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Emmanuel Cattin

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Emmanuel Cattin
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Education
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School

Emmanuel Cattin (born in 1966) is a contemporary French philosopher, who specializes in metaphysics and phenomenology.

Biography

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A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (class of 1990), in 1996 he defended his PhD thesis on Schelling at Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University I, under the direction of Bernard Bourgeois,[1] a scholar of German Idealism and member of Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.[2] Initially appointed as a lecturer at Blaise Pascal University, he went on to become a tenured professor there in 2004. In 2015, he joined Paris-Sorbonne University (known as Sorbonne University since 2018) as chair of the metaphysics department, a post previously held by Jean-Luc Marion. He is director of the research unit, "Métaphysique, histoires, transformations, actualités".[3]

His phenomenological approach involves understanding appearance as a manifestation of the spirit, in a constant dialogue with both Hegel and Heidegger.[4] He is also specializes in Nietzsche's philosophy, as well as in philosophy of religion.

Since 2015, he has been the director of Paris publishing house Vrin's “Library of Philosophical Texts" and "Library of History of Philosophy" series.[5]

Publications

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Author

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  • Transformations de la métaphysique. Commentaires sur la philosophie transcendantale de Schelling (in French). Paris: Vrin. 2001.
  • Schelling (in French). Paris: Ellipses. 2003..
  • La Décision de philosopher (in French). Hildesheim: Georg Olms. 2005..
  • Vers la Simplicité. Phénoménologie hégélienne (in French). Paris: Vrin. 2010..
  • Sérénité. Eckhart, Schelling, Heidegger (in French). Paris: Vrin. 2012..
  • Majestas Dei. Seigneurie et liberté (in French). Paris: Vrin. 2018.
  • La venue de la vérité. Phénoménologie de l'esprit selon Jean (in French). Paris: Vrin. 2021.[6]

Translator

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  • Nietzsche (1992). Le Service divin des Grecs. Paris: L'Herne.
  • Arrien (1992). Manuel d'Épictète. Paris: GF Flammarion.
  • Leibniz (1998). "Éléments de la raison". Recherches générales sur l'analyse des notions et des vérités: 24 thèses métaphysiques et autres textes logiques et métaphysique. éd. Jean-Baptiste Rauzy. Paris: PUF.
  • Schelling (2000). Exposition de mon système de la philosophie. Paris: Vrin.

References

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  1. ^ Cattin, Emmanuel (1996). Transformations de la métaphysique. Atelier national de reproduction des thèses (Thesis). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Bernard Bourgeois - Membres titulaires | Académie des sciences morales et politiques". Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Métaphysique, histoires, transformations, actualités". Sorbonne Université (in French). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. ^ Vincent Blanchet (January 2023). "Emmanuel Cattin, La venue de la vérité. Phénoménologie de l'esprit selon Jean, Paris, Vrin, 2021, 155 p.". Philosophie. 156 (1): 93–95. doi:10.3917/philo.156.0093.
  5. ^ "Collection Bibliothèque des Textes Philosophiques | Librairie Philosophique J. VRIN". www.vrin.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Emmanuel CATTIN | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 19 October 2023.