Lives of Philosophers
CategoryEdmund 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…)
No Gift Guide This Year, But You Can Help
I didn’t have time to put together a gift guide this year. Sorry.
David Charles McCarty (1953-2020)
David Charles McCarty, professor of philosophy at Indiana University, has died. (more…)
Hasna Begum (1935-2020)
Hasna Begum, professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Dhaka, has died. (more…)
Rudolph Weingartner (1927-2020)
Rudolph Weingartner, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, has died. (more…)
Raimo Tuomela (1940-2020)
Raimo Heikki Tuomela, Professor Emeritus in Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, has died. (more…)
Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929-2020)
Judith Jarvis Thomson, professor emerita of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the most influential moral philosophers of the past 50 years, has died. (more…)
Bat-Ami Bar On
Bat-Ami Bar On, professor of philosophy, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Judaic Studies at Binghamton University, director of the university’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, has died. (more…)
Anne Seller (1941-2020)
Anne Seller, a philosopher who taught at the University of Kent for many years, has died. (more…)
William J. Wainwright (1935-2020)
William “Bill” Judson Wainwright, distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has died. (more…)
Adam Morton (1945-2020) (updated)
Adam Morton, a philosopher who over the course of his career held appointments at several institutions, most recently at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has died. (more…)
Arthur Collins (1930-2020)
Arthur “Artie” W. Collins, professor emeritus of philosophy at the City University of New York’s City College and Graduate Center, has died. (more…)
Dan W. Brock (1937-2020)
Dan W. Brock, professor emeritus of medical ethics in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University, has died. (more…)
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (1932-2020)
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty, a philosopher known for her work in moral psychology and ethics, has died. (more…)
Jeffrie Murphy (1940-2020)
Jeffrie G. Murphy, Regents Professor of Law, Philosophy and Religious Studies at Arizona State University (ASU), has died. (more…)
Devon Belcher (1967-2020)
Devon Belcher, who until recently was associate professor of philosophy at Oglethorpe University, has died.
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Philippe 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…)