loading . . . Susan Haack (1945-2026) Susan Haack, professor of philosophy and law at the University of Miami, has died.
Professor Haack was well-known for her work in philosophy of logic, epistemology, pragmatism, and philosophy of law. She is the author of _Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic _(1974), _Philosophy of Logics _(1978), _Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology_ (1993, revised 2009), _Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate_ (2000), _Putting Philosophy to Work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture_ (2013), _Defending Science—Within Reason _(2011), _Evidence Matters: Science, Proof, and Truth in the Law_ (2014), among many other works.
She joined the philosophy faculty at the University of Miami in 1990, was appointed as a professor of law there in 2000, and was named a distinguished professor in the humanities in 2006. Prior to arriving at Miami, she was a professor at the University of Warwick. She earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, an MA from Oxford and Cambridge, and a BPhil and BA from Oxford. Over the years she held visiting appointments at many institutions around the world—in Brazil, Colombia, Poland, Spain, the UK, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, Australia, Canada, and the US. Among her various honors, she delivered over 30 named or endowed lectures over the course of her career.
Professor Haack died on March 10th, 2026.
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A brief memorial notice is posted at the University of Miami website.
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Below are two videos of Susan Haack.
The first features her in conversation with Gilbert Ryle in 1973:
The second is the lecture she gave at the ceremony at which she was awarded the University College Dublin Ulysses Medal in 2016: https://dailynous.com/2026/03/11/susan-haack-1945-2026/
