John Kaag | |
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Born | 27 September 1979 Reading, Pennsylvania, US |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Oregon |
John Kaag (born 1979)[1] is an American philosopher and Chair and Professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[2] Kaag specializes in American philosophy.[2] His writing has been published in The Paris Review, The New York Times, and Harper's Magazine.[3][4][5]
Kaag was born to Jan and Rebecca Kaag.[6][7]
Kaag received his Masters in Philosophy in 2003 from Pennsylvania State University and his PhD in Philosophy in 2007 from the University of Oregon.[2] He did his post-doctoral study at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Harvard University.[8]
John Kaag is professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.[2] Kaag was a Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute from 2019 to 2021, and is now an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.[9][10]
In February 2023, Kaag delivered the lecture "William James and the Sick Soul" for Harvard Divinity School's William James Lectures on Religious Experience series.[11]
Kaag's book American Philosophy: A Love Story won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History.[12]
Hiking with Nietzsche was named the Best Book of 2018 by NPR and a New York Times Editors' Choice.[12][13]