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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 L. 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.

*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).

*Amber Carpenter (ancient Greek and Indian philosophy) from Yale/National University of Singapore College to Boston University.

*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).

*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.

*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).

*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.

*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.

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

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)

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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.

Illinois makes bid for Schwenkler at Florida State

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.

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)

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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)

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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):

In Memoriam: Zenon Pylyshyn (1937-2022)

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A leading figure in cognitive science, whose work was quite important in philosophy as well, Professor Pylyshyn taught for many years at the University of Western Ontaro, before joining Rutgers psychology in 1991, which (with Jerry Fodor and Stephen Stich, among others, in philosophy) had become a powerhouse in cognitive science.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Remembrances from those who knew Professor Pylyshyn, or comments on the philosophical significance of his work, are welcome in the comments.

UPDATE:   The Globe and Mail obituary.

Nebel from Southern California to Princeton

Jake Nebel (normative ethics), currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, effective January 2023.

Philosopher of science Winsberg to take up 4-year British Academy Global Professorship at Cambridge University HPS

Eric Winsberg (philosophy of science, philosophy of climate science, philosophy of physics), Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, will spend the next four years at Cambridge University as a British Academy Global Professor in the HPS program, where he will also accept doctoral students.  There is an announcement here.

Shapiro from Simon Fraser to McGill

I had missed this (it was effective last month):  Lisa Shapiro (feminist philosophy, early modern philosophy), previously Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University, has become Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor of Philosophy at McGill University.

In Memoriam: Milton Fisk (1932-2022)

A longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at Indiana University at Bloomingon, where he was emeritus, Professor Fisk passed away in September.  He began his career working in metaphysics and philosophy of science, but soon shifted his interests to moral, political and social philosophy within a Marxist framework.  The Indiana meomrial notice is here.

 

(Thanks to Phil Gasper for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Fr. Harry Gensler, SJ (1945-2022)

A longtime member of the philosophy faculties at Loyola University, Chicago and John Carroll University, Professor Gensler wrote widely in ethics and also produced several widely used texts in ethics and logic.  He died this past June.  There is a memorial notice from the Midwest Jesuits here.

(Thanks to John Tilley for the pointer.)

Rubin from Notre Dame to Missouri

Hannah Rubin (philosophy of biology, philosophy of science), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will take up a tenured appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri, Columbia, effective January 2023.

(Thanks to Andre Ariew for the information.)

Khalifa from Middlebury to UCLA

Kareem Khalifa (philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, epistemology, philosophy of race), Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College, has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.  (His appointment was effective July 1 of this year.)

Schmidtz from Arizona to West Virginia

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David Schmidtz (political philosophy), a longtime member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Arizona, where he also founded the Freedom Center and helped establish a Department of Political Economy and Moral Sciences, will take up the Presidential Chair of Moral Science at West Virginia University’s Chambers College of Business and Economics, effective January 1, 2023.  That's a big loss for Arizona, and big catch for WVU.

ADDENDUM:  The untimely death of Jerry Gaus a couple of years ago, and now the loss of David Schmidtz, mean Arizona will no longer dominate Anglophone political philosophy PhD programs, as it once did, but it's worth emphasizing that the department still remains quite strong in this area with Thomas Christiano, Steven Wall, and, part-time, Allen Buchanan, among others.

UPDATE:   Professor Schmidtz may remain quarter-time, and spend summers, at the University of Arizona, possibly teaching and also supervising PhD students. 

In Memoriam: Kenneth Sayre (1928-2022)

Professor Sayre, who taught philosophy at the University of Notre Dame for a remarkable 56 years, was well-known for his work on Plato, environmental and applied ethics topics, and artifical intelligence.  The Notre Dame memorial notice is here.

Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Sayre.

(Thanks to Sam Newlands for the pointer.)

Shields from Notre Dame to UC San Diego

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Christopher Shields (ancient philosophy, metaphysics), currently at the University of Notre Dame has now accepted the Allison Chair in History of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, where he will start in July 2023.  That's a major hire for UCSD!

UPDATE:   Shields will start January 2023, rather than next summer.

In Memoriam: Bruno Latour (1947-2022)

A French "anthropologist" and "sociologist" of scientific practice, his work was quite influential in the field of "science and technology studies."  Latour earned his Ph.D. in "philosophical theology," and his work in science studies has had some influence in philosophy of science, although it is mostly discussed critically (see, e.g., Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science [1993]).   The Guardian obituary is here.  

(Thanks to Eric Wolf for the pointer.)

Sinclair from Roehampton to Queen's U/Belfast

Mark Sinclair (post-Kantian Continental philosophy, history of modern philosophy, metaphysics) was offered a new position at Roehampton during the recent administrative assault on the unit (and others), but has chosen to take up instead a post in philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast. This is the cost of trying to dissolve a unit and making people re-apply for their jobs:  many of the best people will leave.  (Professor Sinclair, by the way, did the very nice Bergson volume in my Routledge Philosophers series.)

Lateral moves (and retirements etc.) since the 2021 Philosophical Gourmet Report: 2022 edition

In addition to the separate posts announcing (generally tenured) faculty moves, I will keep a running list of all lateral moves 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).  The year in parentheses at the end of each listing indicates the year the appointment (or retirement) takes effect.  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.

*Sara Aronowitz (philosophy of cognitive science, epistemology) from the University of Arizona to the University of Toronto (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Caroline Arruda (ethics, metaethics, philosophy of action) from the University of Texas, El Past to Tulane University (2022).

*Jamin Asay (metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science) from University of Hong Kong to Purdue University (2022).

*Nathan Ballantyne (epistemology) from Fordham University to Arizona State University (2022).

*John Bengson (epistemology, philosophy of mind and action, metaethics, metaphilosophy) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to the University of Texas, Austin (2022).

*Sharon Berry (philosophy of math & logic, epistemology) from Ashoka University to Indiana University, Bloomington (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Sabina Vaccarino Bremner (Kant, value theory, Continental philosophy) from the University of Groningen to the University of Pennsylvania (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Sean Carroll (philosophy of physics, metaphilosophy [esp. naturalism]) from California Institute of Technology to Johns Hopkins University (2022).

*Colin Chamberlain (early modern philosophy) from Temple University to University College London (2022).

*Stewart Cohen (epistemology) has retired from the University of Arizona (2022).

*Juan Comesana (epistemology) from the University of Arizona to Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2022).

*Steven Galt Crowell (19th- and 20th-century Continental philosophy) retired from Rice University (2022).

*Nilanjan Das (epistemology, Indian philosophy) from University College London to the University of Toronto (2022).

*Guillermo Del Pinal (philosophy of language and cognitive science) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Kevin Dorst (epistemology, logic, cognitive science) from the University of Pittsburgh to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Daniela Dover (ethics, moral psychology, social & politcal philosophy) from the University of California, Los Angeles to Oxford University (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Frances Egan (philosophy of mind and cognitive science) will retire from Rutgers University, New Brunswick at the end of calendar year 2022 (2022).

*Katrina Elliott (philosophy of science, metaphysics) from the University of California, Los Angeles (where she was tenured) to Brandeis University (untenured position, but will come up for tenure soon) (2022).

*Owen Flanagan (moral psychology, ethics, philosophy of mind and cognitive science) who had been on phased retirement at Duke University will retire fully in August (2022).

*Miranda Fricker (ethics, epistemology, feminist philosophy) from the City University of New York Graduate Center to New York University (2022).

*Courtney Fugate (Kant, pre-Kantian German philosophy) from the American University of Beirut to Florida State University (2022).

*Manon Garcia (feminist philosophy, 20th-century Continental philosophy, moral & political philosophy) from Yale University to Free University Berlin (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Nathan Howard (ethics, metaethics, philosophy of language) from Texas A&M University to the University of Toronto (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Jenann Ismael (philosophy of physics, metaphysics, cognitive science) from Columbia University to Johns Hopkins University (2022).

Kareem Khalifa (philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, epistemology, philosophy of race) from Middlebury College to the University of California, Los Angeles.

*Zoe Johnson King (ethics, metaethics, epistemology) from the University of Southern California to Harvard University (untenured lateral) (2022).

*Brian Kogelmann (political philosophy) from the University of Maryland, College Park to West Virginia University (Business School) (untenured lateral) (2022).

Saul Kripke (philosophy of language, logic) at the City University of New York Graduate Center passed away (2022).

In Memoriam: Saul Kripke (1940-2022)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 16--UPDATED

Professor Kripke was one of the 20th-century's major figures in philosophy of language and logic (see, for example).  There are a handful of analytic philosophers who will likely be read a century from now, and Kripke is one of them.  Most recently, he taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, but he spent most of his career at Princeton University.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear. 

In Memoriam: Don Marquis (1935-2022)

Professor Marquis taught philosophy at the University of Kansas from 1967 until his retirement in 2014.  He was, of course, best-known for his widely anthologized paper "Why Abortion is Immoral" (Journal of Philosophy, 1989), and he wrote widely in bioethics.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Marquis.

(Thanks to Dale Dorsey for the information.)

In Memoriam: Sydney Shoemaker (1931-2022)

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Professor Shoemaker, who spent almost his entire career at Cornell University, was a leading figure in metaphysics and philosophy of mind, who trained many well-known philosophers including Richard Moran (Harvard), Susanna Siegel (Harvard), and Alan Sidelle (Wisconsin), among others.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Shoemaker.

(Thanks to Brian Ogilvie for the information.)

UPDATE:  Comments are now open, my apologies.

ANOTHER UPDATE:  The Cornell Department's memorial notice is here, and the University's memorial notice here.  (Thanks to Carl Ginet for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: David H. Sanford (1937-2022)

A longtime member of the Duke faculty, where he was emeritus, Professor Sanford wrote widely in metaphysics, as well as epistemology and logic.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.  Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Sanford.

(Thanks to Alex Rosenberg for the information.)