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

Life and career

Owens was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and was ordained in 1933.

He received his PhD in 1951 from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, an affiliate of the University of Toronto. He remained at the institute as a teacher and distinguished researcher for the next 40 years. 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. The ACPA also awarded him its Aquinas Medal.

Bibliography 461 pages. 535 pages. 539 pages. 97 pages. 434 pages. 384 pages. 384 pages. (paper). 158 pages. 153 pages. 153 pages. (paper). 117 pages. (cloth), (paper). 332 pages. . 373 pages. .

Collected papers 291 pages. . 264 pages. (cloth), (paper). 500 pages. (cloth). 256 pages. (cloth).

See also John F. X. Knasas Anton Charles Pegis

References

Further reading 447 pages. .

External links A database of scholarship on Aristotle dedicated to Joseph Owens