Dan Zahavi
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Dan Zahavi in Copenhagen, 2014
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6 November 1967 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Phenomenology |
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Dan Zahavi is a Danish philosopher. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at University of Copenhagen.
Dan Zahavi was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and initially studied phenomenology at the University of Copenhagen. He obtained his PhD in 1994 from the Husserl Archives at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium, with Rudolf Bernet as his doctoral supervisor. In 1999 he defended his Danish Disputats (Habilitation) at the University of Copenhagen. In 2002, at the age of 34, he became Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen.
Zahavi writes on phenomenology (especially the philosophy of Edmund Husserl) and philosophy of mind. In his writings, he has dealt extensively with topics such as self, self-consciousness, intersubjectivity and social cognition. He is co-editor of the journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Zahavi's work has been translated into 25 languages.
Zahavi is the author of a number of books, including:
Zahavi is also the editor of more than 10 volumes, including:
Zahavi has received a number of honors and awards, including:
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