Jesús Padilla Gálvez (; born October 28, 1959) is a

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

who worked primarily in

philosophy of language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

, and the history of sciences.

Professional biography

Jesús Padilla Gálvez studied Philosophy, History and Mathematics at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

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

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

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

University of Murcia The University of Murcia () is the primary institute of higher education in Murcia, Spain. With a student population of approximately 38,000, it is the largest university in the Region of Murcia. Founded in 1272 AD, the University of Murcia is ...

(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 study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

and

Philosophy of Language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...

at the

University of León The University of León (ULE) is a public university based in the city of León (Spain), León (Spain), with an additional campus in Ponferrada. The origins of the university can be traced back to 1843, with the creation of the Normal School of Te ...

(Spain). From 1994 to 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the Johannes Kepler University 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

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

(Germany), University of Graz (Austria),

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(Germany),

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(United Kingdom),

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

(Germany),

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and the

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(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 Leibniz (or Leibnitz; – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in ad ...

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

Edmund Husserl Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (; 8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938) was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology. In his early work, he elaborated critiques of histori ...

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 ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...

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 analytic philosophy, analytic philosopher and logician. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and emer ...

, among others. Padilla Gálvez is recognized as one of the leading experts of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy in the English and Spanish-speaking world. 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 Kurt Friedrich Gödel ( ; ; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel profoundly ...

), action, decision-making, 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 () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National C ...

(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, Múnich, 2021.

Review in: Bulletin d'Analyse Phénoménologique, XIX 4 (2023), 24-3

* "''Negociación. Teoría de juegos, juegos de lenguaje y formas de vida''". (coedit. with Margit Gaffal) Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2023, 204 págs. (). * "''Dynamics of Rational Negotiation: Game Theory, Language Games and Forms of Life''". (coed. with Margit Gaffal) Springer, 2024, ().

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.,

* "''The Many Faces of Language Games''". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal) De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2024. 183 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. . * 2025. ''Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus lógico-philosophicus''. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2025, 174 p. . 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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