Jesús Padilla Gálvez (xe'sus pa'ðiʎa 'ɣalβeθ) (born October 28, 1959) is a

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

who worked primarily in

philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy of language), meanin ...

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from prem ...

, and the history of sciences.

Professional biography

Jesús Padilla Gálvez studied Philosophy, History and Mathematics at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

(Germany) and was awarded the M.A. in 1983 and a Dr. phil. in

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

in 1988. He was Research Assistant (1988–1991) at the

University of Murcia The University of Murcia ( es, Universidad de Murcia) is the main university in Murcia, Spain. With 38,000 students, it is the largest university in the Región de Murcia. The University of Murcia is the third oldest university in Spain, after t ...

(Spain) and later held the post of Associate Professor (1992–1994) for

Logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from prem ...

and

Philosophy of Language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy of language), meanin ...

at the University of León (Spain). From 1994 to 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the

Johannes Kepler University The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: ''Johannes Kepler Universität Linz'', short: ''JKU'') is a public institution of higher education in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, ...

in Linz (Austria). Since 1999 he has been Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo (Spain). He has held visiting posts at the Universities of

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(Germany),

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

(Austria),

University of Potsdam The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is mainly situated across three campuses in the city. Some faculty buildings are part of the New Palace of Sanssouci which is known ...

(Germany),

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

(United Kingdom),

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

(Germany),

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hi ...

and the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

(United Kingdom). As director of the international scientific journal Dókos. Revista Filosófica - Philosophical Review (published in Ápeiron Ediciones (Madrid) and editor of the international series "Aporia / Aπορία" (De Gruyter) the author is continuously engaged with highly relevant philosophical topics.

Philosophical views

In his doctoral thesis, Padilla Gálvez examined central issues of analytic philosophy. His subsequent investigations are characterized by an application of the analytic method to the study of philosophical problems. This method involves both, the analysis of language to eliminate ambiguity as well as a profound scrutiny of the logical form of philosophical propositions. Padilla Galvez's work may be classified into five lines of investigation: philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of history of science, social changes in democratic systems and language for specific purposes (LSP). He was dealing with the works of

Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz . ( – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent figures in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathem ...

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

Edmund Husserl , thesis1_title = Beiträge zur Variationsrechnung (Contributions to the Calculus of Variations) , thesis1_url = https://fedora.phaidra.univie.ac.at/fedora/get/o:58535/bdef:Book/view , thesis1_year = 1883 , thesis2_title ...

Alfred Tarski Alfred Tarski (, born Alfred Teitelbaum;School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews ''School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews''. January 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983) was a Polish-American logician a ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...

Willard Van Orman Quine Willard Van Orman Quine (; known to his friends as "Van"; June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century" ...

Saul Kripke Saul Aaron Kripke (; November 13, 1940 – September 15, 2022) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. He was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and e ...

, among others. Padilla Gálvez is recognized as one of the leading experts of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy in the English and Spanish-speaking world. As the co-author of the "Wittgenstein Studien" he has published extensively in the field by focusing on logic-grammatical analysis of language. This includes such topics as history of logic and mathematics (Kurt Gödel), Action, Decision-Making and Forms of Life), Anthropology, language, aesthetics, politics (democracy and terrorism) and practical philosophy.

Awards and recognition

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian D ...

(2020)

Bibliography

He is the author of * "''Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten''". Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., 1989.(

* "''Tratado metateórico de las teorías científicas''". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2000. (

* "''Sozioökonomische Einführung in die Interkulturalität''". (Publicado con Margit Gaffal) Oldenbourg, München, 2005. () * "''Verdad y demostración''". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2007.

Reseña en: Revista Latinoamericana de filosofí

* "''Wittgenstein I. Lecturas tractarianas''". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2009. (

ref>Cecilia B. Beristain, English Review from Wittgenstein I. Lecturas Tractarianas, Dókos, Vol. 7-8, 2011, pp. 136-141. * "''Yo, máscara y reflexión. estudios sobre la autorreferencia de la subjetividad''". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2012. (

* "''Hacia la representación perspicua. Wittgenstein 2''". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2014. () * "''Parménides, Sobre la naturaleza, El desarrollo de una gramática metafísica''". Ápeiron Ediciones, Madrid, 2015. ()

* "''Verdad. Controversias abiertas''". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2017. (). * "''Estado de cosas. Reconstrucción de la polémica sobre el Sachverhalt''". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2018. (). * "''El mentiroso. Genealogía de una paradoja sobre verdad y autorreferencia''". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2021. (). * "''State of Affairs. Reconstructing the Controversy over Sachverhalt''". Philosophia Verlag, München, 2021. (ISBN 978-3-88405-131-3

Editor

* "''El Círculo de Viena, reconsiderado''". Arbor, 1996, Nr. 612, Tomo CLV, pp. 7– 147. ()(1996) * "''Wittgenstein y el Círculo de Viena / Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis''". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 1998. (

* "''Wittgenstein, from a New Point of View''". Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M., 2003. (

* "''El laberinto del lenguaje: Wittgenstein y la filosofía analítica / The Labyrinth of Language: Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Analytic Philosophy''". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2007. (

* "''Idealismus und Sprachanalytische Philosophie''". Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 2007. (

* "''Phenomenology as Grammar''". Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2008. (

* "''Igualdad en el derecho y la moral''". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2009. (

* "''Philosophical Anthropology. Wittgenstein's Perspective''". Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010. (

Review: "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

* "''Wittgenstein: Issues and Debates''". (with Eric Lemaire). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010. (

Review: Derek A. McDougall, Critical notice, British Wittgenstein Societ

* "''Antropología filosófica de Wittgenstein. Reflexionando con P.M.S. Hacker''". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid - México, 2011. (

* "''Forms of Life and Language Games''". (with Margit Gaffal). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2011. (

* "''Fenomenologia como Gramática''". Editora Universidade de Brasília, Brasília D.F., 2011. () * "''Doubtful Certainties. Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativism''". (with Margit Gaffal). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2012. (

* "''Formas de vida y juegos de lenguaje''". Coedición con Margit Gaffal, Plaza y Valdés, Madrid - México 2013, 266 pp.,

* "''Action, Decision-Making and Forms of Life''". (Ed. Jesús Padilla Gálvez). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2016, 168 pp.,

* "''Intentionality and Action''". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2017, 180 pp.,

* "''Human Understanding as Problem''". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2018, 165 pp.,

* "''Ontological Commitment Revisited.''". (Ed. Jesús Padilla Gálvez). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2021, 170 pp.,

Translations

* 1995. ''Metalógica / Metalogik''. Mathesis, XI, Nr. 2, 113-136 / 137–192. () * 2007. ''Sobre consistencia y completitud en el sistema axiomático. Discusión sobre la ponencia del Sr. Gödel. Protocolo del 15 de enero de 1931''. Mathesis III 21 (2007) 193–196. () * 2011. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Nur die Erfahrung des gegewärtigen augenblickes hat Realität’... / Sólo la experiencia del momento actual es real’..., Hat es Sinn zu sagen "zwei Menschen hätten denselben Körper?... / ¿Tiene sentido decir que dos personas tienen el mismo cuerpo?...''.Dokos. Revista filosófica, Vols. 7-8, 2011, 53-72 ( - ) * 2012. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Die normale Ausdrucksweise «Ich habe Zahnschmerzen» / El modo usual de la expresión «tengo dolor de muelas»''. Dokos. Revista filosófica, Vols. 9-10, 2012, 79-105 ( - ) * 2014. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Escrito a máquina he big typescript S 213'. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2014, 692 p.

* 2016. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tratado lógico-filosófico / Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung''. Ed. from TS 204, Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2016, 250 p. . * 2017. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Investigaciones Filosóficas''. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2017. 329 págs. . * 2017. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Diktat für Schlick - Dictado para Schlick''. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal. Ápeiron Ediciones, Madrid, 2017. , . * 2019. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tratado lógico-filosófico / Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung''. 2nd Ed. from TS 204, Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2019, 258 p.

* 2021.

, ''Investigaciones Filosóficas, Philosophische Untersuchungen''. Transl., introd. and notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. 2nd. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2021. . and of numerous articles in Diálogos, Grazer Philosophische Studien, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Logos, Mathesis, Modern Logic, Philosophia Naturalis, Philosophisches Jahrbuch, Wittgenstein-Studien, Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung and other journals and collections.

References

External links

* Web from Jesús Padilla Gálvez, Universidad de Castilla-La Manch

* Phenomenology as Gramma

* Forms of Life and Language Game

* Language as Forms of Lif

* Philosophical Anthropolog

* Is there Certainty in our Form of Life

* Doubtful Certainties Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativis

* Die Verwendung des Wortes "Ich" bei L. Wittgenstei

* Beweis und Widerspruchsfreihei

* Minima visibili

* La variación como procedimiento de investigación. Una nueva aproximación a las obras de L. Wittgenstei

* Democracy in Times of Ochlocrac

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