Lives of Philosophers
CategoryRobert Gordon (1932-2025)
Robert “Bob” Gordon, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, died this past April. (more…)
Harry Deutsch (1942-2025)
Harry Deutsch, emeritus professor of philosophy at Illinois State University, has died. (more…)
Ryan Lake (1976-2025)
Ryan Lake, associate professor of philosophy at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, has died. (more…)
Christopher Rowe (1944-2025)
Christopher Rowe, emeritus professor of classics at Durham University and well-known scholar of ancient philosophy, has died. (more…)
Hagit Benbaji (1966-2025)
Hagit Benbaji, a philosopher at Ben-Gurion University, has died.
Stephen Daniel (1950-2025)
Stephen H. Daniel, emeritus professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has died. (more…)
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. (more…)
Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025)
Alasdair MacIntyre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, well-known for his work in moral and political philosophy, has died.
An Affectionate but Clear-Eyed Close-Up of Parfit
Derek Parfit: His Life and Thought, a collection of essays by people who knew him, edited by Jeff McMahan, was published a couple of days ago. (more…)
Gregory Lavers (1974-2025)
Gregory A. Lavers, professor of philosophy at Concordia University, has died. (more…)
Alphonso Lingis (1933-2025)
Alphonso Lingis, professor emeritus of philosophy at Penn State University, has died. (more…)
Karl Ameriks (1947-2025)
Karl Ameriks, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died. (more…)
Abrol Fairweather (1969-2025)
Abrol Fairweather, a philosopher at San Francisco State University, has died. (more…)
Michael Friedman (1947-2025)
Michael Friedman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Stanford University, has died. (more…)
Sandra Harding (1935-2025)
Sandra Harding, a philosopher well-known for her work in feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and philosophy of science, has died. (more…)
W. David Solomon (1944-2025)
W. David Solomon, emeritus associate professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died. (more…)
John Sallis (1938-2025)
John Sallis, recently retired professor of philosophy at Boston College and very well-known for his work in phenomenology, has died. (more…)
David Keyt (1930-2025)
David Keyt, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle, died last month. (more…)
Tom Beauchamp III (1939-2025)
Tom L. Beauchamp III, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and one of the most influential philosophers of bioethics, has died. (more…)
Jeffrey J. Jordan (1959-2025)
Jeffrey J. Jordan, professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware, has died. (more…)
Holmes Rolston III (1932-2025)
Holmes Rolston III, Emeritus Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, has died. (more…)
Krister Segerberg (1936-2025)
Krister Segerberg, professor emeritus of philosophy at Uppsala University, has died. (more…)
Allen Carlson (1943-2025)
Allen Arvid Carlson, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Alberta, has died. (more…)
George Bealer (1944-2025)
George Bealer, emeritus professor of philosophy at Yale University, has died. (more…)
Paul Benacerraf (1930-2025)
Paul Benacerraf, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, has died.
Lawrence Sklar (1938-2024)
Lawrence (Larry) Sklar, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan, has died. (more…)
Martha Bolton (1943-2024)
Martha Brandt Bolton, professor emerita of philosophy at Rutgers University, died this past October. (more…)
Cheng Lian (1965-2024)
Cheng Lian, professor of philosophy at Wuhan University, died this past Saturday. (more…)