Dr. Jean Rioux

Dr. Rioux is a professor and chair of the philosophy department at 小草影院. A graduate of Thomas Aquinas College, he earned his Master’s and Ph.D. in philosophy from the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Specializing in the thought of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Rioux has written textbooks in logic and natural philosophy, as well as articles in the philosophy of mathematics. His most recent publication is Thomas Aquinas’ Mathematical Realism (291 pp., Palgrave Macmillan).
He and Dr. Richard White (a member of Benedictine’s theology department) regularly offer great books classes in philosophy and theology. Dr. Rioux and his wife, Maria, raise their children in a renovated farmhouse in rural Kansas. They have been designing their own curricula and educating their children at home for many years.

Teaching Specialties

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Thomistic Philosophy

Natural Philosophy

Philosophy of Mathematics

Great Books

Logic

Teaching Competencies

History of Philosophy

Philosophical Psychology

Ethics

Metaphysics

Natural Theology

Research Specialties and Interests

Philosophy of Mathematics

Natural Theology

Ethics

Dr. Rioux鈥檚 most recent research project centers upon difficulties inherent in recent and contemporary accounts in the philosophy of mathematics and the solution of these in light of principles set out by traditional philosophers.

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy

Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

鈥淎ristotle, Aquinas, and the Foundations of Arithmetic鈥�

M.A. in Philosophy

Center for Thomistic Studies, Houston

鈥淧hilosophy of Nature and the Educated Man鈥�

B.A. in Liberal Arts

Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA

鈥淭he Principle of Individuation鈥�

Publications

Anthologies

Ethics: Collected Readings, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2005, 121 pages

Nature, the Soul, and God: An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Cascade Books, 2004, 298 pages

Natural Theology: Collected Readings, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2004, 136 pages

Articles and Reviews

鈥淎ristotle鈥檚 Mathematical Realism鈥�, (under review)

鈥淎 Response to James Kidd鈥檚 article on Aquinas鈥� Five Ways鈥� (co-authored with Dr. Jim Madden, under review)

Review of Philosophical Deliberations, by Nicholas Rescher.  The Review of Metaphysics 67.3(2014), 666-8.

“What Counts as a Number”, International Philosophical Quarterly vol. 53, No. 3, Issue 211 (September 2013) pp. 229颅49

鈥淎poria,鈥� entry in the New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy. Ed. Robert L. Fastiggi. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale (July 2013) 

“Numerical Foundations: Arithmetic as Episteme”, The Review of Metaphysics 66 (September 2012): 3-29

鈥淓thics Of Tax Law Compliance: An Interdisciplinary Perspective鈥� (along with Cummings, Richard G and Longo, Peter J), American Journal Of Business Education (5:1, January/February 2012). 

“Mathematical Intuitionism and the Law of Excluded Middle”, Aquinas Review (8:1, 2001).

“Cantor’s Transfinite Numbers and Traditional Objections to Actual Infinity”, Thomist (January 2000)

Textbooks

Four Questions, East Rockaway, NY: Cummings and Hathaway, 1996; 301 pp.

Miscellaneous Publications

鈥淭erm Logic鈥�, a drill-and-practice application for Macintosh, iPhone and iPad, Android, and PC

 鈥淣ature, the Soul, and God: An Introduction to Natural Philosophy鈥� 254 pages, iBooks Store

鈥淩eadings in Natural Theology鈥�, 135 pages, iBooks Store

鈥淩eadings in Epistemology鈥�, 491 pages, iBooks Store

鈥淩eadings in Philosophical Psychology鈥�, 198 pages, iBooks Store

鈥淩eadings in Ethics鈥�, 39 pages, iBooks Store

Talks and Papers

“The Discussion Method”, Mother of Divine Grace Conference, (小草影院, 2003)

“Fides et ratio”, Faith and Reason Retreat (St. Benedict’s Abbey, 2002)

 鈥淚nfinity鈥�, Faculty Colloquium Series (小草影院, 1997)

鈥淎quinas鈥� Virtual Existence and the Objects of Mathematics鈥�, International Congress of Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 1995)

鈥淎ristotle, Aquinas, and the Foundations of Arithmetic鈥�, (Thomas Aquinas College, 1990)

Reading Language Competencies

French, Latin, and Greek