Born February 18 1936, Vancouver, Canada. Died May 10, 2023.
Training and professional career
- 1956 : B. A., University of British Columbia
- 1957 : B. A., Cambridge University
- 1961-1962 : Instructor, Princeton University
- 1962 : M. A., Ph. D., Cambridge University
- 1962 : Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Virgnia
- 1962-1964 : Research Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge
- 1964-1967 : Assistant, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
- 1967-1969 : Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda
- 1969-1974 : Lecturer, Cambridge University, Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge
- 1974-1975 : Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- 1975-1982 : Professor, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University
- 1982-1983 : Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Bielefeld
- 1983 : Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
- 2000-2006 : Professor at the Collège de France, Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts Chair
Awards and distinctions
- 1986 : Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 1986-1987 : Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
- 1986-1988 : Izaak Walton Killam Research Fellow
- 1988-1991 : Tarner Lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge
- 1990-1991 : John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
- 1991 : Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1995 : Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
- 1996 : Pierre Janet Prize (for the book Rewriting the Soul)
- 1999 : Psyche Prize (for the book L'Âme réécrite)
- 2000 : Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 2001 : LL.D. honoris causa, University of British Columbia
- 2002 : Killam Prize for the Humanities
- 2004 : Companion of the Order of Canada
- 2008 : Giulio Preti Prize, Consiglio Regionale du Regione Toscana
- 2008 : Gold Medal of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- 2009 : Holberg International Memorial Prize
- 2014 : Balzan Prize