2020 in philosophy

2020 in philosophy

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

 * Manel Pretel-Wilson, Utopics: The Unification of Human Science (Springer).
 * 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).
 * 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).
 * 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).