• “Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions,” International Conference, May 12-13, 2026, at UNB, Fredericton (Organizer)
• Aquinas and Animals (articles)
• Maimonides and Analogy (article)

Biography

Prof. Hart Weed currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Judaism and Catholic Theology Series at The Catholic University of America Press. She is past-President of the Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers.

Prof. Hart Weed completed her doctorate in philosophy at Saint Louis University in 2003. She came to UNB in 2008 after holding tenure-track positions in Vermont and Toronto. During her time at UNB, she has taught history of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and contemporary analytic metaphysics, as well as courses in medieval philosophy, which is her specialization. She serves as the faculty advisor for the Hemlock Club, which is the undergraduate philosophy club at UNB.

Prof. Hart Weed has served on the executive of the American Catholic Philosophical Association and is a member of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association, Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, and the Society of Christian Philosophers. She was the Aquinas lecturer at Emory University in 2008 and is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, La Fondation Hardt in Geneva, Switzerland, and KU Leuven.

Courses regularly taught

• Phil 1301 History of Philosophy I
• Phil 3501 Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics
• Phil 3404 Aquinas
• PHIL 3421 Philosophy of Mind
• Phil 3422 Philosophy of Science

Articles in refereed journals and chapters in monographs

“The Fittingness of Including Animals in the Glorified Universe,” forthcoming in European Journal for the Study of St. Thomas Aquinas.

“Maimonides: A Guide for the Perplexed,” in Teaching and Learning the Norms of Life and Faith: Pedagogues, Educators and their Heritage in Abrahamic Religions. Ed. Catalin-Stefan Popa, in SERAPHIM Series: Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs. (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Publishers, 2025).

“Aquinas and Maimonides: The Limits of Textual Engagement,” in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue. Eds. Matthew Levering and Matthew Tapie. (Washington, DC: Catholic University Press, 2025).

Book review of Brian Leftow’s Anselm’s Argument: Divine Necessity. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 2022. Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 63, no. 1, January 2025, pp. 149-151.

Book review of Philosophical Psychology in Arabic Thought and the Latin Aristotelianism of the 13th Century. Eds. Luis Xavier López-Farjeat and Jörg Alejandro Tellkamp, in Review of Metaphysics, vol 68, no. 4, 2015.

“Thomas Aquinas and the Baptism of Desire,” Res Philosophica, vol 96, no. 1, pp. 77-89, January 2019.

“Faith, Salvation, and the Sacraments in Aquinas: A Puzzle Concerning Forced Baptisms,” in Philosophy, Culture and Traditions, vol. 10, (2014).

“Aquinas on the Forced Conversion of Jews: Belief, Will and Toleration,” in Jews in Medieval Christendom. Eds. Kristine T. Utterback and Merrall L. Price. (Leiden: Brill Press, 2013).

“Actions speak louder than Words: What Aquinas learned from Maimonides,” in Hircocervi & Other Metaphysical Wonders: Essays in Honor of John P. Doyle. Ed. Victor Salas. (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2013).

“Thomas Aquinas on Communication between Christians and Jews: A Clash of Religious Cultures,” Philosophy, Culture and Traditions, Vol. 8, September 2012.

“From Aquinas to Eckhart on Creation, Creature, and Analogy,” (co-authored with Jeremiah Hackett) in A Companion to Meister Eckhart. Ed. Jeremiah Hackett. (Leiden: Brill Press, 2012).

“Creation as a Foundation of Analogy in Aquinas,” in Divine Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Thomas Aquinas. Eds. Harm Goris, Herwi Rikhof, and Henk J. M. Schoot. (Leuven: Peeters Press, 2009).

“Maimonides and Aquinas: A Medieval Misunderstanding?” in Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, vol. 64, (1), pp. 379-396, 2008.