Lives of Philosophers
CategoryDaniel Callahan (1930-2019)
Daniel Callahan, co-founder and longtime director of the Hastings Center, the first-ever bioethics research institute, has died. (more…)
John Gardner (1965-2019)
“Uncontroversial ideas need not less but more critical scrutiny, since they generally get such an easy ride.” Those are the words of John Gardner, Professor of Law and Philosophy and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University, who died last week at age 54. (more…)
Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias (1918-2019)
Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias, professor emeritus at the University of San Marcos, by some accounts Peru’s “leading philosopher” and one of the most important Latin American philosophers of the 20th Century, died earlier this week.
Gertrude Ezorsky (1926-2019)
Gertrude Ezorsky, professor emerita of philosophy at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, died this past April. The following is an obituary written by Nanette Funk and Andrew Wengraf. It describes Professor Ezorsky’s notable career and character, as well as the remarkable hurdles she had to overcome in her career. (more…)..
Joan Callahan (1946-2019)
Joan Callahan, professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, has died. (more…)
Ruth Anna Putnam (1927-2019)
Ruth Anna Putnam, professor emerita of philosophy at Wellesley College, died this past Saturday. (more…)
Kwame Gyekye (1939-2019)
Kwame Gyekye, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Ghana, has died. (more…)
David N. Mowry (1941-2019): “What does one say about the teacher who saved your life?” (guest post by Jack Weinstein)
David N. Mowry, professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh, has died. (more…)
James Schall (1928-2019)
James V. Schall, professor emeritus in the Department of Government at Georgetown University and the author of many works in political philosophy, religion, and education, has died. (more…)
Mary Warnock (1924-2019)
Mary Warnock, a philosopher, crossbench peer of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and policy expert on education and biomedical ethics, died yesterday. (more…)
Anita Silvers (1940-2019)
Anita Silvers, professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University (SFSU), has died. (more…)
A Life-Saving Philosophy Professor (guest post by Arthur Ward)
“It has been very smooth from a medical perspective, deeply moving and gratifying from an emotional perspective, a wellspring of reflection in my philosophical thinking, and a dramatic source of excitement in my teaching this semester.” (more…)
Pamela Huby (1922-2019)
Pamela Huby, emeritus reader in philosophy at the University of Liverpool, has died. (more…)
Vere Chappell (1930-2019)
Vere Chappell, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, died on January 28th, 2019. (more…)
Gary Gutting (1942-2019) (updated)
Gary Gutting, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, died this past Friday. (more…)
Sophie Oluwole (1936-2018)
Sophie Oluwole, professor of philosophy at the University of Lagos (Unilag) and the first woman to receive a PhD in philosophy in Nigeria, has died. (more…)
Made By Philosophers!
If you are still in the market for presents, or just want some cool philosophy stuff… (more…)
Maite Ezcurdia (1966 – 2018)
Maite Ezcurdia, research fellow at the Institute of Philosophical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), has died. (more…)
Fiona Cowie (1963-2018)
Fiona Cowie, professor of philosophy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has died. She was 55 years old. (more…)
Daily Nous Holiday Gift Guide 2018
The holidays are coming up. What should you get the philosophers in your life? It depends, of course. Do you want to keep them in your life? (more…)
John Tienson (1940-2018)
John Tienson, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Memphis, has died. (more…)
Lawrence Becker (1939-2018)
Lawrence Becker, professor emeritus of philosophy at the College of William & Mary and fellow of Hollins University, has died. (more…)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope there’s some beauty in your day. (more…)
Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)
Adolf Grünbaum, professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Philosophy of Science and its Department of History of Philosophy of Science, died this past Thursday. (more…)
Vincent Shen (1949-2018)
Vincent Shen, professor of philosophy and East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, died this past Wednesday. (more…)
Thinking As Complex as the World: an Obituary for Mary Midgley (guest post by Ian James Kidd)
The following is an obituary for philosopher Mary Midgley, who died last week, written by Ian James Kidd (Nottingham). It first appeared on the SWIP-UK website. (more…)
Mary Midgley (1919-2018) (updated)
Mary Midgley, a well-known British moral philosopher, has died at age 99. (more…)
John J. McDermott (1932-2018)
John J. McDermott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, has died. (more…)