World Philosophy Atlas
Charlottesville
- Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia, is the seat of the University of Virginia. Richard Rorty taught there as Kenan Professor of the Humanities from 1982 to 1998. Cora Diamond spent more than thirty years at the university before retiring in 2002, and James Childress held its Hollingsworth chair of ethics. The psychologist Jonathan Haidt taught there for sixteen years before moving to New York in 2011. Trenton Merricks is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy, and Elizabeth Barnes joined the department in 2014 after eight years at Leeds.
When
- 1982–2014 Virginia philosophy and ethics From Rorty's appointment to Barnes's arrival.
Schools and institutions
- University of Virginia Rorty, Diamond, Childress, Merricks and Barnes taught here.
Thinkers
- Richard Rorty 1931 – 2007taught here, 1982–1998 (Kenan Professor of the Humanities at the University of Virginia.)
- Cora Diamond b. 1937taught here, 2002 (University Professor and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Virginia; retired in 2002 after more than thirty years there.)
- Trenton Merricks active 1990s – presenttaught here (Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia (current, per his website).)
- Elizabeth Barnes active 2000s – presenttaught here, 2014–2026 (Came to the University of Virginia in 2014 after eight years teaching at the University of Leeds.)
- Jonathan Haidt b. 1963taught here, 2011 (Taught for 16 years in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia.)
- James F. Childress b. 1940taught here (John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and University Professor at the University of Virginia, now emeritus.)
Sources: SEP: Richard Rorty · American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Cora Diamond · Trenton Merricks: personal website · University of Virginia, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: The Good Life · NYU Stern: Jonathan Haidt · UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics: James F. Childress