Biography:Gary Gutting
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Short description: American philosopher (1942–2019)
Gary Gutting | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1942 |
| Died | January 18, 2019 (aged 76) |
| Spouse(s) | Anastasia Friel Gutting |
| Children | Tasha Alexander |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Saint Louis University (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Logic of Discovery in Theoretical Physics (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Joseph Blackwell |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Notre Dame |
| Main interests | Contemporary French philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion |
Gary Michael Gutting (April 11, 1942 – January 18, 2019)[1][2] was an American philosopher and holder of an endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His daughter is writer Tasha Alexander.[3]
Work
Gutting was an expert on the philosopher Michel Foucault and an editor of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Through his publications in such media outlets as The New York Times and The Stone, he adopted the role of a public intellectual.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] He dealt with both continental and analytic philosophy and had written on bridging the analytic–continental divide.[14]
Books
- Talking God: Philosophers on Belief, W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
- What Philosophy Can Do, W. W. Norton & Company, 2015
- Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy since 1960, Oxford University Press, 2011
- What Philosophers Know: Case Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Foucault: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2005
- French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, 2001
- Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity, Cambridge University Press, 1999
- Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason, Cambridge University Press, 1989
- Religious Belief and Religious Skepticism, University of Notre Dame Press, 1982
- Paradigms and Revolutions: Appraisals and Applications of Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science. South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1980
- (ed.) Continental Philosophy of Science, Blackwell Publishers, 2005
References
- ↑ Template:Cite LCAuth
- ↑ "Gary Gutting (1942-2019)". January 20, 2019. http://dailynous.com/2019/01/20/gary-gutting-1942-2019/.
- ↑ "Gary Michael Gutting obituary". Palmer Funeral Homes. 2019-01-19. https://www.palmerfuneralhomes.com/notices/Gary-Gutting.
- ↑ Bray, Christopher (2011-03-20). "Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy Since 1960 by Gary Gutting – review". The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/20/thinking-impossible-philosopy-gary-gutting.
- ↑ Richard Marshall (2012-12-10). "What Philosophers Know". 3:AM Magazine. http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/what-philosophers-know/. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2011-09-14). "Beyond 'New Atheism'". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/atheism-scientific-versus-humanist/.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2010-08-11). "The Stone: On Dawkins's Atheism: A Response". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/on-dawkinss-atheism-a-response/.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2010-08-01). "The Stone: Philosophy and Faith". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/philosophy-and-faith/.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2013-05-22). "Why Do I Teach?". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/why-do-i-teach/.
- ↑ Douglas Smith (2012). "Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy since 1960 (review)". French Studies: A Quarterly Review (Project MUSE) 66 (2): 277–278. doi:10.1093/fs/kns074. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/french_studies_a_quarterly_review/v066/66.2.smith.html. reprinted from Douglas Smith (April 2012). "Thinking the Impossible: French Philosophy since 1960 (review)". French Studies: A Quarterly Review 66 (2): 277–278. doi:10.1093/fs/kns074.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2013-03-30). "The Stone: On Being Catholic". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/on-being-catholic/.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2013-04-25). "What Do Scientific Studies Show?". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/what-do-scientific-studies-show/.
- ↑ Books, Five. "The Best Books on Foucault | Five Books Expert Recommendations" (in en). https://fivebooks.com/best-books/gary-gutting-foucault-best-books/.
- ↑ Gutting, Gary (2012-02-19). "The Stone: Bridging the Analytic-Continental Divide". Opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/bridging-the-analytic-continental-divide/.
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