Dean of Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Philosophy
Dr. Domenic D’Ettore’s teaching specialty is in the history of philosophy, especially ancient and medieval, and in the fields of metaphysics and logic. His publications take up debates over the foundations of metaphysics among Scholastic authors with a special focus on how logically valid arguments can be made to show the existence and attributes of God. He currently serves as the Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences and as the Secretary of the American Catholic Philosophical Association.
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX)
M.A. in Philosophy, University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX)
B.Phil. in English Literature, Ave Maria College (Ypsilanti, MI)
Selected Publications:
“Analogy,” in Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology, Cajetan Cuddy, OP (ed.), URL = https://www.ect.org/en/article/analogy (December 2025).
“Medieval Theories of Analogy”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2025 Edition), , co-author with E.J. Ashworth (original author), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2025/entries/analogy-medieval/.
“Being as First Known and Analogical Concept Formation: Two Thomists Approaches to the Conceptual Unity of Being,” in Metaphysical Alternatives vs. Alternative Semantics, Timothy Kearns, Gyula Klima and Alex Hall (eds.) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025: 64-81.
“Analogous unity in the writings of John Duns Scotus,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, 60.4 (2022): 561-589.
“Does analogy work in demonstration: A Scotist’s critique of Thomism,” International Philosophical Quarterly 61.1 (2021): 47-60.
“Being as first known and the analogy or univocity of being: Scotus vs Cajetan,” The Review of Metaphysics 73.4 (2020): 741-770.
Analogy after Aquinas: Logical Problems, Thomistic Answers (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2019).
“Una ratio vs diversae rationes: Three Interpretations of Summa Theologiae I, q. 13, a. 1-6,” Nova et Vetera: English Edition, 17.1 (2019): 39-55.
“One is in the definition of all: The Renaissance Thomist controversy over a ‘rule’ for names said by analogy,” The Thomist, 82 (2018): 89-111.
“Dominic of Flanders’ Critique of John Duns Scotus’ Primary Argument for the Univocity of Being,” Vivarium, 56 (2018): 176-199.
“Some Renaissance Thomists on analogy in demonstration,” Angelicum, 93.4 (2016): 927-950.
“Not a little confusing: Francis Sylvester of Ferrara on Analogy,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 90.1 (2016): 101-123.
“The 15th Century Thomist Dispute over participation in an analogous concept,” Mediaeval Studies, 76 (2014): 241-273.