Jacques Taminiaux

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Taminiaux in July 2013

Jacques Taminiaux (29 May 1928 – 7 May 2019) was a Belgian philosopher.

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Taminiaux was born in Seneffe. He studied law and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven. He became a professor at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States in 1989. His research interests were on phenomenology, aesthetics, political philosophy and contemporary continental philosophy. In 1977, he was awarded the Francqui Prize for his work on the history of philosophy.[1]

Taminiaux died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 90.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Jacques Taminiaux". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "Jacques Taminiaux (1928-2019)". The Open Commons of Phenomenology. May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.