Monsignor Robert Sokolowski (born 3 May 1934) is a philosopher and Roman Catholic priest who serves as the Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America.
Sokolowski's philosophical research is focused primarily on the discipline of phenomenology and interrelated sub-disciplines, though he has also written works from a theological perspective.
He is known for his interpretation of Husserl, commonly known as "East-Coast Husserlianism" in academic circles.
[2][self-published source] Sokolowski has throughout his career maintained that philosophy begins with good distinctions.
Sokolowski entered seminary formation at Theological College after being awarded a Basselin scholarship (named after Theodore B. Basselin), earning his bachelor's degree in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 1956 and a master's degree in 1957.
He then went to the Catholic University of Leuven, where he earned his S.T.B in Theology (1961) and his Ph.D. in Philosophy (1963).
Herman Leo Van Breda, the man who saved Husserl's writings from destruction by the Nazis, and who subsequently founded the Husserl Archives at the Leuven Higher Institute of Philosophy.
Reprint, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.
Reprint, with a new preface, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995.
Reprint, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.
Ethics and Theological Disclosures: The Thought of Robert Sokolowski.