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In Memoriam: William J. Talbott (1949-2023)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM MAY 19, 2023:  UPDATED

Professor Talbott was a longtime faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was emeritus.   His initial work was in epistemology, but he then wrote influentially in moral, political, and legal philosophy.   I met him many years ago; he was a first-rate intellect.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Talbott, or those who want to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Matt Lister and Colin Marshall for information.)

UPDATE:  Professor Talbott's year of birth was 1949 (not 1950 as I originally had it); my thanks to his UW colleague Professor Jamie Mayerfield (in Political Science) for the correction.

ANOTHER UPDATE:   An obituary at the Seattle Times.  And a podcast with Professor Talbott on naturalized epistemology.  (Thanks to Professor Mayerfield for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Ian Jarvie (1937-2023)

A longtime faculty member at York University, Toronto, where he was emeritus, Professor Jarvie was best-known for his work in philosophy of the social sciences (especially on anthropology) and in film theory.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Jarvie, or for those who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to David Gordon for alerting me to his death.)

In Memoriam: Peter Machamer (1942-2023)

A longtime faculty member of the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh, Professor Machamer was perhaps best-known for his work on Galileo and on the concept of mechanism.    Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Machamer, or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his work.

Nagasawa from Birmingham to Oklahoma

Yujin Nagasawa (philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind), currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy and holder of the Kingfisher Chair in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, effective January 2024.

Lateral moves/retirements (etc.) since the 2021 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2023 edition

In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves (and retirements and deaths) not reflected in the faculty lists for the last PGR (some moves that took place after the last PGR were reflected in the faculty list, because the editors knew of them).  I will start a new list for each academic year, so that the list does not get unwieldy.  (The 2022 list is here, with a couple of late additions in bold.)  Unless otherwise noted, the appointment (or retirement) takes effect in 2023.  I will move this to the front periodically, putting recent additions in bold.  Untenured lateral moves will be noted as such, otherwise the move is with tenure.  A lateral move is one from one tenure-stream position to another either into or out of a program offering the PhD or terminal MA.  In addition I will list retirements and also deaths of non-emeritus faculty.  Please e-mail me with additions or corrections.

*Richard J. Arneson (political philosophy) is retiring from the University of California, San Diego at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.

*William Bechtel (philosophy of cognitive science and neuroscience) is retiring from the University of California, San Diego at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.

*Juliana Bidadanure (political philosophy) from Stanford University to New York University.

*Martha Bolton (early modern philosophy) will retire from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in July 2023.

*Robert Bolton (ancient philosophy) will retire from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in July 2023.

*Pascal Brixel (social & political philosophy, ethics, Marx & Marxism) from Clemson University to Northwestern University (untenured lateral).

*Brookes Brown (social & political philosophy) from Clemson University to the University of Toronto (untenured lateral).

*Justin Bruner (social & political philosophy, PPE) from University of Arizona (Political Economy & Moral Sciences) to the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

*Lu Chen (philosophy of mathematics & physics, metaphysics, philosophical logic) from Koç University (Turkey) to the University of Southern California (effective January 2024) (untenured lateral).

*Patrick Connolly (early modern philosophy and science) from Lehigh University (untenured) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (visiting) to Johns Hopkins University (effective January 2023).

*Ann Cudd (feminist philosophy, social & political philosophy) from University of Pittsburgh (where she is Provost) to Portland State University (to become President).

*Stephen Daniel (early modern philosophy) is retiring from Texas A&M University in June 2023.

*Stewart Duncan (early modern philosophy) from the University of Florida, Gainesville to the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

*William Edmundson (political, legal, & moral philosophy) retired from Georgia State University in December 2022.

*David Enoch (moral, political & legal philosophy) from Hebrew University, Jerusalem to Oxford University.

*Rachel Fraser (philosophy of language, epistemology, feminist philosophy) from Oxford University to the Dianoia Institute, Australian Catholic University.

*Stacie Friend (aesthetics, philosophy of language & mind) from Birkbeck College, University of London to the University of Edinburgh.

*Michael Garnett (social & political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of action) from Birkbeck College, University of London to King's College, London.

*Ken Gemes (philosophy of science, Nietzsche, Freud) will retire from Birkbeck College, University of London in July 2023.

*Robert Gooding-Williams (social-political philosophy, philosophy of race, 19th- and 20th-century Continental philosophy) from Columbia University to Yale University (effective July 2024).

*Charles L. Griswold (18th-century philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, ancient philosophy) is retiring from Boston University at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.

*Paul Guyer (Kant, aesthetics) is on phased retirement at Brown University (he will retire fully no later than the end of June 2025, and perhaps sooner).

*Thimo Heisenberg (19th-century German philosophy, social & political philosophy) from Bryn Mawr College to Rice University (untenured lateral).

*Robert Howell (philosophy of mind, metaphysics) from Southern Methodist University to Rice University.

*Thomas Hurka (ethics), who has been on phased retirement at the University of Toronto, is retiring at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. (This information was included in the 2021 PGR surveys, so should, in principle, have been taken into account by evaluators.)

*Susan James (early modern philosophy, feminist philosophy) will retire from Birkbeck College, University of London in July 2023.

*Hrishikesh Joshi (moral & political philospohy, metaethics, PPE) from Bowling Green State University to the University of Arizona (untenured lateral).

*Hannah Kim (aesthetics, metaphysics, Asian philosophy, existentialism) from Macalaster College to the University of Arizona (untenured lateral).

*Claire Kirwin (ethics, metaethics, aesthetics, Nietzsche) from Clemson University to Northwestern University (untenured lateral).

*Katharina Kraus (Kant, philosophy of mind and psychology) from the University of Notre Dame to Johns Hopkins University (effective January 2023).

*Michael Kremer (history of analytic philosophy, logic) will retire from the University of Chicago at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.

*N.G. Laskowski (ethics, metaethics, social philosophy) from California State University, Long Beach to the University of Maryland, College Park (untenured lateral).

*Harvey Lederman (logic, epistemology, philosophy of language, Chinese philosophy) from Princeton University to the University of Texas, Austin (effective January 2023).

In Memoriam: Thomas M. Robinson (1936-2023)

Professor Robinson, a longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he was emeritus, was well-known for his work in ancient philosophy, perhaps most especially his Plato's Psychology (1970).  The Toronto memorial notice is here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Robinson or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Professor George Boys-Stones for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Ian Hacking (1936-2023)

MOVING TO THE FRONT FROM YESTERDAY--SOME NICE REMEMBRANCES, MORE WELCOME

Professor Hacking, who was emeritus at Toronto where he taught for more than two decades after stints at Stanford and Cambridge, was one of the most creative and influential thinkers in the history and philosophy of the sciences, broadly construed, over the last fifty years.  The Toronto memorial notice is here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Hacking, or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his work.

In Memoriam: Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)

A longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Montana, Professor Borgmann established the field of philosophy of technology in the Anglophone world.  There is an obituary here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Borgmann, or who wish to comment on the signficance of his work.

(Thanks to Armond Duwell for the information.)

Scharp from Twente to Illinois/Urbana

Kevin Scharp (philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of artificial intelligence, ethics), currently at the University of Twente, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, beginning 2023-24.  He was previously Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University, and Reader in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.  This is the second senior appointment for Illinois this year!  These appointments stand a good chance of putting the department back in the U.S. top 50.

The Interim Head of the Department, Robin Kar, tells me that the Department has also voted out two other senior offers, and will be doing another senior search next year.  It's good to see the University investing so seriously in philosophy!

Big investment in PPE at Buffalo

The Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, has made a half-dozen senior and junior hires this year, with a particular eye to building up in PPE.  Here are the lateral hires, senior and junior:

Stewart Duncan (early modern) from the University of Florida, Gainesville, coming in as Professor.

Justin Bruner (social & political philosophy, PPE), currently Associate Professor of Political Economy and Moral Sciences at the University of Arizona will be joining Buffalo as Associate Professor.

Alexandra Oprea (political philosophy, PPE) currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will be joining as Assistant Professor of Philosophy.

Daniel Stephens (Chinese and comparative philosophy, moral philosophy), currently Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshun University, will be joining Buffalo as an Assistant Professor.

Taylor from Vanderbilt to UCLA

Paul C. Taylor (philosophy of race, aesthetics, social-political philosophy), currently Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, has accepted appointment as the inaugural Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Enoch to take up Chair in Philosophy of Law at Oxford

David Enoch, currently Professor of Law and Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will take up the Professorship in Philosophy of Law at Oxford University (noted here) starting in 2023-24.  (Although Enoch will be full-time at Oxford, he will retain an affiliation with Hebrew University and continue to do some teaching and supervision there.)  This is certainly a strong appointment, although it does solidify Oxford's turn away from general jurisprudence in favor of moral philosophy and normative jurisprudence more generally.

Illinois makes bid for Schwenkler at Florida State (UPDATED)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 2--UPDATED

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has voted out a senior offer to John Schwenkler (philosophy of action, philosophy of mind, ethics & moral psychology [philosophical and empirical]), Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.  PhD students considering either program will want to keep an eye on what happens.

UPDATE:  Professor Schwenkler has accepted the Illinois offer!

In Memoriam: William Newton-Smith (1943-2023)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM APRIL 14--SOME VERY NICE AND EVOCATIVE REMEMBRANCES, MORE WELCOME

Well-known for his work in philosophy of science, Dr. Newton-Smith spent almost his entire career at Balliol College, Oxford, from which he also earned his D.Phil.  He also briefly served as one of the founders of the Central European University.  (The CEU memorial notice is here, and there is a brief notice form Balliol here.)  Comments are open for remembrances from those who know Dr. Newton-Smith, or who wish to comment on the significance of his work.  Links to additional memorial notices are also welcome.

Howell from SMU to Rice

Robert Howell (philosophy of mind, metaphysics), who is currently a Distinguished Professor in and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, where he will also be Chair of the Department.

Professor Christian Emden, the current Chair of Philosophy at Rice, tells me that the university is investing in Philosophy, and that the department will be making several more appointments in the next few years.

Gooding-Williams from Columbia to Yale

Robert Gooding-Williams, currently professor of philosophy and African-American studies at Columbia University, will become Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, effective July 1, 2024.  Professor Gooding-Williams is especially well-known for his work in philosophy of race (including influential work on Du Bois) and on 19th-century European philosophy (esp. Nietzsche).  (As an aside:  Gooding-Williams, who was born in 1953, will be one of the oldest laterals in philosophy I can recall.  Could the era of age discrimination in philosophy be coming to an end?)

(Thanks to Verity Harte for the information.)

Yao from Rice to UCLA

Vida Yao (ethics, moral psychology), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy (with tenure) at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Let me observe (as I first did many years ago) that no department (outside the "top five") in the country has a better eye for junior philosophical talent than Rice.  Former faculty include Keith DeRose (Yale), C. Kenneth Waters (Minnesota, then a Canada Research Chair at Calgary), Larry Temkin (Rutgers, emeritus), Sherrilyn Roush (Berkeley, then KCL, then UCLA), Christopher Hitchcock (Caltech, who turned down Berkeley), Rachel Zuckert (Northwestern), Eric Margolis (Wisconsin, then British Columbia), Helen Longino (Minnesota, then Stanford, where she is now Emerita), Nomy Arpaly (Brown, who turned down Michigan)--I'm sure I'm forgetting some.   It's a remarkable track record, and I strongly suspect many current faculty are in this same category (although some will be victims of rampant age discrimination).

Bidadanure from Stanford to NYU

Juliana Bidadanure (political philosophy), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University,  has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy (with tenure) at New York University, effective this fall.

Maley, Robins from Kansas to Purdue

Corey J. Maley (philosophy of computation, cognitive science, and neuroscience) and Sarah Robins (philosophy of mind and cognitive science), both Associate Professors of Philosophy at the University of Kansas, have accepted appointment as Associate Professors of Philosophy at Purdue University.  A good set of appointments for Purdue, which should help propel the department into the U.S. top 50.

In Memoriam: Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964-2023)

A longtime member of the philosphy faculty at King's College, London, Professor Antognazza was especially well-known for her work on Leibniz, on epistemology and on philosophy of religion.  The KCL memorial notice is here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Antognazza or who wish to comment on the significance of her work.

Santana from Utah to Penn

Carlos Santana (philosophy of science [esp. biology, cognitive science, and linguistics], environmental philosophy), currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (where he did his PhD), effective this fall.   He will join Michael Weisberg and Quayshawn Spencer at Penn, making for one of the strongest philosophy of biology groups in the U.S.

In Memoriam: Fred F. Wilson (1937-2023)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 15--SOME REALLY INTERESTING REMEMBRANCES OF PROF. WILSON

Professor Wilson, a longtime member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Toronto (where he was emeritus), died in January.  He wrote widely on issues in the history of modern philosophy and science.  The Toronto memorial notice is here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Wilson or who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Will Sweet for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Ernst Tugendhat (1930-2023)

Professor Tugendhat was an early and influential proponent of "analytic" style linguistic philosophy in Germany, but also wrote influentially on Husserl and Heidegger.  He taught at a number of German universities during his career, including Heidelberg and the Free University of Berlin. There is an obituary in English here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Tugendhat or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his work.

UPDATE:  A statement of condolences regarding Professor Tugendhat from the German President!  (Thanks to Christian Beyer for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: John G. Slater (1930-2022)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEBRUARY 17--UPDATED

Professor Slater, a well-known expert on the life and work of Bertrand Russell, died in November from Covid.  He taught philosophy at the University of Toronto for more than 30 years, where he was emeritus since 1995.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Slater or who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Mohan Matthen for the information.)

UPDATE:  The Toronto memorial notices is here.

In Memoriam: J.N. Mohanty (1928-2023)

Professor Mohanty, who was emeritus at Temple University, wrote widely on Kant and Husserl, as well as on classical Indian philosophy.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Mohanty or who wish to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Matt Kramer for the information.)

UPDATE:   Professor Wolfsdorf, Chair of the Temple Department, kindly shared the memorial notice, which is below the fold

In Memoriam: Charles H. Kahn (1928-2023)

A leading scholar of ancient Greek philosophy, Professor Kahn spent most of his career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was emeritus.  Professor Michael Weisberg, the Chair of the Penn Department, kindly shared a memorial notice, which is below the fold. Comments are also open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Kahn or for those who wish to comment on the significance of his philosophical and scholarly contributions.

Friend, Philips-Brown to Edinburgh

Stacie Friend (aesthetics, philosophy of language & mind), currently Reader in Philosophy, has accepted appointment as Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.  Milo Philips-Brown (philosophy of mind, language & technology; applied ethics), currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, has accepted appointment as Lecturer in Philosophy at Edinburgh.  Both will start in the 2023-24 academic year.

(Thanks to Michael Gill for the information.)

In Memoriam: Stephen Nathanson (1943-2023)

Professor Nathanson's colleague John Basl kindly shared this memorial notice:

Steve Nathanson, professor emeritus of philosophy at Northeastern University, has died. Professor Nathanson is known for his work on economic justice, war and peace, patriotism, punishment, and social and political philosophy. He earned his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1969 and was on faculty at Northeastern for over 40 years, where he twice served as department chair. He was a dedicated educator who for several years led Northeastern’s center for teaching and learning. 

Professor Nathanson was a mentor, musician, activist, and lover of ideas. He pursued a collaborative and supportive version of philosophical practice, and believed that philosophy was crucial to understanding and responding to the challenges of our times. 

He died on February 10th. There is an obituary here.

ADDENDUM:  Comments are now open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Nathanson or for comments about the significance of his work.

In Memoriam: Bruce Waller (1946-2023)

Professor Waller, who was emeritus at Youngstown State University, was a leading defender of skepticism about free will and moral responsibility.  There is an obituary here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew him or who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to David Gordon and Gregg Caruso for the information.)

In Memoriam: Benjamin Ross Tilghman (1927-2023)

Professor Tilghman spent much of his career at Kansas State University, where he also served as Chair for thirteen years and is credited with developing KSU's strong research reputation.   He wrote widely on Wittgenstein and aesthetics, among other topics.  The KSU memorial notice is here.

(Thanks to James Hamilton for the pointer.)

Carpenter from NUS to Boston University

Amber Carpenter (ancient Greek and Indian philosophy), currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale/National University of Singapore College, has accepted a Chair in "Classical Greek Studies" at Boston University, starting this fall.

In Memoriam: Kent Greenawalt (1936-2023)

Philosophers who work in moral, political and legal philosophy will no doubt be familiar with Professor Greenawalt's work; there is a notice and links at my law school blog for those interested.

In Memoriam: Edward Erwin (1937-2022)

This seems to be the year for belated death announcements, but Michael Tooley just alerted me to the fact that Professor Erwin, a longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Miami, died last spring.  He was particularly well-known for his philosophical investigations of the foundations of psychotherapy, especially Freudian psychoanalysis.  He also had the misfortune to be wrongly named a defendant in a lawsuit (dismissed with prejudice by the court as against Erwin) growing out of the controversy surrounding sexual misconduct allegations against Colin McGinn, of whom Professor Erwin was the lone defender in the department.  I was surprised that the Miami Department did not post a memorial notice, although was told one was circulated locally.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Erwin or who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

Nyholm from Utrecht to LMU Munich

Sven Nyholm (applied ethics [esp. ethics of technology], ethics), currently Associate Professor in the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University, will become Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence on the philosophy faculty at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich this summer.

Kraus from Notre Dame to Johns Hopkins

Katharina Kraus (Kant, philosophy of mind and psychology), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has accepted a tenured offer as Miller Associate Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, where she will start this term.

In Memoriam: Joseph Agassi (1927-2023)

A student of Karl Popper, Professor Agassi was a prolific writer in philosophy of science and social science, among other areas.  He taught for many years at Boston University, and then at York University, Toronto and Tel-Aviv University (concurrently for a long time at both).  You can learn more about his career and work here.   I will add links to memorial notices when they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Agassi, or who would like to comment on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to David Gordon for alerting me to Professor Agassi's death.)

Savulescu from Oxford to NUS in 2022

Reader Valentin Weber points out to me that the well-known bioethicist Julian Savulescu, previously Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at Oxford, took up a Chair in medical ethics at the National University of Singapore last year.  NUS, which pays competitively with the best American universities, has recruited senior faculty from the UK (and sometimes even from the U.S.) in many fields in recent years.

Fraser, Menon to Dianoia Institute at the Australian Catholic University

Rachel Fraser (philosophy of language, epistemology, feminist philosophy), Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, and her husband Tushar Menon (philosophy of science and physics), currently a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University, have accepted appointments at the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University:  she will be Associate Professor, and he will be appointed as "Research Fellow" (the equivalent, roughly of an "assistant professor" in the U.S. system).

In Memoriam: David Harrah (1927-2022)

Another belated memorial notice, this one for Professor Harrah, who was emeritus in philosophy at UC Riverside, and who died last year.  In the 1960s and 1970s, he was especially well-known for his work on the logic of communication and questions.  He was also an accomplihsed alpinist, which is a focus of this obituary in The Seattle Times.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Harrah or wish to comment on his philosophical work.

(Thanks to Graeme Forbes for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Simo Knuuttila (1946-2022)

This is a belated notice about the death last June of Professor Knuuttila, a leading scholar of medieval philosophy and longtime faculty member at the University of Helsinki.  There is a brief memorial notice here, a longer and more personal one here, and you can get a sense of his work from his PhilPeople page.  Comments are open for remembrances of Professor Knuuttila from those who knew him or for comments on the significance of his work.

(Thanks to Stephen Menn for alerting me to this and for some of the pointers.)

2022: Philosophers who passed away

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 30, 2022, FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT DURING THE BREAK (re:  the title, see)

The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2022:   Richard J. Bernstein, Arthur Bierman, Geoffrey Brennan, Bruno Celano, Hugh J. Chandler, John M. Cooper, Donald W. Crawford, Frank Cunningham, Milton Fisk, Harry Gensler, S.J., Dieter Henrich, Paul Humphreys, Michael (M.J.) Inwood, Gary Iseminger, Saul Kripke, Bruno Latour, Larry Laudan, Sten Lindstrom, Penelope Mackie, William E. Mann, Don Marquis, Herbert Morris, Graham Nerlich, Terence Parsons, Zenon Pylyshyn, Joseph Raz, David H. Sanford, Kenneth Sayre, T.K. Seung, Sydney Shoemaker, Aaron Smuts, Paul Snowdon, Kwasi Wiredu.  You can find more information, including (often) links to obituaries by scrolling through the "Philosophy Updates" category (in which this post also appears).

(Note: I do not attempt to list the passing of every professional philosopher in a given year; I do try to record the deaths of those likely to be known to many others in the profession.  Apologies for oversights and omissions.)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 30, 2022, FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT DURING THE BREAK (re:  the title, see)

The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2022:   Richard J. Bernstein, Arthur Bierman, Geoffrey Brennan, Bruno Celano, Hugh J. Chandler, John M. Cooper, Donald W. Crawford, Frank Cunningham, Milton Fisk, Harry Gensler, S.J., Dieter Henrich, Paul Humphreys, Michael (M.J.) Inwood, Gary Iseminger, Saul Kripke, Bruno Latour, Larry Laudan, Sten Lindstrom, Penelope Mackie, William E. Mann, Don Marquis, Herbert Morris, Graham Nerlich, Terence Parsons, Zenon Pylyshyn, Joseph Raz, David H. Sanford, Kenneth Sayre, T.K. Seung, Sydney Shoemaker, Aaron Smuts, Paul Snowdon, Kwasi Wiredu.  You can find more information, including (often) links to obituaries by scrolling through the "Philosophy Updates" category (in which this post also appears).

(Note: I do not attempt to list the passing of every professional philosopher in a given year; I do try to record the deaths of those likely to be known to many others in the profession.  Apologies for oversights and omissions.)

Jennifer and Christopher Frey from South Carolina to Tulsa

Jennifer Frey (ethics) and Christopher Frey (ancient philosophy), both Associate Professors of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, have accepted appointments at the University of Tulsa:  she as Dean of the New Honors College and Professor of Philosophy, and he as holder of a Chair in the philosophy department.  Senior, lateral appointments are certainly a good sign that Tulsa's new President is, indeed, serious about philosophy and the humanities.

(Thanks to Professor J. Frey for the information.)

ADDENDUM:  Via Joel Pust on Twitter, I saw this excellent statement about philosophy's role in the university from President Carson at Tulsa.

Lorenzini from Warwick to Penn

Daniele Lorenzini (20th-century Continental philosophy, social & political philosophy), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, has accepted appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is currently visiting.  Prospective students interested in Foucault, in particular, will want to be looking at Penn going forward.

In Memoriam: Philip Stratton-Lake (1959-2022)

Professor David Oderberg, Head of the Department at the University of Reading, shared the following:

The Philosophy Department at the University of Reading is devastated to announce the death of Philip Stratton-Lake in December 2022, following a period of serious illness.

Philip was a much loved and respected colleague in the Department since he joined in 1998. He was an internationally reputed moral philosopher with expertise in a wide range of areas including meta-ethics, moral epistemology, Kantian ethics, contractualism, intuitionism, and Ross-style pluralism. 

He was one of the world’s leading figures in the revival and defence of ethical intuitionism, writing the article on the topic for the Stanford Encyclopedia and editing a seminal volume (Ethical Intuitionism: Re-evaluations). He also edited the now standard edition of W.D. Ross’ The Right and the Good. Other work includes an important monograph on Kant (Kant, Duty and Moral Worth) along with many articles and chapters in collections.

The Department will miss Philip in so many ways: his jovial personality; his support for colleagues and students; the many teaching and managerial roles he took on with such success over the years; his fearsome philosophical skills, always tempered with fairness and open-mindedness; and his all-round collegiality, good sense, and down-to-earth nature. 

A memorial notice will be available online in due course.

ADDENDUM:  Comments are now open for those who want to share remembrances of Professor Stratton-Lake or comment on his work.

UPDATE:  There is a longer memorial notice here. (Thanks to Professor Oderberg for the pointer.)

 

In Memoriam: Gerald Press (1945-2022)

A longtime member of the philosophy faculty at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Professor Press was a scholar of ancient philosophy and also served as editor for several years of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.  He passed away on December 26, 2022.  There is a brief obituary from Hunter College here and you can learn more about his work here.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Press or wish to comment on his work.

(Thanks to Steven Nadler for alerting me to Professor Press's death.)

In Memoriam: Penelope Mackie (1953-2022)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 15-UPDATED WITH BIRTH YEAR 

A well-known contributor to metaphysics, Professor Mackie spent most of her career at the University of Nottingham, where she was Associate Professor/Reader in Philosophy.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear. 

(My thanks to David Mackie for supplying the birth year.)

In Memoriam: Herbert Morris (1928-2022)

A longtime member of the UCLA faculty, Professor Morris made major contributions to philosophy of criminal law and moral psychology.  The UCLA memorial notice is here.   Comments are open for remembrances from colleagues and readers of his work.

(Thanks to David Gordon for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Dieter Henrich (1927-2022)

Professor Henrich, a preeminent German scholar of Kant and German Idealism, has died.  Even in the Anglophone world, his work was influential.  There is a brief notice in German here.  I will add links to other memorial notices that will no doubt appear.

(Thanks to David Gordon for the pointer.)

UPDATE:  A longer memorial notice, also in German.  I'm also opening comments for remembrances from those who knew Professor Henrich or who would like to comment on his philosophical contributions.

In Memoriam: Gary Iseminger (1937-2022)

Professor Iseminger, a longtime faculty member at Carleton College (where he taught from 1962 until 2004, when he became emeritus), was best-known for his contributions to aesthetics.  The Carleton memorial notice is here.

(Thanks to Daniel Groll for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Donald W. Crawford (1938-2022)

MOVING TO FRONT, ORIGINALLY POSTED JULY 25--UPDATED BELOW

A longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was emeritus, and before that at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Professor Crawford was well-known for his work in aesthetics and the history of aesthetics.  He also served as editor of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.  I will add links to memorial notices when they appear.

(Thanks to Noel Carroll for the information.)

Professor Crawford's former colleague Elliott Sober (Wisconsin) and former PhD student Yuriko Saito (Emerita, Rhode Island School of Design) kindly shared this memorial notice they prepared (below the fold):