Samuel Fleischacker Receives OVCR Distinguished Researcher Award
Samuel Fleischacker receives the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
These honors recognize the efforts and commitment of researchers who have demonstrated outstanding research achievements to advance the knowledge in their field of expertise.
The Distinguished Researcher award is given to 5 UIC researchers who have demonstrated outstanding research achievements in their field of expertise.
Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Jewish Studies, Samuel Fleischacker (currently on sabbatical) is a prolific scholar who has produced two major books in different sub-fields in the past 3 years. "What is Enlightenment?" explores the legacy of Kant's essay by that name, arguing that it helps all of us, including traditional religious believers, recognize the importance of a pluralist, open, secular and liberal politics and public morality. "Divine Teaching and the Way of the World" explores similar questions from within the standpoint of religious belief. These works make important contributions to the history of ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. He was awarded a highly competitive fellowship at Stanford's Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences in 2013.