J. B. Schneewind Explained

Education:	Cornell University B.A. major in philosophy (1961)
Alma Mater:	Princeton University M.A. (1953), Ph.D. (1957)
Discipline:	Philosopher
Sub Discipline:	Philosophy; Victorian literature; Victorian morality^[1]
Workplaces:	University of Pittsburgh (1964–1975), Hunter College (1975–1981), Johns Hopkins University (1981–2002)
Birth Date:	17 May 1930
Birth Place:	Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Influences:	Kant, Richard Rorty
Spouse:	Edith Levy (div.),^[2] Elizabeth Hughes (d. 2021)^[3]
Children:	3 daughters
Doctoral Advisor:	John W. Yolton
Academic Advisors:	Max Black
Birth Name:	Jerome Borges Schneewind
Thesis Title:	The Nature of McTaggart's Theory of Appearance

Jerome Borges Schneewind (May 17, 1930 – January 8, 2024) was an American scholar of the history of philosophy. Latterly he was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.

Life and career

Jerome Borges Schneewind was born on May 17, 1930, in Mount Vernon, New York.

Schneewind received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1951 and obtained his M.A. (1953) and Ph.D. (1957) from Princeton University.

Schneewind was an Instructor in philosophy at the University of Chicago (1957–1960) and at Princeton University (1960–1961),^[4] and he was a faculty member at Yale University (1961–1963), and the University of Pittsburgh (1964–1975). At the latter he also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1968–1973).^[5] He then taught, and served as provost, at Hunter College CUNY (1975–1981).

Schneewind was appointed at Johns Hopkins University's philosophy department in 1981 as professor of philosophy, retiring in 2002. He was named professor emeritus in 2003.

Schneewind held visiting positions at Leicester, Stanford, and Helsinki.^[6] He also held Mellon, Guggenheim, and NEH fellowships, and spent 1992–1993 as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences.^[7]

Schneewind served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (1995–1996) and was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996.^[8] He was also Chair of the American Philosophical Association's Board of Officers from 1999 to 2002.

Schneewind died on January 8, 2024, at the age of 93.^{[9] [10]}

Works

Books authored

• Backgrounds of English Victorian Literature, Random House, 1970^[11]
• Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 1977^[12]
• The Invention of Autonomy: a history of modern moral philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 1998.^{[13] [14]}
• Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2009^{[15] [16]}

Books edited (a selection)

• Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1996
  • Introduction, and Chapter 3: "Philosophical Ideas of Charity"^[17]
• Moral Philosophy from Montaigne to Kant, 2 vols., Cambridge University Press, 1990, 1 vol. reprint, 2002.
• Kant's Lectures on Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2001, (in The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant series)

*For more complete publication details see; "J. B. Schneewind: Bibliography" (2009).^[18]

Notes and References

1. "Jerome B. Schneewind." Directory of American Scholars, Gale, 2002. Gale In Context: Biography, Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
2. Web site: Jerome Schneewind Obituary (1930 - 2024) - Legacy Remembers . 2024-01-10 . Legacy.com.
3. Web site: ELIZABETH SCHNEEWIND Obituary (2021) - Baltimore, MD - New York Times . 2024-01-09 . Legacy.com.
4. "J(erome) B(orges) Schneewind." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Biography. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.
5. Web site: March 26, 1969 . Schneewind Replaces Kehl As Dean Of College At Pitt . 2024-01-10 . digital.library.pitt.edu.
6. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/resmgr/quinnprize/schneewind-cv.pdf Jerome B. Schneewind C.V.
7. Web site: Jerome B. Schneewind Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences . 2024-01-09 . casbs.stanford.edu . en.
8. Web site: 2023-12-06 . Jerome Borges Schneewind . 2024-01-09 . . en.
9. Web site: In Memoriam: J.B. Schneewind - American Philosophical Association . 2024-01-09 . . en.
10. Web site: Wallach . Rachel . 2024-01-09 . Jerome Schneewind, professor emeritus of philosophy known for his mentorship, dies at 93 . 2024-01-10 . The Hub . en.
11. Clive . John . 1972 . Review of Backgrounds of English Victorian Literature . . 16 . 2 . 243–244 . 3826019 . 0042-5222 . registration.
12. Singer . Marcus G. . Marcus George Singer . 1982 . Review of Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy. . Noûs . 16 . 2 . 339–350 . 10.2307/2215381 . 2215381 . 0029-4624 . subscription.
13. Hunter . Ian . 2000 . Review of The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy . . 109 . 3 . 444–447 . 10.2307/2693703 . 2693703 . 0031-8108 . subscription.
14. Davis . G. Scott . 2001 . Schneewind . J. B. . A Whig History of Ethics: A Review of "The Invention of Autonomy" by J. B. Schneewind . The Journal of Religious Ethics . 29 . 1 . 175–197 . 10.1111/0384-9694.00073 . 40017883 . 0384-9694 . subscription.
15. Irwin . T. H. . Terence Irwin . 2010-07-30 . Review of Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy . Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews . en . 1538-1617.
16. Skelton . Anthony . 2017 . Review of Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy . Mind . 126 . 503 . 949–954 . 10.1093/mind/fzv144 . 0026-4423 . 26361870. https://web.archive.org/web/20160527113905/http://philpapers.org/archive/SKEROJ.pdf . May 27, 2016 .
17. Halfpenny . Peter . 1998 . Review of Giving: Western Ideas of Philanthropy . Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations . 9 . 4 . 385–393 . 10.1023/A:1022102016006 . 27927625 . 142330798 . 0957-8765 . subscription.
18. Book: Schneewind, J. B. . Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy . 2009-12-03 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-172173-1 . en . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563012.001.0001 . subscription.