Páll Skúlason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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icelandic philosopher
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Place of Birth: Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland
About Páll Skúlason
- Páll Skúlason (4 June 1945 – 22 April 2015) was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland.
- 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.
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