Richard J. Blackwell

{{Short description|American philosopher (1929–2021)}}

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|birth_date = July 31, 1929

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|death_date = October 10, 2021 (aged 92)

|death_place = St. Louis, Missouri

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Richard Joseph Blackwell (July 31, 1929 - October 10, 2021) was an American philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at Saint Louis University,{{cite web |last1=Messerly |first1=John |title=Evolution and Philosophy: Things I Learned From Richard J. Blackwell |url=https://reasonandmeaning.com/2015/07/19/evolution-and-philosophy-things-i-learned-from-richard-j-blackwell/ |website=Reason and Meaning |date=19 July 2015}} where he held the Danforth Chair in the Humanities. His research has been on the interactions between modern science and philosophy.{{cite web |title=Richard “Dick” J. Blackwell Sr., Ph.D.: 1929-2021 |url=https://www.slu.edu/news/2021/october/richard-blackwell-obituary.php |publisher=Saint Louis University |access-date=3 December 2021}}

His PhD thesis (1954) was on Aristotle, under the supervision of Leonard Eslick.

In 1999, the journal The Modern Schoolman published an issue in his honor.{{cite journal |author=Richard H. Dees |title=Philosophy and Modern Science: The Legacy of Richard Blackwell |journal=The Modern Schoolman |pages=99–106 |year=1999 |doi=10.5840/schoolman1999762/317}}