Philip McShane

Philip McShane (18 February 1932 – 1 July 2020) was an Irish mathematician and philosopher-theologian. Originally trained in mathematics, mathematical physics, and chemistry in the 1950s, he went on to study philosophy from 1956 to 1959. In 1960, after teaching mathematical physics, engineering, and commerce to undergraduates, and special relativity and differential equations to graduate students, McShane began studying theology. He did his fourth year of theology in 1963 and in 1968 began reading economics.

In a period that spanned over sixty years, McShane published numerous articles and twenty-five books. His publications range from technical works on the foundations of mathematics, probability theory, evolutionary process, and omnidisciplinary methodology, to introductory texts focusing on critical thinking, linguistics, and economics. He also wrote essays on the philosophy of education. Beginning in 1970, he participated in and helped organize a number of international workshops and conferences addressing topics such as "ongoing collaboration," reforms in education, and communicating the basic insights of two-flow economics.

Two ''Festschrift'' volumes were published to honor McShane, one in 2003 and the second in 2022. In the first, eighteen individuals contributed essays, and, at the request of the editor, McShane submitted an essay as well. He also replied to the eighteen contributors in the essay "Our Journaling Lonelinesses: A Response.” In the second ''Festschrift'', twenty-four individuals wrote essays remembering and honoring McShane, who was nominated for the Templeton Prize in 2011 and 2015. Provided by Wikipedia