Daniel Pontoh
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Daniel Pontoh, BA Major in Philosophy student, is among the recipients of a Concordia University Student Research Award (CUSRA).
His summer research project, "Augustine's Trinitarian Model of Mind" is supervised by Dr. Emily Perry.
Daniel Pontoh describes the project:
"My research focused on Augustine's philosophy of mind, language, and teaching. It culminated in a paper that interprets Augustine’s argument in De magistro as a critique of all forms of teaching based on the common-sense notion that knowledge can be imparted to or transferred from teacher to student. Drawing also on passages from De doctrina christiana, the paper presents Augustine’s positive account: teaching is a form of prompting or instructing, but if the student does not assent to and occurrently perform the actions required, they will not learn."
The CUSRA program provides funding to undergraduate students in the fine arts, social sciences, humanities, engineering and computer science, business disciplines, and natural and health sciences. The goal of the awards is to stimulate interest in research, participatory research, or research-creation work that will complement coursework and enhance preparation for graduate studies or research-related careers.