LATVIAN PHILOSOPHERS

Latvian Academy of Sciences

LATVIAN PHILOSOPHERS

© Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001

Last updated: October 29, 2002

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Janis BROKS Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- conception of nature in contemporary philosophy

Recent/Representative Publication

J. Broks. Labor as a value in a transitional society. - Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia. , 1999, N 1, pp. 49-71.

Born: 1956, Barkava, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Centre of Baltic Studies
Rostokas iela 60-24, Riga, LV 1029, Latvia

Phone: +371 7140555.
E-mail: brox@apollo.lv

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Ella BUCENIECE, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- the history of ideas in Latvia: XX century

Recent/Representative Publication

E.Buceniece. The art of the liberation of life and philosophy as educator: F.Nietsche,E.Husserl, Z.Maurina. - Analecta Husserliana, 2000, LXIII, Dodrecht,London, Boston, pp. 115-129.

Born: 1949, Daugavpils district, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940 , Latvia

Phone: +371 7226470. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: imants@sal.lv

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Ausma CIMDINA, Dr.philol.

Main interests:

Literary Reviews, Philosophy

- Latvian literary philosophy and the concept of gender: discourse of feminism

Recent/Representative Publication

A.Cimdina (Ed.). Feministica Lettica, 1999, Riga: Zinatne, 212 pp. (in Latvian)..

Born: 1950, Jaunpiebalga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

University of Latvia
Raina bulv. 19, Riga, LV 1586, Latvia

Phone: +371 7034859. Fax: +371 7213405.
E-mail: lettica@latnet.lv

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Elga FREIBERGA, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- psychoanalysis, feminism and the ethics of otherness

Recent/Representative Publication

E.Freiberga. European values and Latvian identity. - National Identity and Vision of Europe. Annals Eur. Acad. Sci.& Arts, Wiena, 2000, vol. 28, pp. 31-41.

Born: 1956, Riga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940 , Latvia

Phone: +371 72225468. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: efreiberga@yahoo.com

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Zaiga IKERE, Dr.habil.philol.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- Integration of Latvia into EU: cultural and philosophical aspect

Recent/Representative Publication

Z.Ikere. Translating Philosophical Technical Terminology from English into Latvian - In: The Second Riga Symposium on Pragmatic Aspects of Translation, Riga, 1999, pp. 93-100.

Born: 1945, Kuldiga district, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Daugavpils University
Vienibas iela 13, Daugavpils, LV 5400 , Latvia

Phone: +371 54 22994. Fax: +371 54 22890.
E-mail: ikere@dpu.lv

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Svetlana KOVALCHUK, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

Recent/Representative Publication

S.Kovalchuk. Destiny of the Journal " Zakon I Sud". - In: Baltijskij Arhiv. Russkaja Kultura v Pribaltike, Riga: Daugava, 1999, vol. 4, pp/ 88-103 (in Russian).

Born: 1956, Riga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology,
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 722 9208. Fax: +371 721 0806
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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Solveiga KRUMINA-KONKOVA, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- religiosity and spirituality in the 21^st century Latvia

Recent/Representative Publication

S.Krumina-Konkova. The New Religious minorities in the Baltic States. - Nova Religio (ed. Phillip Lucas) , vol. 4, N 2, New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2001, pp. 289-297.

Born: 1960, Riga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7225468. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: konkova@latnet.lv

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Maija KULE, Dr.habil.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- phenomenological and hermeneutical description of Lebenswelt

Recent/Representative Publication

M.Kule, R.Kulis. Philosophy, 1996, Riga, 658 pp. (in Latvian)

Born: 1951, Lejasciems, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940 , Latvia

Phone: +371 7229208. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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Rihards KULIS, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- postmodernism and philosophy of human solidarity

Recent/Representative Publication

R.Kulis. Reflections on the Everlasting and the Transient or the Road to the "Freed of Light". - Analecta Husserliana, 2000, vol. LXYII, Kluver Acad. Publ., pp. 261-274.

Born: 1945, Cesis, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7229208. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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Iveta LEITANE, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

Hebrew Philosophy

Recent/Representative Publication

I.Leitane. Die judishe Dimension der Stadt Lattlands (XV-XVIII Jahrhundert). - In: Tagungsband II. Internationales Symposium zur deutschen Kultur im eiropaisschen Nordosten, Helsinki: R.Scweitzer, W.Bastman-Buchner (Hrsg.), 1999.

Born: 1962, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7034441. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: letane@navigator.lv

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Valerijs MARKOVS, Dr.habil.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- the world of man (filozofiskas antropologijas problemas

Recent/Representative Publication

V.Markovs. Antroposs, 1999, Riga: FSI, 294 pp. (in Russian).

Born: 1924, Vologda, Russia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940 , Latvia

Phone: +371 7229208. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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Augusts MILTS, Dr.habil.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- ethics

Recent/Representative Publication

A.Milts. Ethics. What is Ethics?, 1999, Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 59 pp. (in Latvian).

Born: 1928, Livani, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7229208. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: mara@lza.lv

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Arnolds PODMAZOVS, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- traditional Oriental Christianity and the process of integration in Latvia

Recent/Representative Publication

A.Podmazovs. Vecticiba Latvija (Old Believers in Latvia), 2000, Riga: LU FSI, 210 pp.(in Latvian).

Born: 1936, Belarus

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7225468. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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Alfreds POLIS, Dr. habil.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- problem of man in interdisciplinary aspects

Recent/Representative Publication

A.Polis. Epistomologija, 2001, Riga: LU, 123 pp. (in Latvian)

Born: 1932, Daugavpils, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Faculty of History and Philosophy
University of Latvia
Brivibas bulv. 32,
Riga, LV 1050, Latvia

Phone: +371 7287986. Fax: +371 7034513
E-mail: vff@lanet.lv

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Aija PRIEDITE, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- national identity discourse in the history of ideas in Latvia

Recent/Representative Publication

A.Priedite. Establishment of a discourse about national identity in Latvia in the late 19^th and the early 20^th century. - Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia., 1999, N 4, pp. 4-17.

Born: 1957, Riga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7226470. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: priedite@lza.lv

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Mara RUBENE, Dr.habil.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- social memory, justice, tolerance

Recent/Representative Publication

M.Rubene. Challewnges of contemporary painting: Kant's aestetics and controversies of modernism/postmodernism. - Homo Aesteticus. From Philosophy of art to Aesthetics of Everyday Life, pp. 17-29.

Born: 1950, Cesis district, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7282389. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: ruben@lanet.lv

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Vija SILE, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- Medical Ethics

Recent/Representative Publication

V.Sile. Basic Principles of Medical Ethics, 1999, Riga:Zinatne, 157 pp. (in Latvian).

Born: 1952, Riga, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Riga Stradins University
Dzirciema iela 16, Riga, LV 1007, Latvia

Phone: +371 7 409104. Fax: +371 7828155.
E-mail: vijasile@yahoo.com

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Igors SUVAJEVS, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- European philosophy and technologies of life

Recent/Representative Publication

I.Suvajevs. Philosophical Conversations II, 2000, Riga (in Latvian).

Born: 1963, Priekule, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7229139. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: isuvajev@lza.lv

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Vilnis ZARINS, Dr.phil.

Main interests:

Philosophy

- values of classical humanism and its reception in Latvia

Recent/Representative Publication

V.Zarins. Kam pieder nams (publicistika, intervijas)[To Whoom the House belongs ?] 1999, Riga, 182 pp. (in Latvian).

Born: 1930, Jurmala, Latvia

Affiliation & Address

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology
University of Latvia
Akademijas laukums 1, Riga, LV 1940, Latvia

Phone: +371 7229208. Fax: +371 7210806.
E-mail: fsi@lza.lv

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