The hidden connection between Kant and scholasticism

在2022学年，我有机会在德国和美国的大学度过了大量的时间。2022年7月，加州大学圣地亚哥分校的埃里克·沃特金斯教授邀请我和他一起去德国，对彼此的一些手稿进行评论。沃特金斯教授也是德国美因茨大学古滕贝格的研究员。这是一个非常紧张和富有成果的会议：一个手稿现在几乎可以出版了，而另一个将成为一个新书项目的关键部分。从2022年10月到11月，我是普林斯顿大学哲学与宗教项目的访问学者，由安德鲁·奇格内尔教授主持，并由这个卡肯项目资助。在普林斯顿，我被邀请做了几次讲座，所有的主题都与卡肯项目直接相关。2023年2月，我再次受到沃特金斯教授的邀请，这次是去加州，也是由这个卡肯项目资助的，在那里我有幸能够定期会见卡尔·阿梅里克斯教授，他是我们这个时代的主要康德学者之一。在所谓的哲学史圆桌会议上，我有机会就康德的物自体学说及其哲学神学背景发表了自己的看法。最后，2023年2月24日，我获得了北美康德学会的奖项，并在丹佛发表了题为《自由意志、预知和创造：康德莫林主义的进一步探索》的演讲。

In the academic year 2022 I had the opportunity of spending a substantial amount of time at German and US universities. In July 2022 I was invited by Prof. Eric Watkins of the University of California at San Diego, who is also a fellow of the Gutenberg Kolleg at Mainz University in Germany, to join him in Germany for commenting on some of each other's manuscripts. This occurred on a different scheme and turned out to be a very intense and highly fruitful meeting: one manuscript is now almost ready for publication, while another one will become a key part of a new book project.From October to November 2022 I was a visiting fellow at the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion at Princeton University, hosted by Professor Andrew Chignell and funded by this kaken project. At Princeton, I was invited to give several lectures, all of which were on topics directly connected to the Kaken project.In February 2023 I was invited by Prof. Watkins again, this time to California and also funded by this kaken project, where I had the good fortune to be able to meet regularly with Prof Karl Ameriks, one of the leading Kant scholars of our time. At a lecture I gave at the so-called History of Philosophy Roundtable, I had the opportunity to present my views on Kant's doctrine of things in themselves and its background in philosophical theology.Finally, on 24 February 2023 I was awarded a prize by the North American Kant Society and delivered a lecture in Denver, entitled: "Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Creation: Further Explorations of Kant's Molinism".