Donald J. Schuenke Chair in Philosophy
Philosophy
Pol Vandevelde (Ph.D. Universit茅 catholique de Louvain, 1990) specializes in 19th and 20th century European Philosophy (especially German romanticism, Phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger), contemporary French and German philosophy, Interpretation theory, Hermeneutics, and Critical Theory (especially Habermas and Apel). His research also addresses issues such as epistemic virtue, love as an epistemic attitude, the ethics of interpretation, empathy, forgiveness, and the extended mind thesis. He accepted invited professorship in Chile and India.
His contributions encompass 20 books (authored, edited or translated), 90 articles and book chapters, and more than 120 presentations in English, French, and German. Two of his authored books received a prize, the 鈥淔irst Prize鈥 of the Royal Academy of Belgium and the 鈥淧rix Mercier.鈥
He is the co-editor of the bi-lingual journal 脡tudes ph茅nom茅nologiques - Phenomenological Studies (Peeters, Leuven) and co-director of the book series Issues in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics (Bloomsbury).
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