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Academician John D. Caputo (b.1940) specializes in continental philosophy, described as the interaction among 20th century French and German philosophy and religion. He has written a number of scholarly books including The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought (1978), Heidegger and Aquinas (1982), Demythologizing Heidegger (1993), Against Ethics (1993), and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (1997). Caputo has been honored in Dublin and Toronto, where conferences have been organized around his work. Caputo is professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he received his M.A. in 1964. Other degrees include a B.A. from LaSalle College (1962) and a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr (1968). (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church… (more)
On Religion 170 copies, 2 reviews
Philosophy and Theology 156 copies, 2 reviews
How to Read Kierkegaard 84 copies, 2 reviews
Against Ethics 66 copies, 1 review
Truth: Philosophy in Transit 49 copies, 1 review
Heidegger and Aquinas 49 copies, 1 review
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