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., Boston 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, Christian theology, Philosophical psychology, Art and aesthetics, Social and political philosophy

Office Hours

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

W  4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

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

Department

Philosophy

Profile

Professor Constas joined the Boston College faculty in 1995, with an appointment to the Honors Program. He earned his B.A. (Philosophy and English) from Boston 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, co-edited with Dustin Gish and J. Scott Lee. Hamilton Books, 2016.

“Long Lives with Nothing to Do: The Future of Humanity in a Technological Age,” paper delivered at the 21th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, 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)

“Confronting the Fragments: Eliot’s Four Quartets,” in Core Texts in Conversation, edited by Rodeheffer, Jane Kelley; Sokolowski, David; Lee, J. Scott. University Press of America, 2000.

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