The International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (French: ''Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines''; ICPHS/CIPSH) is a

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within

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. It embraces hundreds of

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in the field of

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. Some ...

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s and related subjects.

History

CIPSH was founded at a first General Assembly held in January 1949 upon suggestion by Sir

Julian Huxley Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern synthesis. ...

, the first Director-General of

. The first president was Jacques Rueff.

Members

Officers

The officers of CIPSH are

Luiz Oosterbeek Luiz is a Portuguese given name that is an alternative form of Luís. It's archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: People *Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001), Brazilian guitarist and composer ...

(President), Catherine Jami (Vice President), Luisa Migliorati (Vice President), Margaret Higonnet (Treasurer), Hsiung Ping-Chen (Secretary General), Tim Jensen (Assistant Secretary General), and

Chao Gejin Chao may refer to: People * Chao (surname), various Chinese surnames (including 晁 and 巢, as well as non-Pinyin spellings) * Zhou (surname) (周), may also be spelled Chao * Zhao (surname) (趙/赵), may also be spelled Chao in Taiwan and Hon ...

(Past President). Former officers include

Rosalind Hackett Rosalind I. J. Hackett is a British-born American historian, formerly a Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Humanities Professor at the University of Tennessee from 2003 to 2008. She was born and spent her early life in England. References ...

(Vice President, 2017–2020) and

Adama Samassékou Adama Samassékou from Mali is the current president, with ministerial rank, of the African Academy of Languages. Born in 1946 in Mali, he served between July 2002 and December 2003 as the President of the PrepCom of the Geneva phase of thWorld S ...

(Past President, 2017–2020).

Publications

The ICPHS publishes the journal ''Diogène''/''

Diogenes Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea ...

'' in French and English. It was founded in 1952 by

Roger Caillois Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, ludology and philosophy by focusing on diverse subjects such as games and play as well as the ...

. For many years,

Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of '' Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...

was the Editor-in-Chief. Current Editors-in-Chief are

Maurice Aymard Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

and Luca Scarantino.

References

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