Dr. Robert Garcia

Dr. Garcia's research primarily concerns analytic metaphysics and philosophy of religion.  In metaphysics, he writes about the nature of objects and their properties. On the property side, he is interested in the debate between those who take properties to be universals and those who take properties to be tropes. On the substance side, he is interested in the debate between bundle theories and substance-attribute theories.  In philosophy of religion, he writes about God's relationship to creatures and their properties.  He is particularly interested in the nature of creaturely properties and powers in a world sustained by God, creaturely uniqueness and the individuative power of divine love, the problem of evil, and the compatibility of freedom and impeccability. He is currently writing a book on C.S. Lewis’s views about the uniqueness of persons.

Education

• Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2009
• M.A., Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2009
• M.A., Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, 2000
• B.A., Communication, Texas Lutheran University, 1993