Alexander Piatigorsky is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Alexander Piatigorsky as Russian philosopher (1929–2009).
Alexander Piatigorsky was born at Moscow in 1929. His recorded nationality is Russia. He studied at Moscow University's Department of Philosophy.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, SOAS, University of London and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy, oriental studies and indology.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
The honours record reads: Andrei Bely Prize (2000).
That the work was done from Russia matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Alexander Piatigorsky died in 2009, aged 80. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Andrei Bely Prize — 2000
- Held posts at Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, SOAS, University of London and Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Fields: philosophy, oriental studies and Indology
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