Richard Feist

• Phenomenology and Hermaneutics
• Philosophy of Science
• Process Philosophy

Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1999
M.A. Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1993
B.A. Honours Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1991
B.Ed. Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Canada, 1988
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

• “Overturning Orthodoxy: The Case by Case Just War”Invited to Ottawa, Canada, November 16th Dominican University College, Ottawa, Canada 2012
• “War and the History of Philosophy” Invited to Mumbai, India, June 8th Address to Philosophy Department 2012
• “War and the History of Philosophy”Invited to Delhi, India, June 9th Address to Philosophy Department 2012
• “Do We Need E-Values and E-Virtues? Confucianism, Buddhism and “Socratism” in the Age of Social Media” International Invited to Beijing, China. International Conference on Traditional Values and Virtues and Contemporary Society in a Global Age, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, 2012.
  June 2-3
• “Defragmenting Education: “Life” as an Organizing Idea,”Invited to Wuhan, China. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Dialogue and Cooperation Among Cultures and Civilizations, May 29-30, 2012.
• “The Indecisive Nature of Battle: Montesquieu and Counter-Insurgency,”Invited to North Carolina, USA Keynote Speaker — The Moral Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Security, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, April 19-20, 2012.
• Roundtable Discussion: Contemporary Values and Responsibility Catholic Invited to Washington, DC, USA Participant. University of America September 15, 2011
• “Building and Maintaining Trust in Cultural Contexts: The Essential Ingredients for Organizational Success,” Invited to Xi’an, China. Philosophy and Culture, Jiatong University, The College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an, China, July 5, 2009.
• “Citizens and Government: A Particular Canadian Experience with the Notion of ‘Accountability’”Invited to Xi’an, China. Ethics in Public Administration and Citizen Participation, Jiaton University, School of Public Administration, Xi’an, China, July 6-10, 2009.
• “Ethics and Living,”Invited to DND. May 30,2009.
• “St. Paul and the Cynics”Organized conference at Saint Paul University: Exploring Paul. April 30, 2009
• Organized: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference Society—Politics/Religion and BeyondOctober 29-30,2008.
• “Jaspers and Whitehead: Experience as the Source for Philosophical Concepts,”Invited Presentation: Karl Jaspers Society of North America, APA Central Division Annual Meeting, Philosophy, Psychology and Psychopathology, Chicago, April 17,2008.
• “Whitehead’s View of Religious Experience”Co-organizer: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference The Nature of Religious Experience, June 2 & 3, 2008, Vancouver
• Natural Law & Applied EthicsOrganized: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference. November 2 & 3, 2007, Ottawa
• The Public Service in the Age of ScrutinyOrganized: Saint Paul University Ethics Centre. May 12, 2007 Ottawa
• The History of Philosophy “Matter: From Evil to Subjectivity,”Canadian Jacques Maritain Assocation. Oct 12, 13, 2006
• International Conference on Weyl: Aix-en-ProvenceFrance, Invited Presentation
  December 15—17, 2005 “War and Epistemology: Weyl as a Case Study”
• “Applied Aquinas: Virtue as an Entire Way of Life”Canadian Jacques Maritain Association: Maritain and Historical Traditions in Philosophy, November 4 and 5, 2005

Interview for the Ottawa Citizen
April 12, 2007.