Páll Skúlason
Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland. [1]
Born and raised in Akureyri, in northern Iceland, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, earning a BA in 1967 and a doctorate in 1973. His doctoral dissertation, Du cercle et du Sujet: problème de compréhension et de méthode dans la Philosophie de Paul Ricœur, considered the philosophy of French philosopher Paul Ricœur.
Páll became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Iceland in 1971 and was appointed Professor in 1975. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1977-1979, 1985-1987 and 1995-1997) and Rector of the University from 1997 to 2005.
Books
- Du Cercle et du Sujet, problèmes de compréhension et de méthode dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur (Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, 1973) - Doctoral thesis
- Hugsun og veruleiki [Thought and Reality] (Reykjavík: Hlaðbúð, 1975)
- Pælingar [Speculations] (Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1987) - a collection of essays
- Pælingar II [Speculations II] (Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1989) - a collection of essays
- Siðfræði [Ethics] (Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði [Center for Ethical Studies], 1990)
- Sjö siðfræðilestrar [Seven Lectures in Ethics] (Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði [Center for Ethical Studies], 1991)
- Menning og sjálfstæði [Culture and Autonomy] (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1994)
- Í skjóli heimspekinnar [In the Shelter of Philosophy] (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1995)
- Umhverfing [Nature and Environment]. (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1998)
- Saga and Philosophy (Reykjavik: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1999)
- Le Cercle du Sujet - dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001)
References
- ↑ "Décès du Professeur Páll Skúlason - Independence News". independence-card.com (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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| Preceded by Sveinbjörn Björnsson |
Rector of the University of Iceland 1997–2005 |
Succeeded by Kristín Ingólfsdóttir |
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