Sandra Laugier
Encyclopedia
Sandra Laugier is a French
philosopher, working on moral philosophy, philosophy of language
, philosophy of action and philosophy of science
. She is currently a professor at the University of Paris I and Scientific deputy director at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (INSHS, Institut des sciences humaines et sociales) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, after being a professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens
, France
(until 2010).
Sandra Laugier extensively worked on J. L. Austin
and L. Wittgenstein
; she also introduced several aspects of American philosophy to French readers (Emerson
, Thoreau
, but above others Stanley Cavell
). Her recent work focuses on moral philosophy, the ethics of care
and gender studies
.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
philosopher, working on moral philosophy, philosophy of language
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language...
, philosophy of action and philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
. She is currently a professor at the University of Paris I and Scientific deputy director at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (INSHS, Institut des sciences humaines et sociales) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, after being a professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(until 2010).
Sandra Laugier extensively worked on J. L. Austin
J. L. Austin
John Langshaw Austin was a British philosopher of language, born in Lancaster and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford University. Austin is widely associated with the concept of the speech act and the idea that speech is itself a form of action...
and L. Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
; she also introduced several aspects of American philosophy to French readers (Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
, Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
, but above others Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell
Stanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...
). Her recent work focuses on moral philosophy, the ethics of care
Ethics of care
The ethics of care is a normative ethical theory; that is, a theory about what makes actions right or wrong. It is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by feminists in the second half of the twentieth century...
and gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
.
Books
- L'anthropologie logique de Quine, Paris, Vrin, 1992,
- Recommencer la philosophie : la philosophie américaine aujourd'hui, Paris, PUF, 1999,
- Du réel à l'ordinaire : quelle philosophie du langage aujourd'hui ?, Paris, Vrin, 1999,
- Faut-il encore écouter les intellectuels ?, Paris, Bayard, 2003,
- Une autre pensée politique américaine : la démocratie radicale, de R.W. Emerson à S. Cavell, Paris, Michel Houdiard éditeur, 2004.
- Qu'est-ce que le care ? (with P. Paperman and P. Molinier), Paris, Payot, 2009.
- Wittgenstein. Les sens de l'usage, Paris, Vrin, 2009
- Wittgenstein. Le mythe de l’inexpressivité, Paris, Vrin, 2010
- Pourquoi désobéir en démocratie ? with Albert Ogien, Paris, La Découverte, 2010.
Edited volumes
- Physique et réalité (coedited with M.BitbolMichel BitbolMichel Bitbol is a French researcher in philosophy of science, born on March 12, 1954.He is "Directeur de recherche" at CNRS, in the Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée of École polytechnique ....
), éditions Diderot, Paris, 1997. - Les mots de l’esprit : Wittgenstein et la philosophie de la psychologie (coedited with C. Chauviré and J.J. Rosat), Paris, Vrin, 2001.
- Carnap et la construction logique du monde, Paris, Vrin, 2001.
- Stanley Cavell, Cinéma et Philosophie (coedited with M. Cerisuelo), Paris, Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2001.
- Wittgenstein, Métaphysique et jeu de langage, PUF, Paris, 2001
- Wittgenstein, dernières pensées (coedited with J. BouveresseJacques BouveresseJacques Bouveresse is a philosopher who has written on subjects including Ludwig Wittgenstein, Robert Musil, Karl Kraus, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mathematics and analytical philosophy...
and J-J. Rosat), Marseille, Agone, 2002. - Husserl et Wittgenstein : de la description de l’expérience à la phénoménologie linguistique (coedited with J. Benoist), Olms, Hildesheim, 2004.
- Philosophie des sciences (coedited with P. Wagner) 2 volumes, collection « Textes-clés », Paris, Vrin, 2004
- Langage ordinaire et métaphysique - Strawson (coedited with J. Benoist), Vrin, Paris, 2005.
- Dictionnaire de la pornographie (coedited with Philippe Di Folco), PUF, Paris, 2005
- Le souci des autres – éthique et politique du care (coedited with P. Paperman), Éditions de l’EHESS, Paris 2006.
- L’ordinaire et le politique (coedited with C. Gautier), Paris, PUF, 2006
- Ethique, littérature, vie humaine, Paris, PUF, 2006.
- Lire les Recherches Philosophiques de Wittgenstein (coedited with C. Chauviré), Paris, Vrin, 2006.
- Comment penser l¹autonomie ? Entre compétences et dépendances (coedited with M.Jouan), Paris, PUF, 2008.
- Normativités du sens commun (coedited with C. Gautier), Paris, PUF-CURAPP, 2009.
- Textes-clés de philosophie du langage, 2 volumes (coedited with Bruno Ambroise), Paris, Vrin, 2009, 2010
- La voix et la vertu, variétés du perfectionnisme moral, Paris, PUF, 2010.
- J.L. Austin et la philosophie du langage ordinaire (coedited with C. Al-Saleh), Olms, Hildesheim, 2011.
Translations
- S. CavellStanley CavellStanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...
, Une nouvelle Amérique encore inapprochable, de Wittgenstein à Emerson (This New Yet Unapproachable America), L’éclat, Combas, 1991. - S. Cavell, Statuts d’Emerson, constitution, philosophie, politique, volume includes a presentation and translation of Cavell's and Emerson's essays, L’éclat, Combas, 1992.
- S. Cavell, A la recherche du bonheur, Hollywood et la comédie du remariage (Pursuits of Happiness), Editions des Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris, 1993 (with C. Fournier).
- S. Cavell, Conditions nobles et ignobles, la constitution du perfectionnnisme moral émersonien (Conditions handsome and unhandsome) L’éclat, Combas, 1993 (with C. Fournier).
- S. Cavell, Les Voix de la raison (The Claim of Reason, Wittgenstein, skepticism, morality and tragedy), Editions du Seuil, coll. L’ordre philosophique, Paris, 1996 (with N. Balso).
- A. GibbardAllan GibbardAllan Gibbard is the Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Allan Gibbard has made several contributions to contemporary ethical theory, in particular metaethics...
, Sagesse des choix, justesse des sentiments, une théorie du judgement normatif (Wise choices, apt feelings), PUF, collection «Philosophie morale», Paris, 1996. - S. Cavell, Un ton pour la philosophie (A pitch of philosophy), with Elise Domenach, Bayard, Paris, 2003.
- W.V. QuineWillard Van Orman QuineWillard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition...
, D’un point de vue logique (From a Logical Point of View) (collective translation), Vrin, Paris, 2003. - R.W. EmersonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
, Essais : Histoire, Destin, Expérience, Compensation (with C. Fournier), Paris, Michel Houdiard éditeur, 2005. - S. Cavell, Dire et vouloir dire (Must we mean what we say ?), (with C. Fournier), Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2009
- S. Cavell, Qu'est-ce que la philosophie américaine ? (with C. Fournier), Gallimard, Folio, 2009.
In English
- Interview with Sandra Laugier and Albert Ogien on civil disobedienceCivil disobedienceCivil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance...
. - Notes on Stanley CavellStanley CavellStanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...