Lives of Philosophers
CategoryAlex Orenstein (1936-2018)
Alex Orenstein, a philosopher at Queens College beginning in 1968 and also at the City University of New York Graduate Center beginning in 1974, died in June of 2018. His death was not noted here at that time. To make up for this, David Rosenthal (CUNY) has sent in the following memorial notice, which he wrote with some of Professor Orenstein’s friends. (more…)
Jorge Leoncio Soler (1924-2021)
Jorge Leoncio Soler, a retired professor of philosophy at Gallaudet University, has died. (more…)
Joseph Koterski (1953-2021)
Joseph Koterski, a professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has died. (more…)
Tanya Rodriguez (1972-2021)
Tanya Rodriguez, associate professor of philosopher at Sacramento City College, has died. (more…)
Sarah Broadie (1941-2021)
Sarah Jean Broadie (née Waterlow), professor of philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has died. (more…)
Children, Academia, and the Life of the Mind
“If children take time away from a habit of intellectual activity that is bad in itself, it’s hardly a real accusation against them.” (more…)
Jeffrey H. Barker (1957-2021)
Jeffrey H. Barker, professor of philosophy and president of Converse University, has died. (more…)
Richard Double (1948-2021)
Richard Double, emeritus professor and former chair of philosophy at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, has died. (more…)
Jorge J. E. Gracia (1942-2021)
Jorge J.E. Gracia, professor emeritus of philosophy and comparative literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has died. (more…)
Interview with Peter Hacker
“Philosophical investigation must engage with a significant part of our forms of thought and reasoning, with a large fragment of our conceptual scheme. Otherwise it is of little value to its author, and probably of little value to its readers.” (more…)
Aryeh Kosman (1935-2021)
Aryeh Kosman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Haverford College, has died. (more…)
Underappreciated Philosophical Friendships
In a new article, Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) describes the results of some philosophical detective work he did uncovering the “philosophical friendship” of Margaret McDonald and Gilbert Ryle. (more…)
Joseph Margolis (1924-2021)
Joseph Margolis, professor of philosophy at Temple University, has died. (more…)
Frithjof Bergmann (1930-2021)
Frithjof Bergmann, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, has died. (more…)
Robert Ammerman (1927-2021)
Robert R. Ammerman, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has died. (more…)
Christoph Jamme (1953-2021)
Christoph Jamme, professor of philosophy at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, has died. (more…)
Jacques Bouveresse (1940-2021)
Jacques Bouveresse, emeritus professor of philosophy at the Collège de France, has died. (more…)
Louis Charland (1958-2021)
Louis Charland, professor of philosophy, psychiatry, and health sciences at Western University (Ontario), has died. (more…)
Katherine Hawley (1971-2021) (updated)
Katherine Hawley, professor of philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has died. (more…)
Edmund Gettier (1927-2021) (updated)
Edmund L. Gettier III, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has died. (more…)
Kai Nielsen (1926-2021)
Kai Nielsen, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Calgary, has died. (more…)
J. Michael Dunn (1941-2021)
J. (Jon) Michael Dunn, emeritus professor of philosophy, informatics, and computer science at Indiana University, and emeritus founding dean of the university’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, has died. (more…)
Andrew Levine (1944-2021)
Andrew Levine, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and political columnist, has died. (more…)
Stephen White (1983-2021)
Stephen White, associate professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, died yesterday. (more…)
Fabrizio Mondadori (1943-2021)
Fabrizio Mondadori, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, died earlier this month. (more…)
Richard Boyd (1942-2021)
Richard Boyd, emeritus professor of philosophy at Cornell University, has died.
Margaret Morrison (1954-2021)
Margaret Morrison, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, has died. (more…)
Richard Garner (1936-2020)
Richard Thomas Garner, emeritus professor of philosophy at The Ohio State University, has died. (more…)