On the Nature of Human Sexual Difference: A Symposium

Timothy Fortin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophical Theology at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Sterling, VA. His research focusses on philosophical anthropology and the relationship between philosophy and psychology.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Explanandum.- 3. The Evolutionary Account.- 4. Simone de Beauvoir.- 5. Judith Butler.- 6. The Thomistic Account — A Causal Analysis.- 7. The Thomistic Account — Ontological Analysis.- 8. Resolutions.- Index.