Philosophy Department Faculty

Gary Michael Gurtler, S.J.

Professor

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Gary Michael Gurtler, S.J.

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall North 237

Telephone: 617-552-3872

Email: gary.gurtler@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Fordham University

Courses

Plato’s Timaeus and Ennead IV

Aristotelian Ethics

Plato’s Theaetetus

Plotinus on Providence

Research Interests

Ancient Philosophy

Plotinus

Ethics, Friendship

Spanish Philosophy

Office Hours

M/W  10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

TH  9:30 - 10:15 a.m.; 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

and by appointment

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Department

Philosophy

Profile

Served as Graduate Program Director and briefly as Chair and then Assistant Chair. Received his doctorate from Fordham University, under the direction of W. Norris Clarke, SJ. Research and teaching center on Plotinus and Neoplatonism, with background from Plato and Aristotle and influence on Medieval thought, from Augustine through Thomas Aquinas. The study of the soul is central, with collateral issues on the nature of the self, friendship, and ethics. A second problem is the nature of matter and its relation to the problem of evil. An interest in Spanish philosophy, especially Xavier Zubiri, a twentieth century phenomenologist.

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