Páll Skúlason
Páll Skúlason was a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland.
Born and raised in Akureyri, in northern Iceland, Páll Skúlason graduated from highschool in 1965. He studied philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, earning a BA in 1967 and a doctorate in 1973. His doctoral dissertation, Du cercle et du Sujet: problème de compréhension et de méthode dans la Philosophie de Paul Ricœur, considered the philosophy of French philosopher Paul Ricœur.
Páll became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Iceland in 1971 and was appointed Professor in 1975. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Rector of the University from 1997 to 2005.Books
- Du Cercle et du Sujet, problèmes de compréhension et de méthode dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur - Doctoral thesis
- Hugsun og veruleiki
- Pælingar - a collection of essays
- Pælingar II - a collection of essays
- Siðfræði
- Sjö siðfræðilestrar
- Menning og sjálfstæði
- Í skjóli heimspekinnar
- Umhverfing .
- Saga and Philosophy
- Le Cercle du Sujet - dans la philosophie de Paul Ricœur
