Higher Institute of Philosophy
- Higher Institute of Philosophy
The Higher Institute of Philosophy (i.e. the faculty of philosophy) of the Catholic University of Leuven was founded in 1889 by Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier to be a beacon of Neo-Thomist philosophy. Its main buildings are located in the center of the city of Leuven, Belgium, near the Kardinaal Mercier Square.
Husserl-Archives Leuven
The Higher Institute is well known as the home of the Husserl-Archives. At the death of the founder of the phenomenological movement, fearing for the destruction of his "Nachlass" at the hands of the Nazis, Father Herman Van Breda, (Franciscan), PhD student at the institute, saved Husserl's manuscripts, library and widow and smuggled them to Leuven via diplomatic channels.
Research and publications
The Institute publishes a dutch-language philosophy journal, the "Tijdschrift voor Philosophie", and the Ethische Perspectieven / Ethical Perspectives. It also organizes several major publication efforts, including the Husserliana (Husserl-Archives) and the "Aristoteles Latinus" (De Wulff-Mansion center), the Latin editions of Aristotle's works known to the medieval philosophers.
Numbers
* More than 30 lecturers and professors
* 80 researchers in 6 departments
* more than 100 graduate students
* Circa 750 students (of which 50% international students)
Renowned Emeriti
* Armand Thiery
* Samuel IJsseling
* Alphonse De Waelhens
* Herman Parret
Guest Lecturers
Internationally renowned professors who have lectured at the institute:
*Etienne Gilson
*Jacques Lacan
*Paul Ricoeur
*Emmanuel Levinas
*Maurice Merleau-Ponty
*Jan Patoċka
*Jacques Derrida
*Jean-Francois Lyotard
*Charles Harsthorne
*Michel Foucault
*Karl Popper
*John Searle
*Peter Strawson
*Umberto Eco
*Roger Scruton
*Donald Davidson
*Martha Nussbaum
*Richard Rorty
*Bernard Williams
*Ian Hacking
*John Milbank
*Don Cupitt
ee also
* Joseph Maréchal
External links
* [http://www.hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/ Higher Institute of Philosophy] (English)
* [http://www.hiw.kuleuven.be/tvf/index.htm Site of the "Tijdschrift voor Filosofie"]
* [http://www.ethische-perspectieven.be Journal Ethische Perspectieven] (NL) / [http://www.ethical-perspectives.be Ethical Perspectives] (EN)
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