Michał Heller
| Michał Heller | |
|---|---|
| Heller in 2016 | |
| Born | 12 March 1936 | 
| Nationality | Polish | 
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, theoretical physicist | 
| Awards | Templeton Prize (2008) Order of Polonia Restituta (2009) Order of the White Eagle (2014) | 
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Lublin | 
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy 21st-century philosophy | 
| Region | Western philosophy | 
| School | Thomism | 
| Main interests | |
Michał Kazimierz Heller (born 12 March 1936) is a Polish philosopher, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, theologian, and Catholic priest. He is a professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff.
He also serves as a lecturer in the philosophy of science and logic at the Theological Institute in Tarnów. A Catholic priest belonging to the Diocese of Tarnów, Heller was ordained in 1959. In 2008, he received the Templeton Prize for his works in the field of philosophy.