John Kaag
Born27 September 1979
Reading, Pennsylvania, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Oregon

John Kaag (born 1979)[1] is an American philosopher and Chair and Professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[2] Kaag specializes in American philosophy.[2] His writing has been published in The Paris Review, The New York Times, and Harper’s Magazine.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Kaag was born to Jan and Rebecca Kaag.[6][7]

Kaag received his Masters in Philosophy in 2003 from Pennsylvania State University and his PhD in Philosophy in 2007 from the University of Oregon.[2] He did his post-doctoral study at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Harvard University.[8]

Career

John Kaag is professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.[2] Kaag was a Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute from 2019-2021, and is now an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.[9][10]

In February 2023, Kaag delivered the lecture "William James and the Sick Soul" for Harvard Divinity School's William James Lectures on Religious Experience series.

Awards

Kaag’s book American Philosophy: A Love Story won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History.[11]

Hiking with Nietzsche was named the Best Book of 2018 by NPR and a New York Times Editors’ Choice.[11][12]

Bibliography

  • Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism: The Philosophy of Ella Lyman Cabot (2011). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7391-6781-6.
  • Thinking Through the Imagination: Aesthetics in Human Cognition (2014). New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5493-4.
  • American Philosophy: A Love Story (2016). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-3741-5448-6.
  • Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are (2018). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-3741-7001-1.
  • Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (2020) Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-6911-9216-1.
  • Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James (2023) Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-6912-4015-2.
  • Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living (2023) Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-6912-4469-3.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kaag, John J., 1979-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "UMass Lowell Faculty Bio". University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Me for the Woods". The Paris Review. 30 June 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Kaag, John (14 October 2021). "Why Does Thoreau Live On?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ Kaag, John (6 March 2014). "The Philosopher and the Thief". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Obituary of Jan Kaag". The Buffalo News. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ Kaag, John (2018). Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 244.
  8. ↑ "Outstanding Alumni Awards, Department of Philosophy". Penn State College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  9. ↑ "SFI announces two new Miller Scholars for 2019". Santa Fe Institute. 7 January 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Profile: John Kaag". Santa Fe Institute. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "American Philosophy A Love Story". New Books Network. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  12. ↑ "About this Book: Hiking with Nietzsche". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
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