Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of

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 ...

and former Rector of the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern co ...

. Born and raised in

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, in northern

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, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied philosophy at the

Université catholique de Louvain UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally establishe ...

in Belgium, earning a BA in 1967 and a doctorate in 1973. His doctoral dissertation, ''Du cercle et du Sujet: problème de compréhension et de méthode dans la Philosophie de Paul Ricœur'', considered the philosophy of French philosopher Paul Ricœur. Páll became a lecturer in philosophy at the

in 1971 and was appointed Professor in 1975. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1977-1979, 1985-1987 and 1995–1997) and Rector of the university from 1997 to 2005.

Books

*''Du Cercle et du Sujet, problèmes de compréhension et de méthode dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur'' (Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, 1973) - Doctoral thesis *''Hugsun og veruleiki'' hought and Reality(Reykjavík: Hlaðbúð, 1975) *''Pælingar'' peculations(Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1987) - a collection of essays *''Pælingar II'' peculations II(Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1989) - a collection of essays *''Siðfræði'' thics(Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði enter for Ethical Studies 1990) *''Sjö siðfræðilestrar'' even Lectures in Ethics(Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði enter for Ethical Studies 1991) *''Menning og sjálfstæði'' ulture and Autonomy(Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan he University Press 1994) *''Í skjóli heimspekinnar'' n the Shelter of Philosophy(Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan he University Press 1995) *''Umhverfing'' ature and Environment (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan he University Press 1998) *''Saga and Philosophy'' (Reykjavik: Háskólaútgáfan he University Press 1999) *''Le Cercle du Sujet - dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur'' (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001)

References

Pall Skulason

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