Lisa Shapiro

Lisa C. Shapiro (born 1967) is an American and Canadian philosopher, Professor and the Dean of Faculty of Arts at McGill University. She is known for her expertise on early modern philosophy.[1][2][3]

Lisa Shapiro
Born
Maryland, USA
EducationWesleyan University (B.A.)
University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolEarly modern philosophy
InstitutionsSimon Fraser University
ThesisThe union of soul and body: Descartes' conception of a human being (1997)
Main interests
Cartesian philosophy
Websitehttp://lisacshapiro.wordpress.com/

Shapiro is the first winner of the German Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize which celebrates the history of women in philosophy. It is awarded to internationally recognized philosophers for outstanding services to research on women in the history of philosophy.[4]

Books

  • Pleasure: A History (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2018
  • Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, edited with Martin Pickavé, Oxford University Press, 2012
  • The correspondence between Elisabeth, Princess of Bohemia and Descartes, University of Chicago Press, 2007

References

  1. "Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy ed. by Martin Pickavé, Lisa Shapiro (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 53 (1). January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize". historyofwomenphilosophers.org. Retrieved 2022-12-11.


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