Thomas De Koninck

Canadian philosopher
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IntroCanadian philosopher
PlacesCanada Belgium
isWriter Philosopher
Work fieldLiterature Philosophy
Gender
Male
BirthLeuven
Family
Children:Yves De Koninck
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Biography

Thomas De Koninck (born 1934, Leuven, Belgium) is a philosopher from Québec.
After studying at Oxford (M.A.), Université Laval (Ph.D), and Freie Universität Berlin, he became Professor at University of Notre Dame (1960–1964) in the United States and at Université Laval (1964– ) in Québec. According to a well known rumor, he would have inspired Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for the creation of The Little Prince when Saint-Exupéry was living in the house of Charles De Koninck in Québec city, in 1942.

Books of Thomas De Koninck

  • Urgence de la philosophie : actes du Colloque du cinquantenaire de la Faculté, Université Laval, 1985, with Lucien Morin (ed.), Québec, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1985.
  • La question de Dieu selon Aristote et Hegel, with Guy-Planty Bonjour (ed.), Paris, PUF, 1991.
  • De la dignité humaine, Paris, PUF, "Quadrige", 1995, 2nd ed. in 2002 (Prize "La Bruyère" of the Académie française, 1996) - Spanish translation.
  • Actes du colloque "Sens et Savoir" (ed.), Laval théologique et philosophique, vol. 52, num. 2, June 1996, 615 pages.
  • Actes du colloque international Descartes, with Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Marc Narbonne (org.), Laval théologique et philosophique, vol. 53, num. 3, October 1997.
  • La nouvelle ignorance et le problème de la culture, Paris, PUF, "Intervention philosophique", 2000 - Portuguese, Turkish, Romanian and Arabic translations.
  • La question de Dieu (ed.), Laval théologique et philosophique, vol. 58, num. 3, October 2002.
  • Philosophie de l'éducation. Essai sur le devenir humain, Paris, PUF, "Thémis", 2004 - Portuguese translation.
  • La dignité humaine. Philosophie, droit, politique, économie, médecine, with Gilbert Larochelle (ed.), Paris, PUF, 2005.
  • Relire Platon (ed.), Laval théologique et philosophique, vol. 62, num. 2, June 2006.
  • La crise de l’éducation, Montréal, Fides, 2007.
  • Aristote, l'intelligence et Dieu, Paris, PUF, Chaire Étienne Gilson, 2008.
  • Philosophie de l'éducation pour l'avenir, Québec, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2010.
  • Questions ultimes, Ottawa, Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, "Philosophica", 2012 (Prize of the Canadian Philosophical Association, 2013).
  • La foi est-elle irrationnelle ?, with Louis Roy, Montréal, Fides, 2013.
  • À quoi sert la philosophie ?, Paris/Québec, Hermann/Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2015.

Books and papers on Thomas De Koninck

Honors

  • Rhodes Scholarship (1956-1959)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1972-1973, and 1990)
  • Prize La Bruyère of l'Académie française for De la dignité humaine (1996)
  • Member of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, France (1996)
  • "Popular Prof" in the Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities (1999)
  • Member of l'Académie des lettres et sciences humaines of the Royal Society of Canada (2002)
  • Prize of excellence in teaching of the Université Laval (2002)
  • Owner of the "Chaire de recherche et d'enseignement La philosophie dans le monde actuel" of the Université Laval (2004 - )
  • Member of the Order of Canada (2005)
  • Owner of the "Chaire Étienne Gilson", Paris (2007-2008)
  • "Médaille Gloire de l'Escolle" of l'Université Laval (2010)
  • Prize of the Canadian Philosophical Association for Questions ultimes (2013)

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