Myroslav Popovych
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Мирослав Володимирович Попович | |
| Transl. : | Myroslav Volodymyrovyč Popovyč |
| Transcr. : | Myroslav Volodymyrowytsch Popovytsch |
Myroslaw Volodymyrowytsch Popowytsch (born April 12, 1930 in Zhytomyr , Ukrainian SSR ; † February 10, 2018 in Kiev , Ukraine ) was a Ukrainian philosopher .
Life
Myroslaw Popowytsch graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev in 1953 . In 1960 he became a candidate for philosophical sciences and in 1966 a doctorate in philosophical sciences at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . In 1992 he became a corresponding member and in 2003 an academic of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since 2001 he has been the director of the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
He wrote more than 400 scientific papers, including 20 monographs. His works dealt with important cultural and philosophical problems as well as questions of epistemology, logic and the methodology of science. They have been translated into French, German and Polish.
Popovytsch died in February 2018 at the age of 87 in Kiev and was buried in the local Baikowe cemetery .
Petro Poroshenko , the President of Ukraine , wrote on the news of Popovych's death: "Ukraine has lost a great thinker and one of the greatest moral authorities".
Honors
Myroslaw Popovych received numerous medals and awards. Including:
- 2018 Ukrainian Order of Freedom (posthumous)
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev
- 2005 Order of the Legion of Honor
- 2005 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
- 2001 Taras Shevchenko Prize
- 2000 Honored Scientist of Ukraine
- Ukrainian Order of Merit 2nd and 3rd class
Web links
- Entry on Popovych, Myroslaw Volodymyrowytsch in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Obituary Myroslaw Popowytsch on the website of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ; accessed on February 15, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Ukraine: Professor Myrosław Popowycz died on onet ; accessed on February 15, 2018 (Polish)
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 32/2018 of February 14, 2018 ; accessed on February 15, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ The philosopher Myroslav Popowitsch died hromadskeradio February 10, 2018; accessed on February 15, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b Short biography on the website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee ; accessed on February 15, 2018 (Ukrainian)
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| SURNAME | Popovych, Myroslaw |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Popovych, Myroslav Volodymyrowytsch (full name); Попович, Мирослав Володимирович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zhytomyr , Ukrainian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2018 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukraine |