Robert A. Delfino is an assistant professor of philosophy at St. John’s University in New York City. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he specialized in metaphysics and medieval philosophy. His current research interests include the relationship between science and metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and ethics.  He has published articles on Aristotle, medieval philosophy, aesthetics, metaphysics, and human rights, and has edited three books published by Editions Rodopi B. V.: Plato’s Cratylus: Argument, Form, and Structure (2005), Understanding Moral Weakness (2006), and What are We to Understand Gracia to Mean?: Realist Challenges to Metaphysical Neutralism (2006). He is the editor of Studies in the History of Western Philosophy (SHWP), a special series within the Value Inquiry Book Series (VIBS), and he maintains the official webpage of the American Maritain Association.