James G. Murphy

James G. Murphy is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, where he has been a full-time faculty member since 2009. His academic work spans metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, moral epistemology, and the philosophy of history and memory.

Education

• PhD, University of Maryland, USA

Murphy’s research engages interdisciplinary approaches to philosophy of history and the ethics of social memory, alongside foundational inquiries in metaphysics, action theory, and science-religion relations. He has authored multiple textbooks, including War's Ends (Georgetown UP, 2014) and the recent Confronting the Irish Past (Anthem, 2024).

Roles & Affiliations

• Full-Time Faculty, Loyola University Chicago
• Teaching experience at Milltown Institute, Dublin (1987–1990, 1996–2008)
• Catholic priest and member of the Jesuit order