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TagWilliam Talbott (1949-2023)
William Talbott, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Washington, has died. (more…)
Ian Hacking (1936-2023)
Ian Hacking, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and an influential figure in the philosophy of science, has died. (more…)
Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
Albert Borgmann, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Montana, has died. (more…)
William Newton-Smith (1943-2023)
Philosopher William Newton-Smith, emeritus fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and founding executive chairman of Central European University, has died. (more…)
Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964-2023)
Maria Rosa Antognazza, professor of philosophy at King’s College London, has died. (more…)
Wayne Froman (1945-2023)
Wayne J. Froman, associate professor of philosophy at George Mason University, has died. (more…)
Ernst Tugendhat (1930-2023) (updated)
Ernst Tugendhat, an influential German philosopher who taught at the University of Heidelberg, the Free University of Berlin, and other universities, has died. (more…)
J.N. Mohanty (1928-2023)
Jitendra Nath “J.N.” Mohanty, professor emeritus of philosophy at Temple University, has died. (more…)
Anne F. Pomeroy (1958-2023)
Anne Fairchild Pomeroy, professor of philosophy at Stockton University, has died. (more…)
Charles H. Kahn (1928-2023)
Charles H. Kahn, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, has died. (more…)
Martin Perlmutter (1943-2023)
Martin Perlmutter, professor emeritus of philosophy at the College of Charleston and director of its Jewish Studies program, died this past January. (more…)
Stephen Nathanson (1944-2023)
Stephen Nathanson, professor emeritus of philosophy at Northeastern University, has died. (more…)
Bruce Waller (1946-2023)
Bruce Waller, professor emeritus of philosophy at Youngstown State University, has died. (more…)
Benjamin R. Tilghman (1927-2023)
Benjamin Ross Tilghman, professor emeritus of philosophy at Kansas State University, has died. (more…)
Elston Wells Van Steenburgh (1928-2022)
Elston Wells Van Steenburgh (“Van”), associate professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University, has died. (more…)
Peter Schotch (1946-2022)
Peter Kim Schotch, emeritus professor of philosophy at Dalhousie University, has died. (more…)
Philip Stratton-Lake (1959-2022)
Philip Stratton-Lake, professor of philosophy at the University of Reading, died last month following a period of serious illness. (more…)
Penelope Mackie (1953-2022)
Penelope Mackie, a philosopher at the University of Nottingham, has died. (more…)
Gary Iseminger (1937-2022)
Gary Iseminger, professor emeritus of philosophy at Carleton College, has died. (more…)
David Dick (1979-2022)
David Dick, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary, has died. (more…)
No Limit to Goodness: Remembering Sarah Broadie (guest post)
“When you manage to pin down a philosophical issue and give it a fully precise answer, often the answer turns out to be boring. Philosophy is just like that. But it also makes possible the most beautiful dreams.” — Sarah Broadie. (more…)
Thomas Burrus (1984-2022)
Thomas Burrus, instructor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina Aiken, has died. (more…)
Kenneth Sayre (1928-2022)
Kenneth Sayre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died. (more…)
Frederic J. Schick (1929-2022)
Frederic J. Schick, professor emeritus of philosophy at Rutgers University, has died. (more…)
Anthony J. Lisska (1940-2022)
Tony Lisska, emeritus professor of philosophy at Denison University, has died. (more…)
Saul Kripke (1940-2022)
Saul Kripke, one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the 20th Century, has died.
Donald Marquis (1935-2022)
Donald Marquis, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Kansas, has died. (more…)
Rosamond K. Sprague (1922-2022)
Rosamond Kent Sprague, professor emerita of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, has died. (more…)