Elston Wells Van Steenburgh (“Van”), affiliate professor emeritus at Northern Illinois College, has died.
The next memorial discover was offered by Jason Hanna (Northern Illinois):
The Northern Illinois College philosophy division mourns the lack of Elston Wells Van Steenburgh (“Van”), who handed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at age 94. Van accomplished his doctoral dissertation in philosophy on the College of Michigan in 1960, beneath the supervision of Professor Paul Henle. His doctoral analysis targeted on Berkeley’s concept of which means. In 1968, Van joined the philosophy division at Northern Illinois College, the place he labored till his retirement in 1993. A flexible scholar and charismatic trainer, Van labored on metaphysics, epistemology, notion, philosophy of language, and early fashionable philosophy. He additionally served ably as chair from 1976 to 1981, throughout which period he skillfully instituted a number of curricular and personnel modifications that improved the division’s productiveness. After stepping down as chair, Van continued to offer sound management. Van revealed articles in journals corresponding to Thoughts, Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Research, Hume Research, Philosophical Investigations, Journal of Important Evaluation, and Apeiron. He shall be missed.
You may study extra about Professor Van Steenburgh’s work here and see a preview of his 2010 ebook, Analytic Philosophy Adrift, here.
There may be an obituary here.
