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TagJustin Zylstra (1987-2019) / Memorial Prize
Justin Zylstra, a research fellow in philosophy at the University of Vermont who received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2016, died last month of cancer. An effort is underway to establish a memorial prize in metaphysics in his name. (more…)
Elizabeth Anderson Wins MacArthur Fellowship
Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, is a recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship. (more…)
Myles Burnyeat (1939-2019)
Myles Burnyeat, emeritus fellow at Oxford University’s All Souls College and emeritus professor of philosophy at Cambridge University’s Robinson College, has died. (more…)
Zack Selected as 2019 Romanell – Phi Beta Kappa Professor
Naomi Zack, professor of philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), has been awarded the 2019 Romanell – Phi Beta Kappa Professorship. (more…)
André Gallois (1945-2019) (updated)
André Norman Gallois, emeritus professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, died earlier this month. (more…)
20 Theses Regarding Civility (guest post by Amy Olberding)
Too many (most?) conversations about civility begin because someone did something perceived to be uncivil. Making civility all about what other people do is in fact part of the problem, as civility is then degraded into a cudgel and its proponents into cops. Conversation about civility would be improved if sorting oneself out was the focus.
Epistemic Humility, Ideological Mercy, Legitimation, and Disagreement
“the whiplash of (rather quickly) moving from an intensely conservative, fundamentalist world into a progressive, academic world… taught me two things…”
John N. Williams (1952-2019)
John N. Williams, a philosopher who spent much of his career working in Singapore, and who had just last year taken up a position as professor of philosophy at Nazarbayev University, has died. (more…)
Schechter from WUSTL to Indiana
Elizabeth Schecter, previously in the Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis, is now associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, Bloomington. (more…)
Barry Stroud (1935-2019) (updated)
Barry Stroud, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, died last week. (more…)
Philosopher Wins €3 Million Grant for Project on Public Trust in Expert Opinion
Maria Baghramian, Head of the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin, has won a €3 million (approximately US$3.3 million) grant for three-year research project on “the role of science in policy decision making and the conditions under which people should trust and rely on expert opinion that shapes public policy.” (more…)
Philosopher-Photographers on Instagram (and Elsewhere)
Sometimes a little beauty is in order. (more…)
Bryan Magee (1930-2019)
Bryan Magee, one of the most successful popularizers of philosophy in recent times, has died. (more…)
Agnes Callard’s List of “views that are considered controversial that shouldn’t be”
“There’s no such thing as being good or bad at philosophy.” (more…)
Agnes Heller (1929-2019)
Agnes Heller, a prolific Hungarian philosopher who as a child lost much of her family in the Holocaust and as a professor at the University of Budapest lost her job because she refused to testify that her mentor, György Lukács, committed political “crimes”, has died. (more…)
Daniel 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…)
Lyons from Arkansas to Glasgow
Jack C. Lyons, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas, will be moving to the University of Glasgow. (more…)
Naomi Zack from Oregon to Lehman College, CUNY
Naomi Zack is leaving the University of Oregon to become Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY). (more…)
Translation of Modern Era Korean Women Philosophers Underway
Philip J. Ivanhoe and Hwa Yeong Wang, both of the Sungkyun Institute for Confucian Studies and East Asian Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University, have won a $75,000 grant from the Korean Studies Promotion Service to support their project of producing an annotated English translation of the work of two 18th-19th Century Korean Confucian women philosophers. (more…)..
Searle Found to Have Violated Sexual Harassment Policies (Updated with further details and statement from Berkeley)
Well-known philosopher John Searle, who began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley in 1959, has been stripped of his emeritus status there owing to the finding that he violated the university’s sexual harassment policies.
Problematic Letters of Recommendation for Students and How to Handle Them
Here’s a story that involves a well-meaning professor who wrote a rather unusual letter of recommendation for a student, some other well-meaning professors at PhD programs the student applied to who notified him that the letter was (in the words of one of them) “unhelpful and inappropriate,” and a department chair who attempted to handle the situation. It ends with ..
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.
Greco from Saint Louis to Georgetown
John Greco, currently the Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy at Saint Louis University, will be moving to the Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University.
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…)..
Winners of Sanders Prize in Metaethics Announced
The Marc Sanders Foundation has named the authors of two papers the winners of its 2019 Metaethics Prize. (more…)
Joan Callahan (1946-2019)
Joan Callahan, professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, has died. (more…)
Scruton Honored by Polish Government
English philosopher Roger Scruton was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by Polish President Andrzej Duda earlier today. (more…)