# Russell Marcus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Marcus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Marcus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Marcus > Source revision: 1171381202 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Russell Marcus''' is a [philosopher](/source/philosopher) specializing in [philosophy of mathematics](/source/philosophy_of_mathematics) and the [pedagogy](/source/pedagogy) of philosophy. He is Chair of Philosophy at [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College) and president of the [American Association of Philosophy Teachers](/source/American_Association_of_Philosophy_Teachers).{{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](/source/American_Philosophical_Association) |language=en-US}} ==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. He received his bachelor of arts in philosophy at [Swarthmore College](/source/Swarthmore_College) in 1988. He received his [doctorate](/source/doctorate) from the [Graduate Center of the City University of New York](/source/Graduate_Center_of_the_City_University_of_New_York) in 2007, where he wrote his dissertation "Numbers without Science".{{Cite thesis |title=Numbers without Science |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/MARNWS |publisher=[City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York) |date=2007 |degree=PhD |first=Russell |last=Marcus |via=[PhilPapers](/source/PhilPapers)}} While at [graduate school](/source/graduate_school), he taught philosophy and mathematics at [Queens College](/source/Queens_College%2C_City_University_of_New_York), [Hofstra University](/source/Hofstra_University) and the [College of Staten Island](/source/College_of_Staten_Island).{{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](/source/Hamilton_College) |language=en}} He began teaching at [Hamilton College](/source/Hamilton_College) in 2007, later setting up the Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy. He gained [tenure](/source/tenure) in 2016 and was appointed Chair of Philosophy in 2020.{{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}} In 2020, he won the [American Philosophical Association](/source/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". ==Books== *{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=Russell |title=Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument |date=2015 |publisher=[Lexington Books](/source/Lexington_Books) |isbn=978-0-7391-7313-8 |location=Lanham}}Reviews:{{blist|{{Cite journal |last=Baker |first=Alan |date=2016 |title=Review of ''Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument'' |journal=[Philosophia Mathematica](/source/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](/source/Metaphilosophy_(journal)) |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=591–594 |doi=10.1111/meta.12250 |issn=1467-9973|url=https://philpapers.org/rec/DANAPA-4 }}}} *{{Cite book |title=An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader |date=2016 |publisher=[Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) |isbn=978-1-4725-2534-5 |editor-last=Marcus |editor-first=Russell |location=London |editor-last2=McEvoy |editor-first2=Mark}}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](/source/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](/source/Philosophia_Mathematica) |language=en |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=151–153 |doi=10.1093/philmat/nkw033 |issn=0031-8019}}}} *{{Cite book |last=Marcus |first=Russell |title=Introduction to Formal Logic with Philosophical Applications |date=2017 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |isbn=978-0-19-938648-2 |location=New York}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{Cite journal |last1=Knowles |first1=Robert |last2=Liggins |first2=David |date=2015 |title=Good weasel hunting |journal=[Synthese](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Teaching_Philosophy) |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=258–262 |doi=10.5840/teachphil2022452161 |s2cid=248072684 |issn=0145-5788}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Russell}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Philosophers of mathematics Category:Philosophers of education Category:Hamilton College (New York) faculty Category:CUNY Graduate Center alumni Category:Swarthmore College alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Russell Marcus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Marcus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Marcus?action=history)). 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