Ronald de Sousa
Ronald de Sousa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (age 85–86) Switzerland |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD, 1966) |
| Thesis | Categories, Translation, and Linguistic Theory (1966) |
| Paul Benacerraf | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Analytic philosophy | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Main interests | Philosophy of emotions |
Ronald Bon de Sousa Pernes (/də ˈsuːzə/ də SOO-zə; 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 British 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.[1]
He is best known for his work in the philosophy of emotions, and he has made contributions to the philosophy of mind and philosophy of biology. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005.[2]
Books
References
- ↑ CV
- ↑ RSC Fellows search. Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
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