Joseph Owens (Redemptorist)

The Reverend Joseph Owens CSsR FRSC
Born	April 17, 1908
Died	October 30, 2005 (aged 97)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Existential Thomism
Main interests	Medieval philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, rationalism
Influences Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas

Joseph Owens CSsR FRSC (17 April 1908 – 30 October 2005) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and a philosopher specializing in the thought of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and medieval philosophy.

Life and career

Owens received his PhD in 1951 from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, an affiliate of the University of Toronto, and remained at the institute as a teacher and distinguished researcher for the rest of his career. He authored nine books and almost 150 academic papers.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served as president of the Metaphysical Society of America (1972), the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association (which also awarded him its Aquinas Medal).

Bibliography

Books (authored and edited)

• 461 pages.
  • 535 pages.
  • 539 pages.
• 97 pages.
• 434 pages.
• 384 pages.

• 384 pages. ISBN 0-268-00916-3 (paper).

• 158 pages.
• 153 pages.
  • 153 pages. ISBN 0-268-01157-5 (paper).
• 117 pages. ISBN 0-8132-0604-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8132-0605-7 (paper).
• 332 pages. ISBN 0-8132-0708-8.
• 373 pages. ISBN 0-268-00791-8.

Collected papers

• 291 pages. ISBN 0-87395-401-7.
• 264 pages. ISBN 0-87395-534-X (cloth), ISBN 0-87395-535-8 (paper).
• 500 pages. ISBN 0-920980-68-6 (cloth).
• 256 pages. ISBN 1-58731-028-7 (cloth).

Secondary sources

• 447 pages. ISBN 0-88844-804-X.

See also

• John F. X. Knasas

External links

• Obituary of Joseph Owens at thomistica.net
• A database of scholarship on Aristotle dedicated to Joseph Owens: [1]