philosopher
TagPhilippe Mongin (1950-2020)
Economist and philosopher Philippe Mongin died last month. (more…)
Andrea Tschemplik (1961-2020)
Andrea Tschemplik, associate professor of philosophy at American University, died last month. (more…)
Karen Warren (1947-2020)
Karen J. Warren, emeritus professor of philosophy at Macalester College, has died. (more…)
Nicholas Sturgeon (1942-2020)
Nicholas L. Sturgeon, emeritus professor of philosophy at Cornell University, has died. (more…)
Gerald Gaus (1952-2020) (updated)
Gerald (Jerry) Gaus, professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, has died. (more…)
John “Jay” Reuscher (1930-2020)
John Alfred Reuscher, known to many as Jay Reuscher, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University, died last month owing to complications from COVID-19. (more…)
María Lugones (1944-2020)
María Lugones, Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Binghamton University, has died. (more…)
Metz from Johannesburg to Pretoria
Thaddeus Metz, currently at the University of Johannesburg, will become professor of philosophy at the University of Pretoria.
David Hugh Mellor (1938-2020)
David Hugh Mellor (known as D.H. or Hugh Mellor), professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has died. (more…)
Kleingeld Wins 2.5 Million Euro Spinoza Prize
Pauline Kleingeld, professor of philosophy at the University of Groningen, has been named as one of the winners of this year’s Spinoza Prize. (more…)
Sen Wins Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Economist and philosopher Amartya Sen (Harvard) has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. (more…)
Ronald Giere (1938-2020)
Ronald Giere, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, has died. (more…)
Charles Guignon (1944-2020)
Charles Guignon, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of South Florida, died this past weekend. (more…)
Karen Neander (1954-2020) (updated)
Karen Neander, professor of philosophy and linguistics at Duke University, has died. (more…)
Keith Yandell (1938-2020)
Joel Kupperman (1936-2020) (updated)
Joel Kupperman, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, has died. (more…)
Mark Steiner (1942-2020)
Mark Steiner, emeritus professor of philosophy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has died of complications related to COVID-19. (more…)
Gene Long (1935-2020)
Eugene “Gene” Thomas Long III, distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, has died. (more…)
Jens Halfwassen (1958-2020)
Jens Halfwassen, professor of philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, died this past Saturday. (more…)
Peter Singer Talk in New Zealand Cancelled by Venue (Updated)
SkyCity, a hotel and entertainment complex in Auckland, New Zealand, that was scheduled to host a talk this June by Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton, has cancelled the event owing to controversy over the philosopher’s writings. (more…)
David Efird (1974-2020)
David Efird, senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of York, died unexpectedly last Thursday. (more…)
Roger Scruton (1944-2020)
Roger Scruton, a philosopher who for many years taught at Birkbeck College, London, held various other academic appointments, wrote extensively for the public, and who was knighted in 2016 for “services to philosophy, teaching and public education”, has died. (more…)
Philosopher Running for U.S. Senate
Richard Winfield, a philosophy professor at the University of Georgia, is running for Senate. (more…)
Stephen F. Barker (1927-2019)
Stephen F. Barker, professor emeritus of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, has died. (more…)
Jaegwon Kim (1934-2019)
Jaegwon Kim, professor emeritus of philosophy at Brown University, has died. (more…)
James Griffin (1933-2019)
James Griffin, a philosopher who spent much of his career at Oxford University, died last Thursday. (more…)
Students Disrupt Philosophy Professor’s Course, Call For Resignation
Students at the University of Texas, Austin marched into the classroom of philosophy and biology professor Sahotra Sarkar yesterday, calling him a “predatory professor” and protesting that the university failed to sufficiently hold him accountable for earlier misconduct. (more…)
Glanzberg from Northwestern to Rutgers
Michael Glanzberg, currently professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, will be taking up a senior position in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. (more…)