Ernesto Garzón Valdés wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Ernesto Garzón Valdés as Argentine philosopher (1927–2023).
Ernesto Garzón Valdés was born at Córdoba in 1927. His recorded nationality is Argentina.
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 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, National University of Córdoba and National University of La Plata.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Order of Bernardo O'Higgins.
That the work was done from Argentina matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Ernesto Garzón Valdés died in 2023, aged 96. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
- Held posts at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, National University of Córdoba and National University of La Plata
