Philippe Devaux, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Philippe Devaux
- Philippe Devaux (1902 – 1979) was a French-speaking Belgian philosopher and logician, professor at the University of Liège.
- Through his numerous works and translations (he was the translator and friend of Bertrand Russell), he played a great part in the development of analytic philosophy in French-speaking countries. After a first study devoted to the philosophy of Samuel Alexander in 1929, Philippe Devaux was appointed as a FNRS research associate in Belgium, and then for two year as an advanced fellow at the Berkeley and Harvard Universities, where he studied with Alfred North Whitehead.
- After becoming professor at the University of Liège, he also taught at the universities of Brussels, Manchester, Hull and London.
- Paul Gochet was his student and assistant in Liège.
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