Peter Redpath

PROFESSOR
Department of Philosophy
DaSilva Hall, Room 330
Staten Island Campus
St. John’s University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: (718) 390-4565
Fax:  (718) 390-4347
redpathp@stjohns.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1974
  • M.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1970
  • B.A., Philosophy, Iona College, 1967

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • History of philosophy
  • St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Metaphysics
  • Political philosophy
  • Philosophy of education

PROFILE
Peter Redpath has been a member of the Philosophy Department since 1970.   Dr. Redpath is the author/editor of 10 philosophical books and dozens of articles and book reviews; over 200 invited guest lectures nationally and internationally; co-founder of the Gilson Society (USA) and The International Etienne Gilson Society; former vice-president of the American Maritain Association; Chairman of the Board of the Angelicum Academy home school program; member of the Board of Directors of the Great Books Academy home school program; member of Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research; member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Catholic Education Foundation; Academician of The Catholic Academy of Sciences in the United States of America; former executive editor of Value Inquiry Book Series (VIBS), former editor of the Studies in the History of Western Philosophy (SHWP), and current editor of the Gilson Studies (GS) special series for Editions Rodopi, B. V.; former associate editor, and current advisor of the journal Contemporary Philosophy;  recipient of St. John's University's Outstanding Achievement Award, Realia’s Award for Service, and Socratic Fellowship Award from the Great Books Academy; inaugural inductee as distinguished alumnus of Xaverian High School; and former Graduate Fellow of SUNY at Buffalo.