Vere Chappell

Vere Chappell
Vere Chappell
Born	March 22, 1930; Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2019 (aged 88); North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Sheryl Chappell
Education
Education	Yale University
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Doctoral students	William Lycan

Vere Claiborne Chappell (March 22, 1930 – January 28, 2019) was an American philosopher and scholar specializing in early modern philosophy, history of philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, and metaphysics.

Chappell was born in Rochester, New York, in 1930, receiving his PhD from Yale University in 1958.

In 2008 a collection of essays was published in honor of his work.

Chappell died in North Adams, Massachusetts, on January 28, 2019, at the age of 88.

Education

Yale University - Assistant in Instruction (1954–55); Instructor (1955–57)
University of Chicago - Instructor (1957–61); Assistant Professor (1961–63); Associate Professor (1963–68); Professor (1968–70)
North Central College - Visiting Professor (Summer 1965)
Indiana University - Visiting Professor (1967)
University of Illinois, Chicago - Visiting Professor (1967)
University of Illinois, Urbana - Visiting Professor (1968)
University of Notre Dame - Visiting Professor (1969)
University of Southern California - Visiting Professor (1969)
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Professor (1970–2006); Emeritus (2006–)
Smith College - Visiting Professor (1973; 1974)
Mount Holyoke College - Visiting Professor (1982; 1983; 1985; 1988; 1990; 1991; 1992)
Università per Stranieri di Siena - Exchange Professor (1993)
Amherst College - Visiting Professor (1996)

The Philosophy of Mind, edited with Introduction (Prentice-Hall, 1962); new ed. (Dover, 1981).
The Philosophy of David Hume, edited with Introduction (Modern Library, 1963).
Ordinary Language, edited with Introduction (Prentice-Hall, 1964); new ed. (Dover, 1981).
Hume, edited with Introduction (Anchor Books, 1966).
Twenty-five Years of Descartes Scholarship, 1960-1984: A Bibliography, with Willis Doney (Garland, 1987).
Essays on Early Modern Philosophers: From Descartes and Hobbes to Newton and Leibniz, edited with Introductions. 12 Vols. (Garland, 1992).
The Cambridge Companion to Locke, edited with Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
Descartes's Meditations, edited with Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
Locke, edited with Introduction (Oxford University Press, 1998).
Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity, edited with Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

↑ Hoffman, P., Owen, G., and Yaffe, G. Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy. Broadview Press, 2008. ISBN 1-55111-662-6
↑ UMass Philosophy - Faculty Archived 2016-08-25 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved May 4, 2010.
1 2 "Dr. Vere Chappell - Monday, January 28th, 2019". flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
↑ Paul Hoffman, David Owen, and Gideon Yaffe (Editors), Contemporary perspectives on early modern philosophy: essays in honor of Vere Chappell. Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Broadview Press, 2008; ISBN 1-55111-662-6

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Vere Chappell
Born	(1930-03-22)March 22, 1930 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2019(2019-01-31) (aged 88) North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Sheryl Chappell

Education
Education	Yale University
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Doctoral students	William Lycan