Pascal Engel (French: [ɑ̃ʒɛl]; born 1954) is a French philosopher, working on the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology and philosophy of logic. He was a professor of philosophy of logic at the Sorbonne. He currently works at the University of Geneva, where he collaborates with, among others, Kevin Mulligan. He is a member of Institut Nicod.

Pascal Engel
Pascal Engel in 2000
Born (1954-01-17) 17 January 1954 (age 70)
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Main interests
Truth, epistemology, formal logic, philosophical logic, belief, knowledge, normativity, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind

Books

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  • Va savoir - De la connaissance en général, Paris, Hermann, 2007
  • A quoi bon la verité (with R. Rorty), Paris, Grasset, 2005 (Published in English as What's the Use of Truth?)
  • Truth, Durham, Acumen, 2002
  • Ramsey. Vérité et succès (with J. Dokic), Paris, PUF, 2001
  • La verite, reflexions sur quelques truismes, Hatier, 1998
  • La dispute, une introduction à la philosophie analytique, Paris, Minuit 1997
  • Philosophie et psychologie, Paris, Gallimard, Folio, 1996
  • Introduction à la philosophie de l'esprit, Paris, La Découverte, 1994
  • Donald Davidson et la philosophie du langage, Paris, P.U.F., 1994
  • La Norme du vrai, philosophie de la logique, Paris, Gallimard, 1989
  • Identité et référence, la théorie des noms propres chez Frege et Kripke, Paris, Presses de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1985
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