Cheryl Misak Explained

Cheryl J. Misak is a Canadian philosopher who works in pragmatism, the history of analytic philosophy, and bioethics.^[1] She is a University Professor at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,^[2] and a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in intellectual and cultural history.^[3] In 2011, Misak served as president of the Charles S. Peirce Society.^[4] In December 2020, Misak became the interim director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.^[5]

Misak was raised in Lethbridge, Alberta.^[6] She received her BA from the University of Lethbridge, her MA from Columbia University, and her DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Publications

• Book: Misak, Cheryl J.. Truth, Politics, Morality: Pragmatism and Deliberation. Routledge. 2000. 978-0-203-16228-6. 179161004.
• Book: Misak, Cheryl J.. Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth. Oxford University Press. 2004. 978-0-19-151963-5. 370946282.
• Book: The Cambridge Companion to Peirce. 2004-07-12. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-57006-0. Misak. Cheryl. 10.1017/ccol0521570069.
• Misak. Cheryl. August 2005. ICU Psychosis and Patient Autonomy: Some Thoughts from the Inside. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 30. 4. 411–430. 10.1080/03605310591008603. 16029990. 0360-5310.
• Book: Misak, Cheryl J.. The American Pragmatists. Oxford University Press. 2013. 978-0-19-165138-0. 828143682. ^[7]
• Book: Misak, Cheryl J.. Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein. 2016-10-18. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-102004-9. 957738331. ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Book: Misak, Cheryl J.. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers. Oxford University Press. 2020. 978-0-19-875535-7. 1102642049. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. News: 2020-04-07. Pragmatic philosophers: let's just focus on 'the best we can do'. CBC Radio. live. August 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200818052554/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/pragmatic-philosophers-let-s-just-focus-on-the-best-we-can-do-1.5524895.
2. Web site: Cheryl Misak. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809091309/https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/cheryl-misak/. August 9, 2020. University of Toronto.
3. Web site: Cheryl Misak. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809000941/https://www.univcan.ca/innovators/cheryl-misak/. August 9, 2018. 2020-10-11. Universities Canada. en-US.
4. Misak. Cheryl. 2011. 2011 Presidential Address: American Pragmatism and Indispensability Arguments. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 47. 3. 261. 10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.47.3.261. 170361561.
5. Web site: December 17, 2020. Welcoming Interim Director Cheryl Misak. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201225022545/https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/about/welcoming-interim-director-cheryl-misak/ . December 25, 2020 . 2021-01-13. Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. en-US.
6. Web site: Kenney. Trevor. 2009-01-14. Athletics helped shape Misak's future. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011052043/https://www.uleth.ca/unews/article/athletics-helped-shape-misaks-future. October 11, 2020. 2020-10-11. University of Lethbridge.
7. Margolis. Joseph. Joseph Margolis. 2013-12-24. Some Remarks on Cheryl Misak's The American Pragmatists. European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy. 5. 2. 10.4000/ejpap.548. 2036-4091. free.
8. de Waal. Cornelis. 2019. Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein by Cheryl Misak. Journal of the History of Philosophy. en. 57. 3. 565–566. 10.1353/hph.2019.0047. 201765422 . 1538-4586.
9. Preston. John. October 2017. Review of Cambridge Pragmatism. Philosophical Investigations. en. 40. 4. 443–448. 10.1111/phin.12171.
10. Capps. John. 2017-03-16. Cheryl Misak, Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein. Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy. 5. 3. 10.15173/jhap.v5i3.3156. 2159-0303. October 11, 2020. June 8, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608214920/https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/3156. live. free.
11. Gottlieb. Anthony. Anthony Gottlieb. 2020-04-27. The Man Who Thought Too Fast. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200908203816/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/the-man-who-thought-too-fast. September 8, 2020. 2020-10-11. The New Yorker. en-us.
12. Web site: Brean. Joseph. 2020-06-06. The Philosopher Kings: How friendship with young prodigy changed one of the most brilliant minds of modern thinking. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011044904/https://nationalpost.com/news/oh-the-humanities-the-philosopher-kings. October 11, 2020. 2020-10-11. National Post. en-CA.
13. News: Davenport-Hines. Richard. 2020-03-27. 'Frank Ramsey' Review: The Most Genial Genius. en-US. The Wall Street Journal. live. 2020-10-11. 0099-9660. April 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406221622/https://www.wsj.com/articles/frank-ramsey-review-the-most-genial-genius-11585322801.