2020 in philosophy
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2020 in philosophy
Events
=Planned events=
- January 8-11 - the American Philosophical Association held its annual Eastern Division Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |last1=American Philosophical Association |title=2020 Eastern Division Meeting |url=https://www.apaonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1256282&group= |accessdate=30 December 2019}}
- February 26-29 - the American Philosophical Association held its annual Central Division Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite web |last1=American Philosophical Association |title=2020 Central Division Meeting |url=https://www.apaonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1256283&group= |accessdate=30 December 2019}}
- The American Philosophical Association did not hold its annual Pacific Division Meeting in San Francisco, California as had previously been planned due to the pandemic.{{cite web |last1=American Philosophical Association |title=APA—Setbacks and Responses |url=https://www.apaonline.org/news/news.asp?id=511562 |accessdate=3 September 2021}}
- Aaron Sloman is awarded the 2020 Barwise Prize.
- Paul Farmer wins the 2020 Berggruen Prize.
- Sarah Buss, Robert Gooding-Williams, and Susanna Schellenberg are awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in philosophy.
- Griselda Pollock is awarded the 2020 Holberg Prize.
- Leda Cosmides and John Tooby are awarded the 2020 Jean Nicod Prize.
- Nicholas Shea is awarded the Lakatos Award.
- Dag Prawitz and Per Martin-Löf are awarded the 2020 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy.
Publications
- Kyle Johannsen, Wild Animal Ethics (Routledge)
- Manel Pretel-Wilson, Utopics: The Unification of Human Science (Springer).{{cite web |last1=University of Hull Alumni Association |title=The great achievements of humanity are seldom the result of human beings working alone |date=25 September 2020 |url=https://hullalumni.me/2020/09/25/the-great-achievements-of-humanity-are-seldom-the-result-of-human-beings-working-alone}}{{cite web |last1=Open Library |title= Utopics: The Unification of Human Science|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24138797W/Utopics=|accessdate=2 January 2020}}
- Peter Sloterdijk, Making the Heavens Speak (Den Himmel zum Sprechen bringen) (Suhrkamp Verlag)
=Planned publications=
- Karl Ameriks, Kantian Subjects: Critical Philosophy and Late Modernity (Oxford University Press).
- Dimitria Electra Gatzia and Berit Brogaard (ed.), The Epistemology of Non-Visual Perception (Oxford University Press).
- John Gardner (d. 2019), Torts and Other Wrongs (Oxford University Press).
- Béatrice Longuenesse, The First Person in Cognition and Morality: The Spinoza Lectures (Oxford University Press).
Deaths
- January 3 - Douglas N. Walton, Canadian philosopher and logician (b. 1942).
- January 5 - Colin Howson, British philosopher (b. 1945).
- January 9 - David Efird, American philosopher and Anglican priest (b. 1974).
- January 12 - Roger Scruton, English philosopher (b. 1944).[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary]
- January 17 - Emanuele Severino, Italian philosopher (b. 1929).
- February 15 - Jack Macintosh, philosopher known for his work in the history and philosophy of science, especially on Robert Boyle (b. 1934).{{cite web |last1=Faculty of Arts Staff |title=In Memoriam: Jack Macintosh, Department of Philosophy |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/memoriam-jack-macintosh-department-philosophy |website=UCALGARY NEWS |accessdate=26 February 2020}}
- February 25 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher of science and physicist who was mainly active in Canada (b. 1919).
- June 21 - Hugh Mellor, British philosopher working primarily in metaphysics (b. 1938).
- June 28 - Eliot Deutsch, comparative philosopher (b. 1931).
- August 5 - Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher (b. 1952).
- November 20 - Judith Jarvis Thomson, American ethicist (b. 1929).
- November 22 - Raimo Tuomela, Finnish philosopher (b. 1940).