Category: Lives of Philosophers

Dan W. Brock, professor emeritus of medical ethics in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University, has died.

Amélie Oksenberg Rorty, a philosopher known for her work in moral psychology and ethics, has died.

Jeffrie G. Murphy, Regents Professor of Law, Philosophy and Religious Studies at Arizona State University (ASU), has died.

Devon Belcher, who until recently was associate professor of philosophy at Oglethorpe University, has died.

Andrea Tschemplik, associate professor of philosophy at American University, died last month.

Karen J. Warren, emeritus professor of philosophy at Macalester College, has died.

Nicholas L. Sturgeon, emeritus professor of philosophy at Cornell University, has died.

Gerald (Jerry) Gaus, professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, has died.

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.

María Lugones, Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Binghamton University, has died.

David Hugh Mellor (known as D.H. or Hugh Mellor), professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, has died. 

Ronald Giere, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, has died.

Charles Guignon, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of South Florida, died this past weekend. 

Karen Neander, professor of philosophy and linguistics at Duke University, has died.

Keith Yandell, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, died on April 28th.

Joel Kupperman, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, has died.

Mark Steiner, emeritus professor of philosophy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has died of complications related to COVID-19.

Eugene “Gene” Thomas Long III, distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, has died.

Jens Halfwassen, professor of philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, died this past Saturday.