Philosophy Memorial Notices
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In Memoriam: Harry Deutsch (1942-2025)
Emeritus at Illinois State University, Professor Detusch was a leading contributor to philosophical logic and cognate areas during his long career. There is a memorial notice here, and do see the first comment by Nathan Salmon. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Detusch or for those who would like to comment…
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In Memoriam: Paul Kalligas (1948-2025)
Philosopher Stephen Menn (McGill University) writes: Paul Kalligas, Παύλος Καλλιγάς (1948-2025) [was] the leading scholar of Greek philosophy in Greece itself and an inspiration to a whole generation of younger (although no longer so young) Greek scholars. He was most famous for his modern Greek translation and commentary on Plotinus' Enneads, the work of decades:…
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In Memoriam: Margaret Boden (1936-2025)
Professor Boden, who spent most of her academic career at the University of Sussex, was a leading figure in cognitive science, who wrote extensively on computational models of the mind, on artificial intelligence, and on computational creativity, among other topics, engaging regularly with philosophy and philosophers. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew…
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In Memoriam: Karl Ameriks (1947-2025)
Professor Ameriks, a longtime member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Notre Dame, where he was emeritus, was an internationally renowned expert on Kant and German Idealism. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Ameriks or from those who wish to comment on the significance of his work. (Thanks to…
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In Memoriam: Michael Friedman (1947-2025)
Emeritus at Stanford University, Professor Friedman wrote widely and influentially in philosophy of science (esp. on scientific explanation), philosophy of physics, Kant, and the history of 20th-century analytic and Continental traditions in philosophy. During his long career, he taught at Harvard, Penn, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Indiana University at Bloomington and, finally, at…
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In Memoriam: David Keyt (1930-2025)
Professor Keyt, a longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was emeritus, died January 31. He was well-known for his work on ancient moral and political philosophy. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Keyt or for those who wish to comment on…
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In Memoriam: Tom Beauchamp (1939-2025)
Emeritus in philosophy at Georgetown University, where he spent his academic career, Professor Beauchamp was especially well-known for his work in bioethics and on Hume. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Beauchamp or for those who would like to comment on the significance of his work.
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In Memoriam: David Miller (1942-2024)
Professor Miller, a longtime member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Warwick, was a well-known defender of Karl Popper's philosophy of science and epistemology, and also wrote widely in mathematical logic. He died in November 2024. The Warwick memorial notice is here. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Dr. Miller…
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In Memoriam: Krister Segerberg (1936-2025)
A leading figure in modal logic, Professor Segerberg was emeritus at Uppsala University, where he had held the Chair in Theoretical Philosophy from 1990 until his retirement in 2001. The Uppsala memorial notice is here. (Professor Matti Eklund at Uppsala tells me that some remembrances will soon be posted htere as well.) Comments are open…
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In Memoriam: George Bealer (1944-2025)
Professor Bealer was well-known for his contributions to metaphysics and cognate areas. He taught at Reed College, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Texas at Austin, and, from 2005 until his retirement, at Yale University. The Yale statement in honor of his retirement in 2014 gives a nice sense of his distinctive contributions…
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In Memoriam: Paul Benacerraf (1931-2025)
Professor Benacerraf, who was emeritus at Princeton (where he was educated and spent his entire career), was a leading figure in philosophy of mathematics, and also supervised many of Princeton's best-known PhD graduates over a half-century on the faculty. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Benacerraf or for those who wish…
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In Memoriam: Robert Paul Wolff (1933-2025)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM JANUARY 7–UPDATED I was sorry to learn that Professor Wolff died last night. He was, of course, well-known to readers of this blog for his many trenchant insights into contemporary events, to which I often linked, as well as his fascinating autobiography, to which we linked often a decade ago. Professor…
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In Memoriam: Lawrence Sklar (1938-2024)
Professor Sklar, who was emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he spent most of his career, died last year. He was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and physics, but he was remarkably erudite about almost everything in philosophy (including even phenomenology). He joined the Michigan faculty in 1968, after…
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In Memoriam: Joseph S. Ullian (1930-2024)
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 29, FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT. Professor Ullian, who spent most of his academic career at Washington University, St. Louis (where he was emeritus), worked in logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of language, and was probably best-known for his co-authored book with Quine, The Web of Belief (2nd…
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