ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHAIR
Department of Philosophy
St. John Hall, Room B-26
Queens Campus
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Phone: (718) 990-6379
Fax: (718) 990-1907
gaffneyp@stjohns.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Philosophy, The Catholic University of America,
1991
- M.A., Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 1988
- B.S., Biology, Niagara University, 1981
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Philosophy of law
- Philosophy of language
- Ethics
- Philosophy of sport
PROFILE
Paul Gaffney has been a member of the Philosophy Department since
1989, serving as Chair since 2007. Dr. Gaffney has also regularly
taught Business Ethics and other courses for the University’s
summer program in Rome, Italy, since 1996. He was a Visiting Fellow
at the Institute for Public Philosophy at the University of
North Dakota (Spring 2009), and has received grants and fellowships
from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Heritage
Foundation. He serves as Councilor of the Metaphysical Society of
America and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal
of the Philosophy of Sport. He is currently writing a book
entitled Competition as Ideal: The Structure and Meaning of
Antagonistic Relationships.