Adela Cortina
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Adela Cortina is a Spanish
philosopher born in Valencia, Spain
.
After getting her degree of philosophy and letters in the University of Valencia, she entered the metaphysics
department in 1969. In 1976, she defended her doctorate's thesis, about God in the Kantian trascendental philosophy, and taught for some time in middle-grade institutes.
A research grant allowed her to visit the University of Munich, where she came in contact with critical rationalism
, pragmatism
, Marxist ethics and more specifically, with the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas
and Karl-Otto Apel
. Upon reentering academia in Spain, she oriented her research efforts into ethics.
In 1981, she entered the philosophy department of her alma mater, the University of Valencia.
Upon coming back to the Spanish scholar scene, she devoted her research time to ethics.
In 1981 she was admitted in the department of practical philosophy in the Universidad de Valencia.
In 1986 she became Professor of Moral Philosophy, relative to economy, business and the discrimination of women, the war, ecology, genetics, etc. These are topics that the author cultivates in her work.
She is married to philosopher and professor at the Universidad de Valencia, Jesús Conill.
She is a member of the Comisión Naiconal de Reproducción Human Asistida and holds a position in the Comité Asesor de Etica de la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica.
With her book "Ethics of the friendly reason", she won the International Essay Prize Jovellanos in 2007.
She has also been named Member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political science (December 2, 2008), making her the first woman that is admitted into this institution. She also holds an honorary position in the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón. She received this honor on January 15, 2009.
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Spain
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philosopher born in Valencia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
After getting her degree of philosophy and letters in the University of Valencia, she entered the metaphysics
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
department in 1969. In 1976, she defended her doctorate's thesis, about God in the Kantian trascendental philosophy, and taught for some time in middle-grade institutes.
A research grant allowed her to visit the University of Munich, where she came in contact with critical rationalism
Critical rationalism
Critical rationalism is an epistemological philosophy advanced by Karl Popper. Popper wrote about critical rationalism in his works, The Open Society and its Enemies Volume 2, and Conjectures and Refutations.- Criticism, not support :...
, pragmatism
Pragmatism
Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice...
, Marxist ethics and more specifically, with the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theory on the concepts of 'communicative rationality' and the 'public sphere'...
and Karl-Otto Apel
Karl-Otto Apel
Karl-Otto Apel is a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. Apel worked in ethics, the philosophy of language and human sciences. He wrote extensively in these fields, publishing mostly in German...
. Upon reentering academia in Spain, she oriented her research efforts into ethics.
In 1981, she entered the philosophy department of her alma mater, the University of Valencia.
Biography
After studying philosophy and letters in the Universidad de Valencia, she was admitted in the department of metaphysics in 1969. In 1976, she defended her doctoral thesis on the notion of God in Kant's transcendental philosophy and during some time she taught at middle schools and highschools. A research scholarship allowed her to go to the University of Munich, where she got acquainted with critical rationalism, pragmatism and marxist ethics and, more concretely, with the philosophy of Jurgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel.Upon coming back to the Spanish scholar scene, she devoted her research time to ethics.
In 1981 she was admitted in the department of practical philosophy in the Universidad de Valencia.
In 1986 she became Professor of Moral Philosophy, relative to economy, business and the discrimination of women, the war, ecology, genetics, etc. These are topics that the author cultivates in her work.
She is married to philosopher and professor at the Universidad de Valencia, Jesús Conill.
She is a member of the Comisión Naiconal de Reproducción Human Asistida and holds a position in the Comité Asesor de Etica de la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica.
With her book "Ethics of the friendly reason", she won the International Essay Prize Jovellanos in 2007.
She has also been named Member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political science (December 2, 2008), making her the first woman that is admitted into this institution. She also holds an honorary position in the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón. She received this honor on January 15, 2009.
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Books
- 10 palabras clave en filosofía polîtica / Adela Cortina, directora ; [colaboradores, Angel Castiñeira et al.]. Estella, Navarra : Editorial Verbo Divino, 1998. 440 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 84-8169-161-5
- Etica para la sociedad civil / Adela Cortina Orts ... [et al.] ; edición coordinada por Francisco Javier Peña Echevarría. Valladolid, Spain : Universidad de Valladolid, Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, [2003?] 200 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 84-8448-231-6