Category: Lives of Philosophers
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Mary Midgley (1919-2018) (updated)
Mary Midgley, a well-known British moral philosopher, has died at age 99.
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John J. McDermott (1932-2018)
John J. McDermott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, has died.
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Albrecht Wellmer (1933-2018)
Albrecht Wellmer, emeritus professor of philosophy at Free University of Berlin, died on September 13th, age 85.
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Stefan Baumrin (1934-2018)
Stefan Baumrin, emeritus professor of philosophy at Lehman College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York (CUNY), and emeritus professor of…
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Sylvain Bromberger (1924-2018)
Sylvain Bromberger, professor emeritus of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has died.
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Bentham: Premier Posthumous Producer of Peculiar Pleasures
Jeremy Bentham is weirder than you thought.
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Philosopher Marco Dees Dies in Climbing Accident
Marco Dees, adjunct assistant professor of philosophy at Vassar College, has died. He was 33.
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H. Tristram Engelhardt (1941-2018)
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Professor of History and Philosophy of Medicine at Rice University and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, died last week,…
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Stanley Cavell (1926-2018) (updated)
Philosopher Stanley Cavell, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, at Harvard University, has died.
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Baruch Brody (1943-2018)
Philosopher Baruch Brody, Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of the Humanities at Rice University, died on May 30th. He was 75.
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On Deciding To Become A Philosopher
If I knew then what I know now, I certainly would’ve “decided” to become a philosopher. But back when I was working my way…
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“The accomplishment I am most proud of is my relationship with the end of my life”
In June, 2016, Adam Hayden, then a philosophy student in his lower 30s, and also a husband and a father of three young boys,…
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James Montmarquet (1947-2018)
James Montmarquet, professor of philosophy at Tennessee State University, has died.
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A Volunteer “Airbnb” for Short Term Academic Travel
Do you need to attend a conference but are short on travel funds? Do you have a guest room or extra place to sleep…
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Impostor Syndrome: “a problem I don’t especially wish to solve”
‘Impostor syndrome’ describes a problem I don’t especially wish to solve. Its remedy is to recognise that one does in fact belong. Yet I can’t…
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What To Do About The Graduate Student Mental Health Crisis
A study of depression and anxiety among graduate students has found that 39% of its survey respondents “scored in the moderate-to-severe depression range.”
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The Examined Illness
Darrel Moellendorf, professor of political theory and philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt, survived. Nearly a year ago, he began chronicling his experience undergoing a stem cell transplant…
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Has Philosophy Affected Your Parenting? Or Vice Versa?
Philosopher-parents: how, if at all, has philosophy affected how you parent? And how, if at all, has being a parent affected your philosophical views?…
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Lynne Rudder Baker (1944-2017)
Lynne Rudder Baker, Distinguished Professor Emerita in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has died.
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Eileen O’Neill, 1953-2017 (obituary by Christia Mercer)
The following is an obituary for philosopher Eileen O’Neill, who died last week, by Christia Mercer, the Gustave M. Berne Professor of Philosophy at Columbia…
