Ladislav Hejdánek (10 May 1927 – 28 April 2020) was a Czech philosopher and a proponent of

Charter 77 Charter 77 (''Charta 77'' in Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members ...

. He was born in

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and graduated from the

Charles University in Prague Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the oldest university north of the ...

. In 1952 he attained a degree in philosophy with his dissertation "Truth and its ontological premises". From 1956 to 1968 he worked at the Prague Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. Then he took a position at the Institute for Philosophy of the

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech: ''Československá akademie věd'', Slovak: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for Czechoslovakia. It was succeeded by the Czech Academy of Science ...

, but was expelled in 1971. In 1985, Hejdánek established the journal '' Reflexe. Časopis pro filosofii a teologii''. In 1990, he was

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at the Charles University in Prague, and two years later became a professor at that university. He later became chairman of the Unity of Philosophy and then Chairman of the

Emanuel Rádl Emanuel Rádl (December 21, 1873 – May 12, 1942) was an original Czech biologist, historian of science, philosopher and a critical supporter of Masaryk´s pre-war democratic Czechoslovakia. He earned international renown by his works on the ...

Foundation. Hejdánek died on 28 April 2020 at the age of 92.Zemřel profesor Hejdánek, signatář a mluvčí Charty 77

References

External links

Ladislav Hejdánek: Curriculum vitae

Professor, PhDr. Ladislav Hejdánek
— a biographical article at the website "Memory of Nation"
Books by Ladislav Hejdánek

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