- Paul Gochet
Paul Gochet is a Belgian logician and philosopher, emeritus professor of the
University of Liège . His research is mainly in the fields of logic and analytic philosophy. He is now best known for his works on Quine's philosophy.Paul Gochet was born on March 21, 1932, in Bressoux near
Liège . After studying in Liège withPhilippe Devaux , translator and friend of Russell, and at the Harvard University (1971), he was in 1972 appointed ordinary professor at the University of Liège, where he taught logic and English-speaking philosophy. He was Research Fellow at the Stanford and Berkeley Universities from 1974 to 1975, invited professor at the Collège de France (1981), Research Fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences in Canberra (1984), and holder of the Francqui Chair at the University of Ghent (1988). He has been emeritus professor since 1997.Works
*"Esquisse d'une théorie nominaliste de la proposition". Paris: Armand Colin, 1972.
*"Quine en perspective". Paris: Flammarion, 1978.
*"Ascent to Truth". Munich, 1986.Translations:
*"Le Mot et La Chose", French transl. (with J. Dopp) of W. V. O. Quine, "Word and Object". Paris: Flammarion,1999 (2d ed.).
*"Le langage de la perception", French transl. (with B. Ambroise) of J. L. Austin, "Sense and Sensibilia". 2d ed. Paris: Vrin, 2007.
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