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Penelope Mackie (1953–2022) (/ ˈ m æ k i /) was a British philosopher who specialised in metaphysics and philosophical logic, and was best known for her work on essence and modality.
3. Jan. 2023 · Penelope’s philosophical interests were broad, including ancient Greek philosophy, early modern philosophy (particularly Berkeley and Hume), free will, causation, essence and modality, identity, and the metaphysics of material objects. Her best-known work is her 2006 book, How Things Might Have Been.
18. Aug. 2021 · In “Essence, Origin and Bare Identity”, Penelope Mackie analyses possible responses to a problematic set of possible worlds and argues that our reaction to this set must be either: (1) to abandon talk of transworld identity in favour of some counterpart relation; (2) to embrace some non-trivial form of essentialism, such as the ...
15. Dez. 2022 · It is with great sadness that the Department of Philosophy announces that our friend and colleague Penelope Mackie died on Monday 5th December, following a period of illness. Penelope was a long-standing member of the Nottingham philosophy department, and taught generations of students both here and at the universities of Birmingham ...
Penelope Mackie (1953-2022) was a long-time member and former Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Her philosophical contributions span the areas of (1) essence, modality, identity; (2) philosophy of mind; (3) causation and counterfactuals; and (4) free will and determinism.
21. Dez. 2022 · In Memoriam: Penelope Mackie (1953-2022) MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 15-UPDATED WITH BIRTH YEAR. A well-known contributor to metaphysics, Professor Mackie spent most of her career at the University of Nottingham, where she was Associate Professor/Reader in Philosophy. I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.
29. Dez. 2022 · We are greatly saddened by her loss and privileged to have known her. Penelope died on 5th December 2022, with her husband Robert Frazier at her bedside. She also leaves her brother and sister, David and Hilary Mackie. Penelope Mackie, a philosopher at the University of Nottingham, has died.
