Susan Haack was a British philosopher and academic, born in 1945 and died in 2026, who was a distinguished professor in the humanities, the Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, a professor of philosophy and a professor of law at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She wrote on logic, the philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics, and her pragmatism followed that of Charles Sanders Peirce.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Defining MomentSourced to the subject's own accountHer foundherentism, developed in Evidence and Inquiry (1993), reconciled foundationalism and coherentism in the theory of epistemic justification. 1 Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Notable PublicationSourced to the subject's own accountEvidence and Inquiry (1993), introducing foundherentism 1 Office HeldSourced to the subject's own accountDistinguished Professor in the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, University of Miami 1 Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountAnalytic philosophy and neopragmatism, following Charles Sanders Peirce. 1 Classification
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Her pragmatism followed that of Charles Sanders Peirce.
Philosophical work section
Haack's major contribution to philosophy, in the 1993 book Evidence and Inquiry is her epistemological theory called foundherentism, which is her attempt to avoid the logical problems of both pure foundationalism (which is susceptible to infinite regress) and pure coherentism (which is susceptible to circularity).
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Susan Haack (; 23 July 1945-10 March 2026) was a British philosopher and academic who was a distinguished professor in the humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
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