Ronald Bon de Sousa Pernes ( ; born 1940) is a Swiss-born Canadian philosopher and academic. He is an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto, which he joined in 1966.

Biography

De Sousa possesses both UK and Canadian citizenship. Educated in Switzerland and England, he took his B.A. at New College, Oxford University in 1962, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1966. His thesis ''Categories, Translation, and Linguistic Theory'' was supervised by Paul Benacerraf. He is best known for his work in philosophy of emotions, and has also made contributions to philosophy of mind and philosophy of biology. He was elected a fellow of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

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. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

Books

* ''The Rationality of Emotion'' (1987) (German translation 1997; Chinese translation 2006) * ''Évolution et Rationalité'' (2004) *
Why think? Evolution and the Rational Mind
(2007) * ''Emotional Truth'' (2011) * ''Love: A Very Short Introduction'' (2015)

References

1940 births Living people Canadian philosophers Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada University of Toronto faculty Alumni of New College, Oxford Princeton University alumni British expatriates in Switzerland British emigrants to Canada British expatriates in the United States Presidents of the Canadian Philosophical Association {{Canada-academic-bio-stub