Vere Claiborne Chappell
Encyclopedia
Vere Claiborne Chappell (born 22 March 1930 in Rochester, NY) is an American
philosopher and scholar specializing in early modern philosophy
, history of philosophy
, philosophy of mind and action
, and metaphysics
.
In 2008 a collection of essays was published in honor of Vere Chappell's work.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
philosopher and scholar specializing in early modern philosophy
Modern philosophy
Modern philosophy is a type of philosophy that originated in Western Europe in the 17th century, and is now common worldwide. It is not a specific doctrine or school , although there are certain assumptions common to much of it, which helps to distinguish it from earlier philosophy.The 17th and...
, history of philosophy
History of philosophy
The history of philosophy is the study of philosophical ideas and concepts through time. Issues specifically related to history of philosophy might include : How can changes in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in its historical context? To what...
, philosophy of mind and action
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e...
, and metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
.
In 2008 a collection of essays was published in honor of Vere Chappell's work.
Education
- Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
(1947–53) - BA (1951); MA (1953) - Universität Heidelberg (1953–54)
- Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
(1954–57) - PhD (1958)
Career
- Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
- Assistant in Instruction (1954–55); Instructor (1955–57) - University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
- Instructor (1957–61); Assistant Professor (1961–63); Associate Professor (1963–68); Professor (1968–70) - North Central CollegeNorth Central CollegeNorth Central College is a leading liberal arts college providing students at different stages of life and from different ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds with comprehensive educational programs.-Academics:...
- Visiting Professor (Summer 1965) - Indiana UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
- Visiting Professor (1967) - University of Illinois, Chicago - Visiting Professor (1967)
- University of Illinois, Urbana - Visiting Professor (1968)
- Notre Dame University - Visiting Professor (1969)
- University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
- Visiting Professor (1969) - University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
- Professor (1970–2006); Emeritus (2006–) - Smith CollegeSmith CollegeSmith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
- Visiting Professor (1973; 1974) - Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
- Visiting Professor (1982; 1983; 1985; 1988; 1990; 1991; 1992) - Università per Stranieri di SienaForeigners University of SienaThe University for Foreigners Siena is a university located in Siena, Italy. It is one of the two Italian universities oriented towards study by foreign students . The university has one Faculty and one Department .- External links :*...
- Exchange Professor (1993) - Amherst CollegeAmherst CollegeAmherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
- Visiting Professor (1996)
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).