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Ph.D. (Philosophy) Saint Louis University, 2008
M.A. (Philosophy) Saint Louis University, 2007
Graduate Certificate (Medieval Studies) Saint Louis University, 2005
B.A., Honors (Philosophy) University of Texas-Austin, 2000
Dr. Salas is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. His principle research interests are in Medieval and Late Scholastic Philosophy (esp. Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Francisco Suárez) as well as Postmodern Philosophies of Religion (esp. Gianni Vattimo and Jean-Luc Marion).
At present, Dr. Salas is editing and co-editing a number of volumes in Scholastic Philosophy, including: (with John P. Doyle) Collected Studies on Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) (Leuven University Press); and (with Robert Fastiggi) A Companion to Francisco Suárez (E.J. Brill Publishers). Upon completion of these book projects, Dr. Salas will continue his engagement of Postmodern critiques of Being with Medieval accounts of the Analogy of Being.
Representative publications include the following:
""Francisco Suárez End of the Scholastic Epistēmē?" in Francisco Suárez and his Legacy. Metafisica e storia della metafisica, ed., Marco Sgarbi (Vita e pensiero, Universitŕ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, forthcoming 2010).
"The Twofold Character of Thomas Aquinas's Analogy of Being," International Philosophical Quarterly 49:3 (2009): 295-315.
"The Analogy of Giving and Receiving in the Thought of Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II," Gregorianum 90.3 (2009): 473-484.
"The Ontology of Analogy in Aquinas: A Response to Laurence Hemming," The Heythrop Journal 50.4 (2009): 635-647.
"The Judgmental Feature of Thomas Aquinas's Analogy of Being," Modern Schoolman 85.2 (2008): 117-142.
"Thomas Aquinas on Christ's Esse: A Metaphysics of the Incarnation," The Thomist 70.4 (2006): 577-603.
