Páll Skúlason Explained

Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland.^[1]

Born and raised in Akureyri, in northern Iceland, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain 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 University of Iceland 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 [Thought and Reality] (Reykjavík: Hlaðbúð, 1975)
• Pælingar [Speculations] (Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1987) - a collection of essays
• Pælingar II [Speculations II] (Reykjavík: Ergo Publishers, 1989) - a collection of essays
• Siðfræði [Ethics] (Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði [Center for Ethical Studies], 1990)
• Sjö siðfræðilestrar [Seven Lectures in Ethics] (Reykjavík: Rannsóknarstofnun í siðfræði [Center for Ethical Studies], 1991)
• Menning og sjálfstæði [Culture and Autonomy] (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1994)
• Í skjóli heimspekinnar [In the Shelter of Philosophy] (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1995)
• Umhverfing [Nature and Environment]. (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1998)
• Saga and Philosophy (Reykjavik: Háskólaútgáfan [The University Press], 1999)
• Le Cercle du Sujet - dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001)

References

Pall Skulason: https://web.archive.org/web/20100916160244/http://vefir.hi.is/pall/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Décès du Professeur Páll Skúlason - Independence News. independence-card.com. 30 April 2015. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002095746/http://news.independence-card.com/deces-du-professeur-pall-skulason/. 2 October 2015. dead.