Faculty

Pedro Blas González, PhD Associate Professor of Philosophy pgonzalez@mail.barry.edu

Profile

Professor González joined the Barry faculty in 1998. He earned a BA degree from the University of Alabama in 1987, MA from DePaul University in 1989, and PhD from DePaul in 1995.

Area of Specialization: Ortega y Gasset, Spanish-Latin American Philosophy, German Idealism, Metaphysics, Phenomenology, Existentialism and Continental Philosophy.

Area of Competence: History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Twentieth Century French Philosophy, Epistemology, History of Ideas, and English & Spanish Philosophical Literature.

Languages: English and Spanish

Professional Interests: Professor González's professional interests include the relationship that exists between subjectivity, self-knowledge, personal autonomy and philosophy; ancient Greek philosophy; the thought of Schopenhauer, Albert Camus, Louis Lavelle, Karl Jaspers and the relationship between form and philosophical vocation.

Books:

Unamuno: A Lyrical Essay, Floricanto Press, 2007.

Ortega's 'The Revolt of the Masses' and the Triumph of the New Man, Algora Publishing, 2007.

Fragments: Essays in Subjectivity, Individuality and Autonomy, Algora Publishing, 2005.

Human Existence as Radical Reality: Ortega's Philosophy of Subjectivity, Paragon House, 2005.