Cheryl Misak

Cheryl J. Misak FRSC (born 1961) 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 provost of the University of Toronto, 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

• Misak, Cheryl J. (1995) Verificationism: Its History and Prospects (Philosophical Issues in Science). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-12597-9.
• 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

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. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Cheryl Misak publications indexed by Google Scholar