Region: | Western philosophy |
Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
Lisa Shapiro | |
Birth Place: | Maryland, USA |
School Tradition: | Early modern philosophy |
Institutions: | Simon Fraser University |
Main Interests: | Cartesian philosophy |
Thesis Title: | The union of soul and body: Descartes' conception of a human being |
Thesis Year: | 1997 |
Education: | Wesleyan University (B.A.) University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.) |
Influences: | Descartes, Spinoza, David Hume, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Malebranche |
Website: | http://lisacshapiro.wordpress.com/ |
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]
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]