2020 in philosophy
'''2020 in philosophy'''
Events
Planned events
- January 8-11 - the American Philosophical Association held its annual Eastern Division Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- February 26-29 - the American Philosophical Association held its annual Central Division Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
- 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.
- 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
- Manel Pretel-Wilson, Utopics: The Unification of Human Science.
- Peter Sloterdijk, ''Making the Heavens Speak''
Planned publications
- Karl Ameriks, Kantian Subjects: Critical Philosophy and Late Modernity.
- Dimitria Electra Gatzia and Berit Brogaard, The Epistemology of Non-Visual Perception.
- John Gardner, Torts and Other Wrongs.
- Béatrice Longuenesse, The First Person in Cognition and Morality: The Spinoza Lectures.
Deaths
- January 3 - Douglas N. Walton, Canadian philosopher and logician.
- January 5 - Colin Howson, British philosopher.
- January 9 - David Efird, American philosopher and Anglican priest.
- January 12 - Roger Scruton, English philosopher.
- January 17 - Emanuele Severino, Italian philosopher.
- February 15 - Jack Macintosh, philosopher known for his work in the history and philosophy of science, especially on Robert Boyle.
- February 25 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher of science and physicist who was mainly active in Canada.
- June 21 - Hugh Mellor, British philosopher working primarily in metaphysics.
- June 28 - Eliot Deutsch, comparative philosopher.
- August 5 - Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher.
- November 20 - Judith Jarvis Thomson, American ethicist.
- November 22 - Raimo Tuomela, Finnish philosopher.