Joseph H. Shieber, professor of philosophy at Lafayette Faculty, has died.
Professor Shieber labored in epistemology, particularly the epistemology of testimony and social epistemology, in addition to in philosophy of language and the historical past of philosophy. He’s the creator of Testimony: A Philosophical Introduction, amongst different works. You possibly can be taught extra about his writings here and here.
Professor Shieber joined the Department of Philosophy at Lafayette Faculty in 2003. Previous to that, he taught at Connecticut Faculty, the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise, and Brown College, the place he earned his AM and PhD in philosophy. He studied arithmetic and philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin earlier than heading to Brown. He earned his BA from Yale College in literature.
“He was an excellent and astonishingly productive thinker,” stated Owen McLeod, the top of the philosophy division, based on The Lafayette.
He died on April seventh following a short sickness. He was 53.
(by way of Megan Feeney)
