Professor Dagfinn Føllesdal, Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University, passed away in the morning of March 1, 2026. Professor Føllesdal is remembered for his work…
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The Department of Philosophy is saddened by the death of long-time teacher, friend, and colleague, Julius Moravcsik on June 3, 2009. Professor Moravcsik joined the Stanford faculty in 1968. He was a…
It is with great sadness that the Department notes the passing of our friend and colleague Fred Dretske (1932-2013), on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Fred arrived at Stanford from the University of…
With great sadness, the Stanford Philosophy Department notes the passing of our friend and beloved colleague Grigori (“Grisha”) Mints, who died at Stanford on Thursday, May 29th, just shy of his 75th…
With great sadness, the Stanford Philosophy Department notes the passing of our friend and beloved colleague Grigori (“Grisha”) Mints, who died at Stanford on Thursday, May 29th, just shy of his 75th…
Obituary for Grigori Mints which originally appeared in the Stanford Report, June 12, 2014. Stanford philosophy Professor Grigori Mints, a world-renowned logician, has died at 74 Mints' pioneering…
David Shepherd Nivison With great sadness, the Philosophy Department notes the passing of our longtime colleague, David Shepherd Nivison, the Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor (emeritus), who died in…
Stanford’s Patrick Suppes, pioneering philosopher, scientist, and Silicon Valley entrepreneur, dead at 92 “It is my conviction that an important function of contemporary philosophy is to understand…
Patrick Suppes, Pioneer in Computerized Learning, Dies at 92 By JOHN MARKOFF, appeared in the New York Times, DEC. 2, 2014 Almost a decade before the invention of the personal computer, Patrick Suppes…
R. Lanier Anderson Solomon Feferman Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy, Em. Patrick Suppes Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Em. With great sadness, the Philosophy Department notes the…