Cheryl Misak

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Cheryl J. Misak FRSC is a Canadian philosopher who works in pragmatism, the history of analytic philosophy, and bioethics.[1] She is a University Professor at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,[2] and a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in intellectual and cultural history.[3] In 2011, Misak served as president of the Charles S. Peirce Society.[4] In December 2020, Misak became the interim director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.[5]

Misak was raised in Lethbridge, Alberta.[6] She received her BA from the University of Lethbridge, her MA from Columbia University, and her DPhil from the University of Oxford.[2]

Publications[edit]

  • Misak, Cheryl J. (2000). Truth, Politics, Morality: Pragmatism and Deliberation. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-16228-6. OCLC 179161004.
  • Misak, Cheryl J. (2004). Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-151963-5. OCLC 370946282.
  • Misak, Cheryl, ed. (July 12, 2004). The Cambridge Companion to Peirce. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/ccol0521570069. ISBN 978-0-521-57006-0.
  • Misak, Cheryl (August 2005). "ICU Psychosis and Patient Autonomy: Some Thoughts from the Inside". The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 30 (4): 411–430. doi:10.1080/03605310591008603. ISSN 0360-5310. PMID 16029990.
  • Misak, Cheryl J. (2013). The American Pragmatists. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-165138-0. OCLC 828143682.[7]
  • Misak, Cheryl J. (October 18, 2016). Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-102004-9. OCLC 957738331.[8][9][10]
  • Misak, Cheryl J. (2020). Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-875535-7. OCLC 1102642049.[11][12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pragmatic philosophers: let's just focus on 'the best we can do'". CBC Radio. April 7, 2020. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Cheryl Misak". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cheryl Misak". Universities Canada. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Misak, Cheryl (2011). "2011 Presidential Address: American Pragmatism and Indispensability Arguments". Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 47 (3): 261. doi:10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.47.3.261. S2CID 170361561.
  5. ^ "Welcoming Interim Director Cheryl Misak". Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. December 17, 2020. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. ^ Kenney, Trevor (January 14, 2009). "Athletics helped shape Misak's future". University of Lethbridge. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Margolis, Joseph (December 24, 2013). "Some Remarks on Cheryl Misak's The American Pragmatists". European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy. 5 (2). doi:10.4000/ejpap.548. ISSN 2036-4091.
  8. ^ de Waal, Cornelis (2019). "Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein by Cheryl Misak". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 57 (3): 565–566. doi:10.1353/hph.2019.0047. ISSN 1538-4586. S2CID 201765422.
  9. ^ Preston, John (October 2017). "Review of Cambridge Pragmatism". Philosophical Investigations. 40 (4): 443–448. doi:10.1111/phin.12171.
  10. ^ Capps, John (March 16, 2017). "Cheryl Misak, Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein". Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy. 5 (3). doi:10.15173/jhap.v5i3.3156. ISSN 2159-0303. Archived from the original on June 8, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Gottlieb, Anthony (April 27, 2020). "The Man Who Thought Too Fast". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Brean, Joseph (June 6, 2020). "The Philosopher Kings: How friendship with young prodigy changed one of the most brilliant minds of modern thinking". National Post. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Davenport-Hines, Richard (March 27, 2020). "'Frank Ramsey' Review: The Most Genial Genius". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

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