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In order to develop and promote a deeper theoretical understanding of the human person, the Institute for the Psychological Sciences has established The Centre for Philosophical Psychology, in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall at the University of Oxford in England.

The Centre for Philosophical Psychology aims to promote reflection, research and writing on philosophical psychology. Philosophical psychology is established neither by empirical nor by clinical psychology. Rather, as a philosophical and systematic reflection on both the human person and on society, it provides a basis for them. It can examine the possibilities for an integrated psychology that draws on ethical, social, and spiritual resources.

The Centre hosts a Visiting Scholar Program at the University of Oxford. Internationally known scholars are invited to study, conduct research while in residence at Oxford, and publish their work upon completion of the appointment. The visiting scholars receive the status of “Visiting Scholar” in Theology at Blackfriars. To present, the scholars have included:

    2004-2005

·  Alex Sider, Ph.D. (Duke University)

·  Rev. Ceslas Bernard Bourdin, O.P., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Université catholique, Lille)

·  Rev. Fergus Kerr, O.P., Ph.D. (Blackfriars Hall, Oxford)

    2005-2006

·  Paul Gondreau, S.T.D. (Associate Professor, Providence College)

·  Kenneth Schmitz, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Fellow of Trinity College)

    2006-2007

· Rev. Daniel Bourgeois (Professor, Seminaire de Nice; Institut superieur de theologie de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, Institut catholique de Lyon)

·  Rev. Kevin Flannery, S.J., Ph.D. (Dean of Philosophy, Gregorian University, Rome)

 2007-2008

·  Ralph McInnerny, Ph.D. (The Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame)

·  Roger Scruton, Ph.D. (Research Professor, Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Arlington, VA)

·  Rev. Joseph Koterski, S.J. (Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University)