Richard J. Blackwell (Ph.D., Saint Louis, 1954) is an emeritus professor of philosophy. His significant recent publications include:

• Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible (Notre Dame, 1991); "Could There be Another Galileo Case?," in Cambridge Companion to Galileo, edited by Peter Machamer,(Cambridge, 1998)
• "Authority in Science and in Religion," in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 27 (1996): 143-48
• "Methodology in Modern Philosophy" in Introduction to Modern Philosophy, edited by Frank Yartz (Ares Publishers, 1995): 1-16
• "Science vs. Religion: Conflict of Ideas or a Clash of Wills?" in Secularism versus Secularity, edited by Marianne Postiglione, (ITEST Faith/Science Press, 1994): 45-60
• "Foscarini's Defense of Copernicanism" in Nature and Scientific Method, edited by Daniel Dahlstrom, (Catholic U. Press of America, 1991): 199-210.
• He is currently working on a new book on the trial of Galileo.