Eduardo Rabossi (1930–2005) was an Argentine philosopher and

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activist.

Biography

Eduardo Rabossi was born in

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on March 20, 1930 and graduated in Law at the

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(UBA) in 1955. Afterwards, he obtained his M.A. on philosophy at Duke University. The UBA was intervened by the military government in 1966, so he resigned to his work as a teacher and worked in investigations at the Oxford university instead. He is credited as a pioneer of analytic philosophy in Argentina. He was one of the founders and president of SADAF, the Argentine Society of Analytic Philosophy and the editor of its journal, '' Análisis Filosófico''. He created that organization alongside Genario Carrió, Gregorio Klimovsky and Carlos Alchourrón, after his return from the United Kingdom. He was designated by President

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member of the

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, the national Commission to determine the fate of ''

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''. The work was included in the ''Nunca más'' report. He was also appointed Undersecretary of Human Rights. He was also a member of APDH. He was called as a witness in the

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, to explain his work for the CONADEP. He also helped Uruguay to clarify the fate of 130 Uruguayan died in Argentina during the

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. He died in

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, Perú on November 11, 2005, while participating in a professional congress.

Works

* ''Filosofía de la mente y ciencia cognitiva'', 1995 * ''La filosofía y el filosofar'', 1994 * ''La carta universal de los derechos humanos'', 1987 * ''Etica y análisis'', 1985 * ''Philosophical Analysis in Latin America'', 1982 (редактор) * ''Estudios éticos'', 1977 * ''Análisis filosófico, lenguaje y metafísica'', 1977 * ''La justificación moral del castigo'', 1976

Bibliography

Eduardo Rabossi: In Memoriam
// ''Areté'' Revista de Filosofía Vol. XVIII, N° 2, 2006 *

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabossi, Eduardo 1930 births 2005 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine philosophers Duke University alumni 20th-century Argentine philosophers Argentine human rights activists