The CEU Department of Philosophy Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus David Weberman

The Department is deeply saddened by the recent passing of our colleague, Professor Emeritus David Weberman.

David was a member of the CEU community for nearly two decades. He joined CEU first as a Fellow at the Humanities Center and, from 2007, as a faculty member of the Department of Philosophy. In the summer of 2025, he retired and was appointed Professor Emeritus.

Trained at the University of Michigan and later in France and Germany before completing his PhD at Columbia University, David was a philosopher with wide-ranging intellectual interests. His work engaged fundamental questions of interpretation, objectivity, and understanding, as well as contemporary issues such as human rights, technology, and global challenges. 

David was his own person, he heeded no fashion or trend. He resisted rigid distinctions between philosophical traditions, insisting instead on clarity, the strength of arguments, and philosophy’s relevance to real human concerns. He was a dedicated and passionate teacher whose courses were very popular and highly valued by his students. He had a remarkable ability to make complex texts accessible without diminishing their depth. He will be remembered as a thoughtful scholar, an inspiring teacher, and a valued colleague. 

David’s passing is a great loss to the Department of Philosophy and to CEU as a whole.