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Cheryl Misak

@cherylmisak.bsky.social

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Philosopher, Univ of Toronto

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

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oxford Pragmatism, discounted.

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 27

Lovely review. I look forward to reading the book. At first glance, I was sure that was you on the deck!

Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wow! That pic is a keeper!

Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 27

A little bit of feel-good in a shitty world.

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks. It’s one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in.

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hot off the press: Michael Kremer’s and my resurrection of Margaret Macdonald.

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 18

@huwprice.bsky.social, you are a direct cause of this book!

Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wow!

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks for the kind words, David!

Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks!

Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 7

You should read it in Oxford, as you read Cambridge Pragmatism in Cambridge!

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 7

New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Aug 3

The great Gillian Welch summing up the state of America in words that will haunt. "I do believe we've broken what we never knew could break. @roberttalisse.bsky.social
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The Day The Mississippi Died

YouTube video by Gillian Welch - Topic

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Oct 6

“A philosopher of ordinary language had brought his limpid vernacular to bear on problems of formal logic.”

The best opening line in the history of philosophy book reviewing? Quine on Strawson.

www.jstor.org/stable/2251091

Mr. Strawson on Logical Theory on JSTOR

W. V. Quine, Mr. Strawson on Logical Theory, Mind, Vol. 62, No. 248 (Oct., 1953), pp. 433-451

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Nov 20

What or who killed Frank Ramsey? A brilliant philosopher dies aged just 26 while preparing a treatise on the nature of truth. Why he died is a medical mystery almost a century old, which kept five professors (medicine & philosophy) amused for months. Enjoy!
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 26

Am increasingly getting requests to send references I’m writing to the candidate so they can include it with their application. I know it cuts down admin but it’s awful. References are already degraded. How can anyone possibly take seriously a reference that is so open?

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Jan Kandiyali @jkandiyali.bsky.social · Sep 26

Very nice obituary in The Guardian of my teacher and friend Bob Stern, written by another one of his students Josh Forstenzer.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Robert Stern obituary

Other lives: Professor at Sheffield University who was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation

www.theguardian.com

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · Oct 23

For folk who are going to be in Reykjavík next week #philsci #quantum #philsky

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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · Oct 25

Terrible news that Chris Hookway, wonderful human being and wonderful Peirce scholar, has died. If you knew him, do consider joining me in giving to The National Brain Appeal.
www.justgiving.com/page/jo-hook...

Jo's fundraiser for The National Brain Appeal

Help Jo Hookway raise money to support The National Brain Appeal

www.justgiving.com

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Dec 19

And the winner of the 2024 Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Mind goes to...

Lee wins Sanders Philosophy of Mind Prize - Daily Nous

Andrew Y. Lee, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, is the winner of the 2024 Philosophy of Mind Prize from the Marc Sanders Foundation. Professor Lee was awarded the priz...

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