Pascal Engel
Encyclopedia
Pascal Engel is a French
philosopher, working on the philosophy of language
, philosophy of mind
, epistemology and philosophy of logic
. He was a professor of philosophy of logic at the Sorbonne
, he currently works at the University of Geneva
, where he collaborates with, among others, Kevin Mulligan
. He is a member of Institut Nicod.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
philosopher, working on the philosophy of language
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language...
, philosophy of mind
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e...
, epistemology and philosophy of logic
Philosophy of logic
Following the developments in Formal logic with symbolic logic in the late nineteenth century and mathematical logic in the twentieth, topics traditionally treated by logic not being part of formal logic have tended to be termed either philosophy of logic or philosophical logic if no longer simply...
. He was a professor of philosophy of logic at the Sorbonne
University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne
Paris-Sorbonne University is a public research university in Paris, France. The 1968 cultural revolution, commonly known as the French May, resulted in the division of the world's second oldest academic institution, the University of Paris, into thirteen autonomous universities...
, he currently works at the University of Geneva
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...
, where he collaborates with, among others, Kevin Mulligan
Kevin Mulligan
Kevin Mulligan is a British philosopher, working on ontology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of logic....
. He is a member of Institut Nicod.
Books
- Va savoir - De la connaissance en général, Paris, Hermann, 2007
- A quoi bon la verité (with R. RortyRichard RortyRichard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher. He had a long and diverse academic career, including positions as Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton, Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University...
), Paris, Grasset, 2005 (Published in English as What's the Use of Truth?) - Truth, Durham, Acumen , 2002
- Ramsey. Vérité et succès (with J. Dokic), Paris, PUF, 2001
- La verite, reflexions sur quelques truismes, Hatier, 1998
- La dispute, une introduction à la philosophie analytique, Paris, Minuit 1997
- Philosophie et psychologie, Paris, Gallimard, Folio, 1996
- Introduction à la philosophie de l'esprit, Paris, La Découverte, 1994
- Donald Davidson et la philosophie du langage, Paris, P.U.F., 1994
- La Norme du vrai, philosophie de la logique, Paris, Gallimard, 1989
- Identité et référence, la théorie des noms propres chez Frege et Kripke, Paris, Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1985