Biography:Pascal Engel

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Short description: French philosopher
Pascal Engel
Pascal Engel in 2000
Born (1954-01-17) 17 January 1954 (age 72)
Aix-en-Provence, France
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Paris-Sorbonne University
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
University of Provence
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsParis 12 Val de Marne University
University of Grenoble
University of Caen Normandy
Paris-Sorbonne University
University of Geneva
EHESS
Doctoral advisorJacques Bouveresse
Gilles-Gaston Granger
Main interests
Truth, epistemology, formal logic, philosophical logic, belief, knowledge, normativity, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind
Notable ideas
Norm of truth

Pascal Engel (fr; born 1954) 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 University of Paris IV. He currently works at the University of Geneva, where he collaborates with, among others, Kevin Mulligan. 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. Rorty), 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'École Normale Supérieure, 1985