Academic Footnotes

[gcreptile 10,211]

So I came across a list of the "50 most influential living philosophers", it was written around 2017/18:

https://thebestschools.org/features/most-influential-living-philosophers/

 

Kwame Anthony Appiah - born 1954 - identity philosopher (especially race) - seems fine

Alain Badiou - born 1937 - leading marxist philosopher, playwright, etc... likely obitable

Simon Blackburn - born 1944 - UK philosopher, apparently trying to popularize it? Obitable, because british

Robert Brandom - born 1950 - language philosopher - probably not obitable

Tyler Burge - born 1946 - general philosopher -  in good form and not very obitable

Judith Butler - born 1956 - THE gender studies philosopher - as such almost an A-list celebrity, but quite young, especially on this list

Nancy Cartwright - born 1944 - philosopher of science / social science and economics - not to be confused with the voice of Bart Simpson, she got a few lifetime acheivement awards and seems to be winding down

David Chalmers - born 1966 - leading philosopher on consciousness, and thus rather obitable - he seems a bit of a "rock star philosopher", less drugged up than Slavoj Zizek though, and so still much too young

Noam Chomsky - born 1928 - A-list celebrity as a political commentator - we know him

Andy Clark - born 1957 - UK-born, so likely obitable but a lesser name here it seems, also a philosopher of consciousness

 

...to be continued....

 

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Jaegwon Kim - born 1934 - died in 2019 - only received a few obituaries

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John J McDermott - born 1932 - died in 2018 - only received the professional obituaries

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Mary Midgley - born 1919 - died in 2018 obited with ease, as a Briton

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Cornel West - born 1953 - public intellectual with a big role in all things Black American - public critic of Obama, too

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Slavoj Zizek - born 1949 - counter-culture marxist pop philosopher - huge name because of his quirky self, known health troubles and probably not long for this world

 

 

So in 2,5 years 3 names on this list have died.

[TomTomTelekom 3,594]

Molecular biologist Flossie Wong-Staal, who was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the gene's functions, died at 73 years:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2020-07-09/flossie-wong-staal-obituary

She co-founded iTherX Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on developing treatment for hepatitis C.

[alt obits guy 3,090]

Maria Lugones, a feminist, philosopher, activist and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and of women's studies at Binghamton University in New York State, has died. She was76.

 

http://dailynous.com/2020/07/14/maria-lugones-1944-2020/

 

[The Old Crem 3,164]

Feminist academic Shere Hite died yesterday aged 77.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/she-began-the-real-sexual-revolution-for-women-shere-hite-dies-aged-77

 

 

 

[Ulitzer95 10,947]

6 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Feminist academic Shere Hite died yesterday aged 77.

Wonder if those who opposed her theory nicknamed her Shite?

[Toast 14,800]

30 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Feminist academic Shere Hite died yesterday aged 77.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/she-began-the-real-sexual-revolution-for-women-shere-hite-dies-aged-77

 

 

Oh, I remember her.  Apparently her forename is pronounced 'Sherry', but the full name amusingly reads like someone standing on the edge of a cliff.

 

 

Poor old Shere. 

[ThePrematureBurial 224]

44 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Feminist academic Shere Hite died yesterday aged 77.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/she-began-the-real-sexual-revolution-for-women-shere-hite-dies-aged-77

 

 

 

 

First Diana Rigg & now Shere Hite. 

Death is obviously back from his summer vacation. 

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1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

Oh, I remember her.  Apparently her forename is pronounced 'Sherry', but the full name amusingly reads like someone standing on the edge of a cliff.

 

 

Poor old Shere. 

Never knew how it was pronounced but phonetically it was an amusing spoonerism (for lads of a certain age).

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46 minutes ago, ThePrematureBurial said:

 

First Diana Rigg & now Shere Hite. 

Death is obviously back from his summer vacation. 

Just as a matter of interest, what period are you suggesting death took a summer vacation? If it was the first week of September, he was definitely back for Ronalds Harwood & Bell (& Tommy) before Rigg & Hite (& Minter).

[drol 10,033]

1 hour ago, ThePrematureBurial said:

 

First Diana Rigg & now Shere Hite. 

Death is obviously back from his summer vacation. 

One feminist and one anti-feminist. Reaper loves variety.

[ThePrematureBurial 224]

39 minutes ago, time said:

Just as a matter of interest, what period are you suggesting death took a summer vacation? If it was the first week of September, he was definitely back for Ronalds Harwood & Bell (& Tommy) before Rigg & Hite (& Minter).

 

But they were not as famous as these two ladies.

 

Nobody from the official list died in August & I remember that one member of this forum feared that this was a bad omen & that  the grim reaper would get him. 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,447]

She was great in The Jungle Book.

[gcreptile 10,211]

So on my YouTube front page appeared the news that Jordan Peterson is now returning home to Toronto after 18 months (!) in hospitals:

 

[Ulitzer95 10,947]

Dame Rachel Waterhouse (wiki), local historian of Birmingham and the West Midlands, died October 14th aged 97, but only announced yesterday.

[Thatcher 2,123]

Judith Jarvis Thomson, American philosopher, has reportedly died aged 91.

[Sir Creep 7,011]

The great economist Walter Williams has died. Walter was a great communicator of ideas and a prolific, provocative and uncompromising writer. He was the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University. 
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[alt obits guy 3,090]

Peter Eagleson, a pioneering hydrologist and professor emeritus at MIT, died January 6th. He was 92.

 

https://news.mit.edu/2021/professor-emeritus-peter-eagleson-pioneering-hydrologist-dies-0113

 

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Rennard Strickland, who had a long and distinguished career in academia, including having served as Dean of Law at no less than four universities, died January 5th.  He was 80.

 

https://obituaries.normantranscript.com/obituary/rennard-strickland-1081391832

 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

Joshua Comer was an assistant professor of communication and the communication program director at the University of Louisiana Monroe.

Police say the professor at the was fatally shot by his father-in-law in a murder-suicide on Sunday night, according to multiple reports.

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[alt obits guy 3,090]

Brad Cox, who had a long career as an academic, punctuated by his creation of the Objective-C computer programming language, has died. He was 76.

 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/scnow/name/brad-cox-obituary?pid=197454225

 

[Ulitzer95 10,947]

Mathematician Isadore Singer (wiki) has died aged 96 according to the MIT Mathematics home page.

A unique pick in last year's DDP. Be interesting to see if he obits!

[Sir Creep 7,011]

The Management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE) has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday.

The Acting Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the college, Mr Joseph Okwulehie, confirmed the death to newsmen.

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[alt obits guy 3,090]

Kai Nielsen, a noted philosopher and philosophy professor who taught at New York University and the University of Calgary, has died. He was 94.

 

https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2021/04/in-memoriam-kai-nielsen-1926-2021.html

 

[gcreptile 10,211]

John Williamson, British-born economist who coined the term "Washington Consensus" has died at 83:

https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/john-williamson-s-washington-consensus-left-a-bitter-legacy-in-asia

 

The Washington Consensus was the standard neoliberal formula used by our global overlords (World Bank, OECD, and the like) to reform the economies of developing countries, especially in Latin America and Asia. The general guidelines then became a bit of a free-market gospel that created a lot of resentment in the afflicted countries, because often they actually made them wholly dependent on new credit, which they received in exchange for market-radical reforms.

[Ulitzer95 10,947]

R. W. Davies (wiki), British historian on Soviet Russia, dead at 95 according to this tweet: