Ladislav Hejdánek
Ladislav Hejdánek (10 May 1927 – 28 April 2020) was a Czech philosopher and a proponent of Charter 77. He was born in Prague and graduated from the Charles University in Prague.[1] In 1952 he attained a degree in philosophy with his dissertation "Truth and its ontological premises". From 1956 to 1968 he worked at the Prague Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. Then he took a position at the Institute for Philosophy of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, but was expelled in 1971.
Ladislav Hejdánek | |
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Died | 28 April 2020 92) Prague | (aged
Main interests | philosophy |
In 1985, Hejdánek established the journal Reflexe. Časopis pro filosofii a teologii. In 1990, he was habilitated at the Charles University in Prague,[2] and two years later became a professor at that university. He later became chairman of the Unity of Philosophy and then Chairman of the Emanuel Rádl Foundation.[3]
Hejdánek died on 28 April 2020 at the age of 92.[4]
References
External links
- Ladislav Hejdánek: Curriculum vitae (in Czech)
- Slovník českých filosofů: Ladislav Hejdánek
- Professor, PhDr. Ladislav Hejdánek — a biographical article at the website "Memory of Nation" (in English)
- Books by Ladislav Hejdánek
- Digital archive