The John Locke Lectures are a series of annual lectures in philosophy given at the University of Oxford. Named for British philosopher John Locke, the Locke Lectures are the world's most prestigious lectures in philosophy, and are among the world's most prestigious academic lectures. They were established in 1950 by the bequest of Henry Wilde. Another comparable lecture series is the Gifford Lectures, which are delivered annually at several universities in Scotland.

The first lecture series was offered to Ludwig Wittgenstein, who eventually declined. He felt uncomfortable giving formal lectures where the audience would not be asking or answering questions.[1]

Lecturers

The lectures began as an uncertain biennial series, with the first lecturer from 1950 to 1951, and missing the second slot from 1952 to 1953. Between 1969 and 2001, the lectures became gradually more frequent. Since 2001, the lecture notes have been made available electronically.

Year Lecturer Lectures published as
1950–1951Oets Kolk Bouwsma
1952–1953no lectures
1954–1955Hao Wang
1955–1956Arthur PriorTime and Modality (1957)
1957–1958A.C. Jackson
1959–1960Gregory Vlastos
1961–1962Nelson Goodman
1963–1964Jaakko Hintikka
1965–1966Wilfrid SellarsScience and Metaphysics
1967–1968Paul Lorenzen
1968–1969Noam Chomsky
1969–1970Donald DavidsonOn the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
1971–1972Sydney Shoemaker
1973–1974Saul KripkeReference and Existence
1974–1975Richard Brandt
1975–1976Hilary Putnam
1976–1977no lectures
1977–1978no lectures
1978–1979Paul GriceAspects of Reason
1979–1980David Kaplan[lower-alpha 1]
1980–1981no lectures
1981–1982no lectures
1982–1983Daniel DennettElbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
1983–1984David Lewis
1984–1985no lectures
1985–1986no lectures
1986–1987Barry StroudThe Quest for Reality (2000)
1987–1988no lectures
1988–1989no lectures[lower-alpha 2]
1989–1990Thomas NagelEquality and Partiality
1990–1991John McDowellMind and World
Year Lecturer Lectures published as
1991–1992Jonathan Bennett
1992–1993Tyler Burge
1993–1994no lectures
1994–1995Frank JacksonFrom Metaphysics to Ethics
1995–1996no lectures
1996–1997Jerry Fodor[lower-alpha 3]Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong
1996–1997Robert Nozick[lower-alpha 3]Invariances (2001)
1998Lawrence Sklar
1999no lectures
2000no lectures
2001Bas van Fraassen
2002Christine KorsgaardSelf-Constitution: Agency, Identity, Integrity (2009)
2003Kit FineSemantic Relationism (2007)
2004Jonathan BarnesTruth, etc. (2007)
2005Ernest SosaA Virtue Epistemology: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume 1 (2007)
2006Robert BrandomBetween Saying and Doing (2008)
2007Robert StalnakerOur Knowledge of the Internal World (2008)
2008Hartry Field
2009Thomas M. ScanlonBeing Realistic about Reasons (2013)
2010David ChalmersConstructing the World (2012)
2011John CooperAncient Greek Philosophies as a Way of Life
2012Stephen Yablo
2013Ned Block
2014Martha NussbaumAnger and Forgiveness (2016)
2015Rae Langton
2016Ted Sider
2017Michael Smith
2018Peter Railton
2019Philip Pettit
2020Susan Wolf[lower-alpha 4]
2022Angelika Kratzer
2023Jennifer Nagel


Notes

  1. ↑ Postponed.
  2. ↑ Ernst Tugendhat was due to deliver the lectures, but withdrew due to illness.
  3. 1 2 Two sets of Locke Lectures were delivered during the 1996–1997 academic year: One by Jerry Fodor in Michaelmas term 1996, and another by Robert Nozick in Trinity term 1997. Since then, all Locke Lectures have been held in Trinity term.
  4. ↑ Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ↑ Monk, Ray (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein : the duty of genius. London: Vintage. pp. 564–565. ISBN 9780099883708.
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