Paul Ricœur

Paul Ricœur
Paul Ricœur
	Ricœur, c. 1999
Born	Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur; 27 February 1913; Valence, Drôme, France
Died	20 May 2005 (aged 92); Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Spouse	Simone Lejas (m. 1935; died 1998)
Education
Education	University of Rennes (B.A., 1932); University of Paris (M.A., 1934);
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Psychoanalysis; Christian theology; Christian existentialism
Institutions	University of Strasbourg; University of Paris; University of Paris X: Nanterre; Université catholique de Louvain; University of Chicago;
Doctoral students	Cornelius Castoriadis
Main interests	Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Philosophy of action; Moral philosophy; Political philosophy; Philosophy of language; Personal identity; Narrative identity; Historiography; Literary criticism; Ancient philosophy
Notable ideas	Psychoanalysis as a hermeneutics of the Subject, theory of metaphor, metaphors as having "split references" (one side referring to something not antecedently accessible to language), criticism of structuralism, productive imagination, social imaginary, retroactive reference, the "school of suspicion" in philosophy

Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur (/rɪˈkɜːr/; French: [ʁikœʁ]; 27 February 1913 – 20 May 2005) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics. As such, his thought is within the same tradition as other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Gabriel Marcel. In 2000, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for having "revolutionized the methods of hermeneutic phenomenology, expanding the study of textual interpretation to include the broad yet concrete domains of mythology, biblical exegesis, psychoanalysis, theory of metaphor, and narrative theory."

Paul Ricœur
Ricœur, c. 1999
Born	Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur 27 February 1913 Valence, Drôme, France
Died	20 May 2005(2005-05-20) (aged 92) Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Spouse	Simone Lejas (m. 1935; died 1998)

Education
Education	University of Rennes (B.A., 1932) University of Paris (M.A., 1934)
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Hermeneutic phenomenology Psychoanalysis Christian theology Christian existentialism
Institutions	University of Strasbourg University of Paris University of Paris X: Nanterre Université catholique de Louvain University of Chicago
Doctoral students	Cornelius Castoriadis
Main interests	Phenomenology Hermeneutics Philosophy of action Moral philosophy Political philosophy Philosophy of language Personal identity Narrative identity Historiography Literary criticism Ancient philosophy
Notable ideas	Psychoanalysis as a hermeneutics of the Subject, theory of metaphor, metaphors as having "split references" (one side referring to something not antecedently accessible to language), criticism of structuralism, productive imagination, social imaginary, retroactive reference, the "school of suspicion" in philosophy