Desmond Clarke
Desmond Clark | |
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Born | 17 January 1942 |
Died | 4 September 2016 (aged 74) Harold's Cross,Dublin, Ireland |
Academic background | |
Education | University College Cork(BS) KU Leuven(BPhil) University of Notre Dame(PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosophy |
Sub-discipline | History of philosophy Philosophy of science 17th-century philosophy |
Institutions | University College Cork |
Desmond M. Clarke(17 January 1942 – 4 September 2016) was an Irish author and professor of philosophy atUniversity College Cork(UCC). His research interests include history of philosophy and theories of science, with a specific interest in the writings ofRené Descartes,as well as contemporary church/state relations, human rights, and nationalism.
Early life and education
[edit]Clarke was born inDublinand earned his leaving certificate fromSynge Street CBS.[1]Clarke earned a Bachelor of Science from theUniversity College Cork,Bachelor of Philosophy fromKU Leuven,and PhD in theUniversity of Notre Dame,where he met his future wife.[2]
Career
[edit]Clark was co-editor of theCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophyseries. He translated and wrote an introduction for thePenguinedition of Descartes'Meditations on First Philosophy.Clark retired from his position as professor of philosophy in 2007.[3]
Clarke was the founder and a general editor ofCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy.76 volumes have been published with new translations of non-English texts from ancient Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Italian and German.
Personal life
[edit]Clark died on 4 September 2016 atOur Lady's Hospicein theHarold's Crosssuburb of Dublin.[4][5]
Publications
[edit]- Descartes' Concept of Scientific Explanation,in J. Cottingham, ed.Descartes(Oxford Readings in Philosophy; Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 259–80.
- 'Nation, State and Nationality in the Irish Constitution',Ir. Law Times,16 (1998), 252-6.
- Education, the State, and Sectarian Schools,in T. Murphy and P. Twomey, eds.Ireland's Evolving Constitution(Oxford: Hart, 1998), pp. 65–77.
- Faith and Reason in the Thought of Moise Amyraut,in A. P. Coudert, et al. eds. Judaeo-Christian Intellectual Culture in the Seventeenth Century (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999), pp. 145–59.
- (with C. Jones), eds.The Rights of Nations: Nations and Nationalism in a Changing World(New York: St. Martin's Press, and Cork University Press, 1999).
- René Descartes,Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings,trans. Clarke (Penguin, 1998); René Descartes,Discourse on Method and Related Writings,trans. Clarke (Penguin, 1999).
- Causal powers and occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche,inStephen Gaukroger,ed.Descartes' Natural Philosophy(Routledge, 2000), 131 -48.
- Cartesianism,in W. Applebaum, ed.Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution(Garland, 2000), 122-24.
- 'Constitutional Bootstrapping: the Irish Nation',Ir. Law Times,18 (2000), 74-77
- 'Nationalism, the Irish Constitution, and Multicultural Citizenship',Northern Ireland Legal Quart.51 (2000), 100-19.
- 'Exorcising Ryle's Ghost from Cartesian Metaphysics',Philosophical Inquiry,23 (2001), 27-36.
- Explanation, Consciousness and Cartesian Dualism,in R.E. Auxier and L.E. Hahn, eds.,The Philosophy of Marjorie Grene(Library of Living Philosophers, vol. xxix). Chicago and La Salle, III.; Open Court, 2002, pp. 471–85.
- Descartes's Theory of Mind(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003)
- 'Pascal's Philosophy of Science' in N. Hammond, ed.,The Cambridge Companion to Pascal(Cambridge University Press, 2003), 102-121.
- Descartes: A Biography(Cambridge University Press, 2005).[6]
- French Philosophy, 1572–1675(Oxford University Press, 2016).
References
[edit]- ^"Desmond M Clarke: Fearless philosopher and distinguished scholar".The Irish Times.Retrieved29 January2021.
- ^Seering, Lauryn."Desmond M. Clarke - Freedom From Religion Foundation".ffrf.org.Retrieved19 July2022.
- ^"Desmond Clarke staff page at UCC".University College Cork.Retrieved3 February2011.
- ^"Desmond M Clarke: Fearless philosopher and distinguished scholar".The Irish Times.Retrieved18 September2016.
- ^"CLARKE, Desmond M.: Death: Irish Times".notices.irishtimes.Retrieved19 July2022.
- ^Karen Detlefsen, University of Pennsylvania (8 November 2006)."Desmond M. Clarke: Descartes - a Biography".Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.Retrieved3 February2011.
- 1942 births
- 2016 deaths
- Academics of University College Cork
- Irish philosophers
- 20th-century Irish philosophers
- 20th-century Irish educators
- 21st-century Irish philosophers
- 21st-century Irish educators
- Descartes scholars
- People educated at Synge Street CBS
- Alumni of University College Cork
- KU Leuven alumni
- University of Notre Dame alumni