British philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1973)
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Lloyd Strickland (born 1973) is aBritish philosopher ,intellectual historian ,Leibniz scholar, andtranslator ofearly modern philosophical texts. He isProfessor of Philosophy and Intellectual History atManchester Metropolitan University .[ 4]
Strickland was awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship in 2017 fromThe British Academy for work on theoriginal manuscript ofGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ’s 1686Examen religionis Christianae (Examination of the Christian Religion ).[ 5] Later, theGerda Henkel Foundation [de ;cs ;es ] awarded him aForschungsstipendium (research scholarship); this was to support Strickland’s work with American computer scientistHarry Lewis in writingLeibniz on Binary: The Invention of Computer Arithmetic , which was published in November 2022.[ 6]
Strickland is known for his work on Leibniz, including several volumes of English translations, of whichLeibniz on Binary is the latest. It is one of his important contributions to the history ofbinary and othernon-decimal number systems , which include identifying what ledThomas Harriot and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz each to his own independent invention of binary numeration,[ 7] [ 8] the role of Leibniz’s invention in the birth of modern computing, and elements in the history ofbase-16 numeration.[ 9]
Strickland has also become known for his work identifyingracially-motivated negationism in the formation ofthe Western philosophical canon [ 10] and has called for the recuperative broadening of the Western philosophicalcurriculum .[ 11] He has also specifically advocated the teaching ofAfrican traditional philosophies .[ 12] [ 13]
Sample publications [ edit ] Strickland, Lloyd (2011),Leibniz and the Two Sophies: The Philosophical Correspondence , The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series, vol. 10,Toronto : Iter Press,ISBN 978-0-7727-2084-9 Strickland, Lloyd (2014),Leibniz's Monadology: A New Translation and Guide ,Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press ,ISBN 978-0-7486-9321-4 Strickland, Lloyd, ed. (2016),Leibniz on God and Religion: A Reader ,London :Bloomsbury Academic ,ISBN 978-1-4725-8061-0 Strickland, Lloyd (2018),The Philosophical Writings of Prémontval ,Lanham, Maryland :Lexington Books ,ISBN 978-1-4985-6356-7 Strickland, Lloyd (2018),Proofs of God in Early Modern Europe: An Anthology ,Waco, Texas :Baylor University Press ,ISBN 978-1-4813-0931-8 Lodge, Paul & Strickland, Lloyd, eds. (2020),Leibniz's Key Philosophical Writings: A Guide ,Oxford /New York :Oxford University Press ,doi :10.1093/oso/9780198844983.001.0001 ,ISBN 978-0-19-884498-3 ,LCCN 2020945342 Strickland, Lloyd (2022),100 Awesome Lateral Thinking Puzzles , Olympia Publishers,ISBN 978-1-80074-723-4 Strickland, Lloyd &Lewis, Harry Roy (2022),Leibniz on Binary: The Invention of Computer Arithmetic ,The MIT Press ,doi :10.7551/mitpress/14123.001.0001 ,ISBN 978-0-262-54434-4 Strickland, Lloyd (June 2006) [7 April 2006],"God's problem of multiple choice" (PDF) ,Religious Studies ,42 (2),Cambridge University Press :141– 157,doi :10.1017/S0034412506008249 ,eISSN 1469-901X ,ISSN 0034-4125 ,JSTOR 20008641 ,OCLC 1763674 Strickland, Lloyd (Spring 2009) [16 April 2009],"The Philosophy of Sophie, Electress of Hanover" (PDF) ,Hypatia ,24 (2),Wiley :186– 204,doi :10.1111/j.1527-2001.2009.01038.x ,eISSN 1527-2001 ,ISSN 0887-5367 ,JSTOR 20618153 ,LCCN 87655721 ,OCLC 243426299 Strickland, Lloyd (December 2013) [7 April 2013], "Philosophy and the Search for Truth",Philosophia ,41 (4),Springer :1079– 1094,doi :10.1007/s11406-013-9426-5 ,eISSN 1574-9274 ,ISSN 0048-3893 ,LCCN 70955463 ,OCLC 610312518 Strickland, Lloyd (April 2014) [23 August 2013], "The 'who designed the designer?' objection to design arguments",International Journal for Philosophy of Religion ,75 (2),Springer :87– 100,doi :10.1007/s11153-013-9422-5 ,eISSN 1572-8684 ,ISSN 0020-7047 ,JSTOR 24709265 Strickland, Lloyd & Church, Michael (3 February 2015),"Leibniz's Observations on Hydrology: An Unpublished Letter on the Great Lombardy Flood of 1705" ,Annals of Science ,72 (4),Taylor & Francis :517– 532,doi :10.1080/00033790.2014.989542 ,eISSN 1464-505X ,ISSN 0003-3790 ,LCCN 37037975 ,OCLC 01481407 ,PMID 26221837 Strickland, Lloyd (27 September 2016),"Leibniz's Harmony between the Kingdoms of Nature and Grace" (PDF) ,Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie ,98 (3),Berlin /Boston :Walter de Gruyter GmbH :302– 329,doi :10.1515/agph-2016-0014 ,eISSN 1613-0650 ,ISSN 0003-9101 Strickland, Lloyd (October 2018) [17 April 2018],"The problem of religious evil: Does belief in god cause evil?" (PDF) ,International Journal for Philosophy of Religion ,84 (2),Springer :237– 250,doi :10.1007/s11153-018-9665-2 ,eISSN 1572-8684 ,ISSN 0020-7047 ,JSTOR 48700469 Strickland, Lloyd (2018),"The 'Fourth Hypothesis' on the Early Modern Mind-Body Problem" (PDF) ,Ergo ,5 № 25,Michigan Publishing :665– 685,doi :10.3998/ergo.12405314.0005.025 ,eISSN 2330-4014 ,LCCN 2013203140 Strickland, Lloyd (28 January 2019),"Staying Optimistic: The Trials and Tribulations of Leibnizian Optimism" (PDF) ,Journal of Modern Philosophy ,1 № 3, Aperio:1– 21,doi :10.32881/jomp.3 ,eISSN 2644-0652 Strickland, Lloyd (29 August 2021),"Do we Need a Plant Theodicy?" (PDF) ,Scientia et Fides ,9 (2,Experimental Psychology and the Notion of Personhood , "The Nature and Limits of Theodicy"),Toruń : Faculty of Theology ofNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń :221– 246,doi :10.12775/SetF.2021.026 ,eISSN 2353-5636 ,ISSN 2300-7648 Strickland, Lloyd & Jones, Owain Daniel (June 2023) [18 August 2022],"F Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Hexadecimal" (PDF) ,The Mathematical Intelligencer ,45 (2),Springer Nature :126– 130,doi :10.1007/s00283-022-10206-w ,eISSN 1866-7414 ,ISSN 0343-6993 Strickland, Lloyd (17 April 2023),"Why Did Thomas Harriot Invent Binary?" (PDF) ,The Mathematical Intelligencer ,46 ,Springer Nature :57– 62,doi :10.1007/s00283-023-10271-9 ,eISSN 1866-7414 ,ISSN 0343-6993 ^ Some sources, such as hisInternational Standard Name Identifier (ISNI)[ 1] and theEThOS catalogue entry for his doctoral thesis,[ 2] erroneously give his name as "Lloyd H. Strickland". The name with the middle initial is that of an American social psychologist who began publishing before the philosopher was born. The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical, and Philological Studies (n.d.),"Mid-Career Fellowship awards 2017" , retrieved2024-03-04 Gerda Henkel Stiftung (n.d.),"Projects supported by the Foundation" , retrieved2024-03-04 International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) International Agency (n.d.),"ISNI 0000 0001 3488 3516: Lloyd Strickland" , retrieved2024-03-04 Manchester Metropolitan University (n.d.),"Staff profile of Professor Lloyd Strickland" , retrieved2024-03-04 Strickland, Lloyd (13 January 2005),The best of all possible worlds: An exposition and critical examination of Leibnizian optimism (PDF) (PhD thesis),The University of Lancaster Strickland, Lloyd (1 March 2018), "One-track minds",Times Higher Education , no. 2346, p. 28,ISSN 0049-3929 — republished online as:Strickland, Lloyd (1 March 2018),"Western philosophy departments must open their minds" ,Times Higher Education , retrieved2024-03-04 — itself republished:Strickland, Lloyd (1 March 2018),"Western philosophy departments must open their minds" , News and Events: News: Opinion,Manchester Metropolitan University official website, retrieved2024-03-04 Strickland, Lloyd (10 January 2019),"How Western Philosophy Became Racist" ,IAI News , retrieved2024-03-04 Strickland, Lloyd (30 September 2020),"Why I am teaching Shona philosophy in the UK" , Opinion / Columnist,Bulawayo 24 News , retrieved2024-03-04 Strickland, Lloyd (7 October 2020),"Shona and Philosophy" ,Chewing the Cud (Radio broadcast), interviewed by Venge, Rumbidzai,Capitalk 100.4 FM Strickland, Lloyd (12 October 2020),"Black History Month 2020: why African philosophy matters and why we teach it" , News and Events: News: Opinion,Manchester Metropolitan University official website, retrieved2024-03-04 Strickland, Lloyd (17 April 2023),"Why Did Thomas Harriot Invent Binary?" (PDF) ,The Mathematical Intelligencer ,46 ,Springer Nature :57– 62,doi :10.1007/s00283-023-10271-9 ,eISSN 1866-7414 ,ISSN 0343-6993 Strickland, Lloyd (25 May 2023), "Leibniz on Number Systems", inSriraman, Bharath (ed.),Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice ,Cham :Springer Nature , pp. 1– 31,doi :10.1007/978-3-030-19071-2_90-1 ,ISBN 978-3-030-19071-2 ,S2CID 241668074 Strickland, Lloyd & Jones, Owain Daniel (June 2023) [18 August 2022],"F Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Hexadecimal" (PDF) ,The Mathematical Intelligencer ,45 (2),Springer Nature :126– 130,doi :10.1007/s00283-022-10206-w ,eISSN 1866-7414 ,ISSN 0343-6993
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