Philosophy Department Faculty

Christopher Constas

Professor of the Practice of Philosophy; Director of the Perspectives Program

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Christopher Constas

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall South 273

Telephone: 617-552-1046

Email: christopher.constas@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., md传媒国产剧 College
  • M.A., Fordham University
  • Ph.D., Fordham University

Courses

Perspectives on Western Culture

Philosophy of the Person

Modernism and the Arts

Research Interests

History of Western philosophy,聽Christian theology,聽Philosophical psychology,聽Art and aesthetics,聽Social and political philosophy

Office Hours

T聽 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

W聽 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

TH聽 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Department

Philosophy

Profile

Professor Constas joined the md传媒国产剧 College faculty in 1995, with an appointment to the Honors Program. He earned his B.A. (Philosophy and English) from md传媒国产剧 College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. (Philosophy) from Fordham University. He joined the Philosophy Department in 2019, as Director of the Perspectives Program.

His scholarly interests include the history of philosophy, Christian theology, philosophical psychology, liberal arts education, and cultural studies.

Select Publications and Papers Delivered

The Quest for Excellence,聽co-edited with Dustin Gish and J. Scott Lee. Hamilton Books, 2016.

鈥淟ong Lives with Nothing to Do: The Future of Humanity in a Technological Age,鈥� paper delivered at the 21th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses,聽Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 11, 2015.

"Plato's Phaedo and the Limits of Naturalism," paper delivered at the 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 26, 2013.

"The Medieval Invention of Faith," paper delivered at the 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 6, 2008.

"Dante's Achilles," Allegorica, v. 25, 2004/2005 (published in 2007, due to circumstances related to publisher)

鈥淐onfronting the Fragments: Eliot鈥檚 Four Quartets,鈥� in Core Texts in Conversation, edited by Rodeheffer, Jane Kelley; Sokolowski, David; Lee, J. Scott. University Press of America, 2000.

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