Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Cheryl Misak is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. She is the author of the biography Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers (Oxford University Press, 2020).
essayPolitical philosophy
The underground university
During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them
Cheryl Misak
essayThinkers and theories
Pragmatism endures
Pragmatism was not eclipsed after Dewey: it has been a constant and dominant force in philosophy for nearly 100 years
Cheryl Misak & Robert B Talisse
essayThinkers and theories
Philosophy must be useful
For Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, much of philosophy was mere nonsense. Then came Frank Ramsey’s pragmatic alternative
Cheryl Misak
ideaKnowledge
To my best belief: just what is the pragmatic theory of truth?
Cheryl Misak