Carla Cordua (born 25 December 1925) is a Chilean philosopher.

Life

Cordua was born in

Los Ángeles, Chile Los Ángeles () is the capital of the province of Bío Bío, in the commune of the same name, in Bío Bío, in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 186,671 inhabitants (census 2012) ...

on Christmas Day, 1925. She entered the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

in 1948 and studied under Bogumil Jasinowski and Oscar Marín. In 2006 she received the Jorge Millas Award for academic merit from the

Austral University of Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Tr ...

. She was married to

Roberto Torretti Roberto Torretti (February 15, 1930 - November 12, 2022) was a Chilean philosopher, author and academic who is internationally renowned for his contributions to the history of philosophy, philosophy of physics and philosophy of mathematics. Biog ...

who was also a philosopher. During the period of military dictatorship the two left Chile.Philosophy in Chile
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, Retrieved 26 October 2015 In 2011 they were jointly awarded Chile's National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences.

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