Can Löwe, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
History

Education

M.Phil. Philosophy, KU Leuven

M.A. Philosophy, KU Leuven

Ph.D. Philosophy, KU Leuven

Research Interests

Latin medieval metaphysics, philosophy of action, and ethics; Thomas Aquinas.

Publications and Media Placements

Books

• with Russell Friedman (KU Leuven). Medieval Philosophical Texts on the Powers of the Soul: From Aquinas to Ockham (Anthology of Latin medieval texts in translation). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. Forthcoming
• Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Articles

• with Gillian Lee (formerly at Purdue University). “Henry of Ghent
on the Relational Character of Causal Powers.” Journal of the
History of Philosophy. Forthcoming
• “Aquinas on Dualist Mental Causation.” History of Philosophy
Quarterly. 2023
• “Super-Causes, Super-Grounds, and the Flow of Powers: Three
Medieval Views on Natural Kinds and Kind-Specific Powers.”
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy 10 (2022): 118–152.

Professional Organizations and Associations

American Philosophical Association
Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale
Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy