John Kaag

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]

Early life and education[]

John 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]

Awards[]

Kaag’s book American Philosophy: A Love Story won the John Dewey Prize from the Society for U.S. Intellectual History.^[9]

Hiking with Nietzsche was named the Best Book of 2018 by NPR and a New York Times Editors’ Choice.^[9][10]

Bibliography[]

• Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism: The Philosophy of Ella Lyman Cabot (2011). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7391-6781-6.
• Thinking Through the Imagination: Aesthetics in Human Cognition (2014). New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5493-4.
• American Philosophy: A Love Story (2016). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-3741-5448-6.
• Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are (2018). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-3741-7001-1.
• Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (2020) Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-6911-9216-1.

See also[]

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

References[]

External links[]

• John Kaag's webpage
• John Kaag's UML faculty page

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