Raphael Mary Salzillo, OP
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Education
- PhD, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
- MDiv, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
- MA Philosophy, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
- MS Electrical Engineering (subfield: Applied Physics), University of California, San Diego
- BS Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
Research Interests
- Thomas Aquinas, especially his metaphysics of the human person
- Contemporary and medieval solutions to the Problem of Universals
- The interface between hylomorphic theory and contemporary science
Courses Taught
- Aristotelian Logic
- Aquinas's Commentary on the Posterior Analytics
- Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature
- Philosophical Anthropology
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Mind
Publications
- "The Mereology of Thomas Aquinas," Philosophy Compass 16(3), 2021.
- Under Review: "On the Concept of Subsistence in Thomas Aquinas" (British Journal of the History of Phil.)
- Under Review: "Aquinas and the Interaction Problem (Dialectica)