Dr. Patrick Delaere
Patrick Delaere (1953) obtained a MA-Degree in Philosophy at Utrecht University. Since 2000 he is lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Delaere is Member of the Netherlands Research School for Practical Philosophy.
In December 2010 Delaere obtained his PhD with a dissertation entitled: 'Practical Identity. An Essay on Personhood, Autonomy, and Pathology'. His main interests are in personal identity and practical reason, moral psychology, and ethics in psychiatry.
As of September 2010, Patrick Delaere is head of Educational Affairs of our faculty.
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"It is not until we have eaten the apple with which the serpent philosopher tempts us, that we begin to stumble on the familiar and to feel that haunting sense of alienation which is treasured by each new generation as its unique perception. This alienation, this gap between oneself and one's world, can only be resolved by eating the apple to the core; for after the first bite there is no return to innocence. There are many anodynes, but only one cure. We may philosophize well or ill, but we must philosophize." (Wilfrid Sellars)
