Vere Chappell
American philosopher and scholar (1930–2019)
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Vere Claiborne Chappell (March 22, 1930 – January 28, 2019) was an American philosopher and scholar specializing in early modern philosophy,[1] history of philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, and metaphysics.[2]
Vere Chappell | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 22, 1930 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 2019 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | Sheryl Chappell |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Doctoral students | William Lycan |
Chappell was born in Rochester, New York, in 1930, receiving his PhD from Yale University in 1958.[3]
In 2008 a collection of essays was published in honor of his work.[4]
Chappell died in North Adams, Massachusetts, on January 28, 2019, at the age of 88.[3]
Education
- Yale University (1947–53) - BA (1951); MA (1953)
- Universität Heidelberg (1953–54)
- Yale University (1954–57) - PhD (1958)
Career
- Yale University - Assistant in Instruction (1954–55); Instructor (1955–57)
- University of Chicago - Instructor (1957–61); Assistant Professor (1961–63); Associate Professor (1963–68); Professor (1968–70)
- North Central College - Visiting Professor (Summer 1965)
- Indiana University - Visiting Professor (1967)
- University of Illinois, Chicago - Visiting Professor (1967)
- University of Illinois, Urbana - Visiting Professor (1968)
- University of Notre Dame - Visiting Professor (1969)
- University of Southern California - Visiting Professor (1969)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst - Professor (1970–2006); Emeritus (2006–)
- Smith College - Visiting Professor (1973; 1974)
- Mount Holyoke College - Visiting Professor (1982; 1983; 1985; 1988; 1990; 1991; 1992)
- Università per Stranieri di Siena - Exchange Professor (1993)
- Amherst College - Visiting Professor (1996)
Publications
Books
- The Philosophy of Mind, edited with Introduction (Prentice-Hall, 1962); new ed. (Dover, 1981).
- The Philosophy of David Hume, edited with Introduction (Modern Library, 1963).
- Ordinary Language, edited with Introduction (Prentice-Hall, 1964); new ed. (Dover, 1981).
- Hume, edited with Introduction (Anchor Books, 1966).
- Twenty-five Years of Descartes Scholarship, 1960-1984: A Bibliography, with Willis Doney (Garland, 1987).
- Essays on Early Modern Philosophers: From Descartes and Hobbes to Newton and Leibniz, edited with Introductions. 12 Vols. (Garland, 1992).
- The Cambridge Companion to Locke, edited with Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
- Descartes's Meditations, edited with Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
- Locke, edited with Introduction (Oxford University Press, 1998).
- Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity, edited with Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1999).