Lisa C. Shapiro (born 1967) is an American and Canadian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, Professor and the Dean of Faculty of Arts at

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

. She is known for her expertise on

early modern philosophy Early modern philosophy (also classical modern philosophy) Richard Schacht, ''Classical Modern Philosophers: Descartes to Kant'', Routledge, 2013, p. 1: "Seven men have come to stand out from all of their counterparts in what has come to be known ...

. Shapiro is the first winner of the German

Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Paderborn, focused on the work of historical women philosophers and scientists. The Center is responsible for the ...

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.

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

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External links

Personal Website

Lisa Shapiro at McGill
21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Living people 1967 births American women philosophers Canadian women philosophers Descartes scholars Hume scholars Spinoza scholars Academic staff of McGill University Academic staff of Simon Fraser University University of Pittsburgh alumni Wesleyan University alumni 21st-century American women {{US-philosopher-stub