13 Facts About Susan Haack

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Susan Haack was born on 1945 and is a distinguished professor in the humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Susan Haack was elected into Phi Beta Kappa as an honorary member.

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Susan Haack studied Plato with Gilbert Ryle and logic with Michael Dummett.

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Susan Haack held the positions of Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge and professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick before taking her current position at the University of Miami.

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Susan Haack has said of her career that she is "very independent":.

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Susan Haack published a vigorous essay in the New Criterion, taking strong exception to many of Rorty's views, especially his claim to be a sort of pragmatist.

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In Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate, Susan Haack is highly critical of the view that there is a specifically female perspective on logic and scientific truth and is critical of feminist epistemology.

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Susan Haack holds that many feminist critiques of science and philosophy are excessively concerned with political correctness.

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Susan Haack agrees there is great tension between the two.

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Susan Haack believes that while scientists, historians and detectives play a useful role in scientific inquiry, theologians do not.

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Susan Haack stipulates that controversy and unanswered questions abound in modern science.

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Susan Haack has written for Free Inquiry magazine and the Council for Secular Humanism.

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Susan Haack's work has been reviewed and cited in the popular press, such as The Times Literary Supplement as well as in academic journals.