"As for the fact of being a lecturer in bed with undergraduates in particular, there was no possibility of avoiding the charge that this was an abuse of my position." . Those are the words of Ted Honderich, now 85 years old and emeritus professor of philosophy of mind and logic at University College London. They were| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Harry Deutsch, emeritus professor of philosophy at Illinois State University, has died. Professor Deutsch was known for his work in philosophical logic and philosophy of language. You can learn more about his work here and here. Professor Deutsch spent most of his career at Illinois State. Before that, he held appointments at Indiana University Bloomington and the University of California, Los Angeles, among other places. His earned his PhD from UCLA. A brief obituary is here. In a comments o...| Daily Nous
Ryan Lake, associate professor of philosophy at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, has died. Ryan’s philosophical interests were mainly on questions related to freedom and determinism. He joined the faculty at Perimeter College in 2016. Before that, he held appointments at Miami Dade College and Clemson University. He earned his PhD from the University of Miami and his BA from Grand Valley State University. In addition to his academic work and teaching, Ryan dedicated a signifi...| Daily Nous
Christopher Rowe, emeritus professor of classics at Durham University and well-known scholar of ancient philosophy, has died. Professor Rowe was an influential philosopher, classicist, translator, and textual editor of Aristotle and Plato. He is the author of Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing, among many other works, which you can learn more about here.| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
George Bealer, emeritus professor of philosophy at Yale University, has died. Professor Bealer's areas of research spanned metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and logic, and he was especially well-known for his work on concepts, properties, the a priori, and intuitions. He is the author of Quality and Concept (OUP, 1982) (available online here),| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Martha Brandt Bolton, professor emerita of philosophy at Rutgers University, died this past October. (The following memorial notice was provided by Dean Zimmerman.) Martha Bolton (1943-2024) Professor Martha Brandt Bolton passed away on October 27, 2024. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and did her undergraduate work at Ohio Wesleyan University. After briefly| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
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Daniel Dennett, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tufts University, well-known for his work in philosophy of mind and a wide range of other philosophical areas, has died. Professor Dennett wrote extensively about issues related to philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially consciousness. He is also recognized as having made significant contributions to the concept| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession