Jorge Jesus Emiliano Gracia

Background

Gracia, Jorge Jesus Emiliano was born on July 18, 1942 in Camaguey, Cuba. Son of Ignacio Jesus Loreto and Leonila (Otero) Gracia.

Education

Bachelor, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1965; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1966; MSL, Pontifical Institute Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Toronto, 1971.

Career

From assistant professor to professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971-1995; Distinguished professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1995; associate department chairman philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974-1976; department chairman, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1980-1985; acting chairman, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1988-1989; Samuel P. Capen professor philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1998. Magister Schola Lullistica Maioricensis, Palma de Mallorca, 1976-1996.

Achievements

• Jorge Jesus Emiliano Gracia has been listed as a noteworthy Philosopher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Concepciones de La Metafisica (Spanish Edition)

    (Esta colección de libros de la editorial Trotta represent...)

  • Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics (SUNY Series in Philosophy)

    (The author begins by distinguishing six fundamental issue...)

  • Philosophy and Literature in Latin America: A Critical Assessment of the Current Situation (Suny Studies in Latin American and Iberian Thought and C)

    (Book by Gracia, Jorge J. E.)

  • Philosophy and Its History: Issues in Philosophical Historiography (Suny Series in Philosophy) by Jorge J. E. Gracia (1991-11-26)
  • Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics (Suny Series in Philosophy) by Jorge J. E. Gracia (1988-01-03)
  • Metaphysics of Good and Evil According to Suarez: Metaphysical Disputations X and XI and Selected Passages from Disputation Xxiii and Other Works (Analytica)
  • Philosophy and Its History: Issues in Philosophical Historiography (Suny Series in Philosophy)

Membership

Member American Philosophical Association (committee international cooperation 1981-1984, Chairman of Commission for Hispanics in philosophy 1991-1995, chairman progressive committee 1993-1994, Executive Committee 1996-2000, American Catholic Philosophical Association (Executive Committee 1983-1986, chairman program committee 1987, vice president 1996-1997. president 1997-1998), Society for Iberian andLatin American Thought (Executive Committee since 1982, vice president 1984-1985, president 1986-1988), Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (Executive Committee 1986-1997, chairman program committee 1989-1991, vice president 1989-1991, president 1991-1993, chairman nominatingcom. 1993-1995), Society de Filosofia Iberoamericana (Executive Committee since 1985), International Federation Latin American and Caribbean Studies (president 1987-1989), Metaphy. Society American (program committee 1992-1993, councillor since 1995, chairman Findlay prize committee 1995), Society International pour Etude de Philosophical Medievale (organization committee 1992, program committee 1996), International Federation Philosophical Socs.

(program committee 1994-1998).

Connections

Married Norma Elida Silva, September 3, 1966. Children: Leticia Isabel, Clarisa Raquel.

Father:

Ignacio Jesus Loreto Gracia

Mother:

Leonila (Otero) Gracia

Spouse:

Norma Elida Silva

child:

Leticia Isabel Gracia

child:

Clarisa Raquel Gracia