Michał Heller

Michał Heller
Heller in 2016
Born (1936-03-12) 12 March 1936
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)Philosopher, theoretical physicist
AwardsTempleton Prize (2008)
Order of Polonia Restituta (2009)
Order of the White Eagle (2014)
Education
Alma materCatholic University of Lublin
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolThomism
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.