Institute International de Philosophy

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The Institut International de Philosophie (IIP), the world academy of philosophers , is the highest scientific body of philosophy in the world.

history

The institute was founded in 1937 by representatives of the Sorbonne and the University of Lund , with its headquarters in Paris . Founding President was Léon Robin ; the two particularly proactive founders and vice presidents were Åke Petzäll (Sweden) and Raymond Bayer (France).

organization

There is a president, who is elected for three years, and two vice-presidents. Together with three assessors, they represent the academy on the board and externally. The longstanding (re-eligible) Secretary General is Pierre Aubenque (Paris).

Members are co-opted based on suggestions from members from different nations. From countries with larger philosophical traditions, around five (Germany) to nine (France) philosophers are members of the Academy, while smaller countries are usually represented by one or two members. The currently just over a hundred members come from almost 40 countries.

tasks

The tasks of the commissions and the board of the academy include, above all, international philosophical communication and cooperation under the guiding aspects of reason and tolerance as well as the mutual opening of cultures, traditions and attitudes and the dialogue with art, literature, science and technology and business. The Academy publishes overview works on philosophical areas, bibliographies as well as chronicles and congress reports.

Honorary President

literature

Raymond Klibansky : Idées sans frontières. Histoire et structures de l'Institut International de Philosophie , Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-251-44289-8

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