'''Russell Marcus''' is a philosopher specializing in philosophy of mathematics and the pedagogy of philosophy. He is Chair of Philosophy at Hamilton College and president of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-02 |title=Marcus and Villanueva Win the 2020 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching |url=https://blog.apaonline.org/2021/03/02/marcus-and-villanueva-win-the-2020-prize-for-excellence-in-philosophy-teaching/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |publisher=American Philosophical Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Education and career== Prior to his work in philosophy, Marcus taught mathematics and other subjects at high schools in New York City and Costa Rica.<ref name=":0" /> He received his bachelor of arts in philosophy at Swarthmore College in 1988. He received his doctorate from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2007,<ref name=":1" /> where he wrote his dissertation "Numbers without Science".<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Numbers without Science |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/MARNWS |publisher=City University of New York |date=2007 |degree=PhD |first=Russell |last=Marcus |via=PhilPapers}}</ref> While at graduate school, he taught philosophy and mathematics at Queens College, Hofstra University and the College of Staten Island.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Holly |date=2016-05-26 |title=Russell Marcus, Benjamin Widiss Granted Tenure |url=https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/russell-marcus-benjamin-widiss-granted-tenure |access-date=2022-08-15 |publisher=Hamilton College |language=en}}</ref> He began teaching at Hamilton College in 2007, later setting up the Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy.<ref name=":0" /> He gained tenure in 2016 and was appointed Chair of Philosophy in 2020.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcus |first=Russell |title=Russell Marcus Curriculum Vitae |url=http://www.thatmarcusfamily.org/philosophy/My_Info/CV.htm |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=thatmarcusfamily.org}}</ref> In 2020, he won the American Philosophical Association's Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching which "recognizes a philosophy teacher who has had a profound impact on the student learning of philosophy in undergraduate and/or pre-college settings", being cited as an "important scholar of teaching and learning in philosophy" for his summer program and "inventive team-based pedagogies and exemplary scaffolded assignments".<ref name=":0" />
==Books== *{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=Russell |title=Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument |date=2015 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-0-7391-7313-8 |location=Lanham}}<ref>Reviews:{{blist|{{Cite journal |last=Baker |first=Alan |date=2016 |title=Review of ''Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument'' |journal=Philosophia Mathematica |language=en |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=422–424 |doi=10.1093/philmat/nkw017 |issn=0031-8019}}|{{Cite journal |last=Danne |first=Nicholas |date=2017 |title=Review of ''Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument'' |journal=Metaphilosophy |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=591–594 |doi=10.1111/meta.12250 |issn=1467-9973|url=https://philpapers.org/rec/DANAPA-4 }}}}</ref> *{{Cite book |title=An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader |date=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-4725-2534-5 |editor-last=Marcus |editor-first=Russell |location=London |editor-last2=McEvoy |editor-first2=Mark}}<ref>Reviews:{{blist|{{Cite journal |last=Kim |first=Seahwa |date=2017 |title=Review of ''An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader'' |journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy |language=en |volume=95 |issue=4 |page=831 |doi=10.1080/00048402.2016.1254264 |s2cid=172061297 |issn=0004-8402}}|{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=James Robert |date=2017 |title=Review of ''An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader'' |journal=Philosophia Mathematica |language=en |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=151–153 |doi=10.1093/philmat/nkw033 |issn=0031-8019}}}}</ref> *{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=Russell |title=Introduction to Formal Logic with Philosophical Applications |date=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-938648-2 |location=New York}}
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==Further reading== *{{Cite journal |last1=Knowles |first1=Robert |last2=Liggins |first2=David |date=2015 |title=Good weasel hunting |journal=Synthese |language=en |volume=192 |issue=10 |pages=3397–3412 |doi=10.1007/s11229-015-0711-7 |s2cid=255074606 |issn=0039-7857|url=https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/30261981/POST-PEER-REVIEW-NON-PUBLISHERS.PDF}} *{{Cite journal |last=Knepp |first=Dennis |date=2015 |title=Review of ''Philosophy Through Teaching'' |journal=Teaching Philosophy |language=en |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=358–362 |doi=10.5840/teachphil201538352 |issn=0145-5788}} *{{Cite journal |last=Costanzo |first=Jason Mark |date=2019 |title=Review of ''Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching'' |url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/18830 |journal=Philosophy in Review |language=en |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=113–115 |issn=1920-8936}} *{{Cite journal |last=Schultz |first=Anne-Marie |date=2022 |title=Review of ''Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching'' |journal=Teaching Philosophy |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=258–262 |doi=10.5840/teachphil2022452161 |s2cid=248072684 |issn=0145-5788}}
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