Richard Feist

Dr. Richard Feist's educational background includes a Bachelor of Education in which he majored in mathematics and physics. His MA and PhD were both in the philosophy of science. He has taught numerous courses in philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of science. His research and publications have been in the philosophy of mathematics, science, metaphysics, and ethics. He has taught numerous courses in all these areas. He has also had a long interest in science fiction and literature in general...See more

Dr. Richard Feist's educational background includes a Bachelor of Education in which he majored in mathematics and physics. His MA and PhD were both in the philosophy of science. He has taught numerous courses in philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of science. His research and publications have been in the philosophy of mathematics, science, metaphysics, and ethics. He has taught numerous courses in all these areas. He has also had a long interest in science fiction and literature in general. Brought up Catholic, attending Catholic Schools as a child and then teaching at a Catholic university, has contributed to his longstanding interest in the history of the Catholic Church-especially the clash between the Jesuits and Galileo. Dr. Feist has always had a deep love of science fiction, which was the original spark that led to him studying physics and philosophy. Teaching at Saint Paul University alongside theologians inspired him to take a deeper, more theoretical interest in the Jesuits and to consider bringing all these strands (philosophy, science, theology, Jesuits, and science fiction) together in an academic manner. The first instance was to publish a couple of papers on Phillip K. Dick and religious and philosophical themes. The second was a conference on Jesuits and Science Fiction held some years ago in Boston. Some of the papers in this volume are from that conference, while others were deliberately solicited for this volume. The next task, though, is a full-scale, single-author study of Jesuit theology and science fiction themes. See less