Part Time Faculty

Juan Rivera Castro, S.J.

Part-Time Faculty

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Juan Rivera Castro, S.J.

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall North 322

Telephone: 617-552-8784

Email: riverajm@bc.edu

Education

  • M.Div, Clough School of Theology and Ministry
  • Ph.L., University of Salamanca
  • Ph.D., Boston College

Courses

Philosophy of the Person I & II

Introduction to Schopenhauerian Pessimism

Research Interests

Arthur Schopenhauer
Immanuel Kant
Metaphysics
Neoplatonic Tradition

CV

Department

Philosophy

Biography

Juan C. Rivera-Castro, S.J., is a Jesuit priest. He specializes in issues concerning Arthur Schopenhauer’s metaphysics of the thing in itself, his use of the Platonic Ideas, and his dialogue/adaptations of the Neoplatonic tradition. He is interested in the history of philosophy, philosophy of mind, comparative philosophy, and the contemporary role of philosophy. In his time of leisure he likes to hike, listen to music and watch movies.

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