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Cowling Visiting Professors

Philosophers Visiting Carleton with the Support of the Donald J. Cowling Foundation

Visiting philosophers have been supported at Carleton by the Cowling Foundation every year but two since 1959. Cowling Visitors participate in a number of activities including teaching courses, giving public lectures, conducting faculty seminars, and leading discussions in classes.

Academic year beginning in:

  • 1959 Phillip Wheelright, University of California, Riverside
  • 1960 Wolfgang Yourgrau, University of Denver
  • 1961 J. N. Findlay, King's College, London
  • 1962 Newton P. Stallknecht, Indiana University
  • 1963 Louis O. Mink, Wesleyan University
  • 1964 J. Seelye Bixler, Colby College
  • 1965 Cornelius Kruse, Wesleyan University
  • 1966 G. N. A. Vesey, King's College, London
  • 1967 Stephen C. Pepper, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1968 Ruby Meager, Birkbeck College, LondonKlaus Hartmann, University of Bonn
  • 1969 Morton White, Harvard University, George I. Mavrodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 1970 Martin Eshleman, Carleton College, R. I. Aaron, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • 1971 Milic Capek, Boston University, Daya Krishna, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
  • 1972 Marcus G. Singer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 1973 Roderick Firth, Harvard University
  • 1974 Peter Jones, University of Edinburgh
  • 1975 Carl G. Hempel, Princeton University
  • 1976 R. E. Allen, University of Toronto
  • 1977 Errol E. Harris, Northwestern University
  • 1978 J. Michael Hinton, Worcester College, Oxford
  • 1979 Morris and Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz, Smith College
  • 1980 Reunion of Former Cowling Professors honoring D. J. Cowling's 100th Birthday
  • 1981 Risieri Frondizi, University of Buenos Aires
  • 1982 W. H. Walsh, University of Edinburgh
  • 1983 Howard Hong, St. Olaf College
  • 1984 Marjorie Grene, University of California, Davis
  • 1985 A. P. Griffiths, Warwick University
  • 1986 Kwasi Wiredu, University of Ghana
  • 1987 Colin Lyas, Lancaster University
  • 1988 Joseph Agassi, York University
  • 1989 Donald Sherburne, Vanderbilt University
  • 1990 Richard Rorty, University of Virginia
  • 1991 Arthur Danto, Columbia University
  • 1992 Robert Cummins, University of Arizona
  • 1993 Alexander P.D. Mourelatos, University of Texas
  • 1994 Arthur Fine, Northwestern University
  • 1995 Ernest Sosa, Brown University
  • 1996 Margaret Dauler Wilson, Princeton University
  • 1997 Carleton Philosophy Alumni Symposium honoring David Sipfle on his retirement
  • 1998 Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona
  • 1999 Susan Haack, University of Miami
  • 2000 Julia Annas, University of Arizona
  • 2001 Michael Williams, Johns Hopkins University
  • 2002 Lilli Alanen and Fred Stoutland, Uppsala University
  • 2003 Meredith Williams, Johns Hopkins University
  • 2004 Murat Aydede, University of Florida
  • 2005 Elizabeth Spelman, Smith College; Maria Lugones, SUNY Binghampton
  • 2006 Jonathan Adler, The City University of New York, Graduate Center
  • 2007 Stephen Stich, Rutgers University