Ivans VEDINS

Professor Ivans VEDINS Head of Department of Philosophy Latvian Police Academy Ezermalas iela 8 Riga, LV 1014 Latvia Phone: +371 7559406 Fax: + 371 7551070 E-mail: inguna@polak.edu.lv

Born: May 12, 1946, Sauliai, Lithuania

• Philosophy of Personality
• Logic
• Theory and Methodology of Inquiry
• History of Philosophy
• Culture and Methodology of Lecturer's Work

Languages: Latvian, Russian, German

• University of Latvia (Faculty of History and Philology), 1968
• Postgraduate Course, University of Latvia, 1975
• Dr.phil. (Candidate of Sciences in former USSR, PhD. in Western countries), University of Latvia, 1975
• Dr.habil.phil. (Doctor of Sciences in former USSR), Kiev University, Ukraine,1989

• Assistant, Associate Professor, Chair of Philosophy, Riga Civil aviation Engineering Institute, 1975-1980
• Associate Professor, Riga Department of Minsk Higher School of the USSR Ministry of Interior, 1980-1989
• Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Minsk higher School of the Ministry of Interior of the USSR, 1989-1991
• Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy , Latvian Police Academy, 1991 -

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1997

• Managing Editor of the Scientific Articles in Philosophy, Logic and Methodology, University of Latvia, 1985 -
• Member of Promotion and Habilitation Council (Philosophy), University of Latvia
• Member of Promotion Council (Sociology), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
• Member of Promotion Council (Law), Latvian Police Academy

• Logic
• Culture of Lecturer's Work

• I.Vedins. The Human Existence: Functioning and Essence, 1987, Riga: Zinatne Press, 212 pp. (in Russian).
• I.Vedins. Theorem of Personality: Ways and Impasses of Self-creation, 1988, Moscow, 238 pp. (in Russian).
• I.Vedins. Logic. Manual for Higher Schools and Faculties of Law, 1996, Riga: Avots, 409 pp.(in Latvian).
• I.Vedins. Logic. Manual for Higher Schools, 2000, Riga: Avots , 504 pp. (in Latvian).

Last update 25.04.2001