Jesús Padilla Gálvez

Spanish philosopher (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jesús Padilla Gálvez^[1] (Spanish: [xeˈsus paˈðiʎa ˈɣalβeθ]; born October 28, 1959) is a Spanish philosopher who has worked primarily in philosophy of language, logic, and the history of sciences.

BornOctober 28, 1959

Almería, Spain

AwardsAustrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st Class
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

Alma materUniversity of Cologne
(MA, Dr.phil.)

ThesisReferenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten (1988)

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Jesús Padilla Gálvez
Jesús Padilla Gálvez
Born	(1959-10-28)October 28, 1959 Almería, Spain
Awards	Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st Class Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

Education
Alma mater	University of Cologne (MA, Dr.phil.)
Thesis	Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Lothar Eley, Albert Zimmermann
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Phenomenology Analytic Critical rationalism
Main interests	Logic, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, ethics.

Professional biography

Jesús Padilla Gálvez studied Philosophy, History and Mathematics at the University of Cologne (Germany) and was awarded the M.A. in 1983 and a Dr. phil. in Philosophy in 1988. He was Research Assistant (1988–1991) at the University of Murcia (Spain) and later held the post of Associate Professor (1992–1994) for Logic and Philosophy of Language at the University of León (Spain). From 1994 to 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz (Austria). Since 1999 he has been Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo (Spain). He has held visiting posts at the Universities of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), University of Graz (Austria), University of Potsdam (Germany), University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), LMU Munich (Germany), University of Vienna and the University of Oxford (United Kingdom). As director of the international scientific journal Dókos. Revista Filosófica - Philosophical Review (published in Ápeiron Ediciones (Madrid)^[2] and editor of the international series "Aporia / Aπορία" (De Gruyter)^[3] the author is continuously engaged with highly relevant philosophical topics.

Philosophical views

In his doctoral thesis, Padilla Gálvez examined central issues of analytic philosophy.^[4] His subsequent investigations are characterized by an application of the analytic method to the study of philosophical problems.^[5] This method involves both, the analysis of language to eliminate ambiguity as well as a profound scrutiny of the logical form of philosophical propositions.^[6] Padilla Galvez's work may be classified into five lines of investigation: philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of history of science, social changes in democratic systems and language for specific purposes (LSP). He was dealing with the works of Gottfried Leibniz,^[7] Immanuel Kant, Edmund Husserl, Alfred Tarski, Ludwig Wittgenstein,^[8] Willard Van Orman Quine, Saul Kripke, among others. Padilla Gálvez is recognized as one of the leading experts of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy in the English^[9] and Spanish-speaking world.^[10]

He has published extensively in the field by focusing on logic-grammatical analysis of language.^[11] This includes such topics as history of logic and mathematics (Kurt Gödel^[12]), action, decision-making, forms of life,^[13] anthropology,^[14] language,^[15] aesthetics, politics (democracy^[16] and terrorism) and practical philosophy.

Awards and recognition

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2020)

Bibliography

He is the author of

"Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten". Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., 1989.(ISBN 3-631-40780-7) Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine^[17]
"Tratado metateórico de las teorías científicas". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2000. (ISBN 84-8427-078-5)
"Sozioökonomische Einführung in die Interkulturalität". (Publicado con Margit Gaffal) Oldenbourg, München, 2005. (ISBN 3-486-57869-3)
"Verdad y demostración". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2007. (ISBN 978-84-96780-19-4) Reseña en: Revista Latinoamericana de filosofía
"Wittgenstein I. Lecturas tractarianas". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2009. (ISBN 978-84-96780-18-7) ^[18]
"Yo, máscara y reflexión. estudios sobre la autorreferencia de la subjetividad". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2012. (ISBN 978-84-15271-51-2) Archived 2016-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
"Hacia la representación perspicua. Wittgenstein 2". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2014. (ISBN 978-84-16062-28-7)
"Parménides, Sobre la naturaleza, El desarrollo de una gramática metafísica". Ápeiron Ediciones, Madrid, 2015. (ISBN 978-84-944709-0-5).
"Verdad. Controversias abiertas". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2017. (ISBN 978-84-17069-58-2).
"Estado de cosas. Reconstrucción de la polémica sobre el Sachverhalt". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2018. (ISBN 978-84-17508-19-7).
"El mentiroso. Genealogía de una paradoja sobre verdad y autorreferencia". Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2021. (ISBN 978-84-18656-18-7).
"State of Affairs. Reconstructing the Controversy over Sachverhalt". Philosophia Verlag, Múnich, 2021. (ISBN 978-3-88405-131-3) Review in: Bulletin d'Analyse Phénoménologique, XIX 4 (2023), 24-30.
"Negociación. Teoría de juegos, juegos de lenguaje y formas de vida". (coedit. with Margit Gaffal) Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2023, 204 págs. (ISBN 978-84-19632-23-4).
"Dynamics of Rational Negotiation: Game Theory, Language Games and Forms of Life". (coed. with Margit Gaffal) Springer, 2024, (ISBN 978-3-031-49050-7).

Editor

"El Círculo de Viena, reconsiderado". Arbor, 1996, Nr. 612, Tomo CLV, pp. 7– 147. (ISSN 0210-1963)(1996)
"Wittgenstein y el Círculo de Viena / Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 1998. (ISBN 84-89958-26-2)
"Wittgenstein, from a New Point of View". Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M., 2003. (ISBN 3-631-50623-6)
"El laberinto del lenguaje: Wittgenstein y la filosofía analítica / The Labyrinth of Language: Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Analytic Philosophy". Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2007. (ISBN 84-8427-282-6)
"Idealismus und Sprachanalytische Philosophie". Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 2007. (ISBN 84-8427-402-0)
"Phenomenology as Grammar". Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2008. (ISBN 978-3-938793-91-6)
"Igualdad en el derecho y la moral". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2009. (ISBN 978-84-92751-25-9)
"Philosophical Anthropology. Wittgenstein's Perspective". Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010. (ISBN 978-3-86838-067-5) Review: "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"
"Wittgenstein: Issues and Debates". (with Eric Lemaire). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010. (ISBN 978-3-86838-083-5) Review: Derek A. McDougall, Critical notice, British Wittgenstein Society
"Antropología filosófica de Wittgenstein. Reflexionando con P.M.S. Hacker". Plaza y Valdés, Madrid - México, 2011. (ISBN 978-84-92751-95-2)
"Forms of Life and Language Games". (with Margit Gaffal). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2011. (ISBN 978-3-86838-122-1)
"Fenomenologia como Gramática". Editora Universidade de Brasília, Brasília D.F., 2011. (ISBN 978-85-230-1294-6)
"Doubtful Certainties. Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativism". (with Margit Gaffal). Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2012. (ISBN 978-3-86838-171-9)
"Formas de vida y juegos de lenguaje". Coedición con Margit Gaffal, Plaza y Valdés, Madrid - México 2013, 266 pp., ISBN 978-84-15271-75-8.
"Action, Decision-Making and Forms of Life". (Ed. Jesús Padilla Gálvez). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2016, 168 pp., ISBN 978-3-11-047288-2.
"Intentionality and Action". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2017, 180 pp., ISBN 978-3-11-056028-2.
"Human Understanding as Problem". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2018, 165 pp., ISBN 978-3-11-061120-5.
"Ontological Commitment Revisited". (Ed. Jesús Padilla Gálvez). De Gruyter, Berlin - Boston, 2021, 170 pp., ISBN 978-3-11-074999-1.
"The Many Faces of Language Games". (Eds. Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal) De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, 2024. 183 pp. ISBN 9783111575353.

Translations

1995. Metalógica / Metalogik. Mathesis, XI, Nr. 2, 113-136 / 137–192. (ISSN 0185-6200)
2007. Sobre consistencia y completitud en el sistema axiomático. Discusión sobre la ponencia del Sr. Gödel. Protocolo del 15 de enero de 1931. Mathesis III 21 (2007) 193–196. (ISSN 0185-6200)
2011. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Nur die Erfahrung des gegewärtigen augenblickes hat Realität’... / Sólo la experiencia del momento actual es real’..., Hat es Sinn zu sagen "zwei Menschen hätten denselben Körper?... / ¿Tiene sentido decir que dos personas tienen el mismo cuerpo?....Dokos. Revista filosófica, Vols. 7-8, 2011, 53-72 (ISSN 1889-0202 - ISSN 1989-2020)
2012. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Die normale Ausdrucksweise «Ich habe Zahnschmerzen» / El modo usual de la expresión «tengo dolor de muelas». Dokos. Revista filosófica, Vols. 9-10, 2012, 79-105 (ISSN 1889-0202 - ISSN 1989-2020)
2014. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Escrito a máquina [The big typescript] [TS 213]. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2014, 692 p. ISBN 978-84-9879-559-2.
2016. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tratado lógico-filosófico / Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung. Ed. from TS 204, Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2016, 250 p. ISBN 978-84-16349-91-3.
2017. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Investigaciones Filosóficas. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2017. 329 págs. ISBN 978-84-9879-674-2.
2017. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Diktat für Schlick - Dictado para Schlick. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez and Margit Gaffal. Ápeiron Ediciones, Madrid, 2017. ISBN 841718242X, ISBN 978-8417182427.
2019. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tratado lógico-filosófico / Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung. 2nd Ed. from TS 204, Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2019, 258 p. ISBN 978-84-17508-58-6.
2021. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Investigaciones Filosóficas, Philosophische Untersuchungen. Transl., introd. and notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. 2nd. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2021. ISBN 978-84-1364-020-4.
2025. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus lógico-philosophicus. Transl., introduc. and critical notes from Jesús Padilla Gálvez. Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2025, 174 p. ISBN 978-84-1183-894-8.

and of numerous articles in Diálogos, Grazer Philosophische Studien, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Logos, Mathesis, Modern Logic, Philosophia Naturalis, Philosophisches Jahrbuch, Wittgenstein-Studien, Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung and other journals and collections.

References

[1]
In Spain people traditionally have two family names: the first family name is the paternal one (Padilla), inherited from the father's paternal family name, while the second family name is the maternal one (Gálvez), inherited from the mother's paternal family name. When speaking or in informal situations only the first one is used (also "Padilla"), although both are needed for legal purpose.
[2]
"Dókos: Revista filosófica".
[3]
Aporia / Aπορία, De Gruyter
[4]
Cf. Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten (Peter Lang, Frankfurt a.M, 1989)
[5]
Edmund Runggaldier, Analytische Sprachphilosophie. Stuttgart-Berlin-Köln: Kohlhammer, 1990.
[6]
Cf. Phenomenology as Grammar (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2008). 2nd Edition: Phenomenology as Grammar (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2013). Transl. Portuguese: Fenomenologia como gramática (Editora Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 2011). Reflexionando acerca de la gramática filosófica (Areté. Revista de filosofía, 2012, Vol. XXIV, Nr 2, pp. 323-349.)
[7]
Cf.: Identität und Selbigkeit. Ontologische Interpretation der Leibnizschen Individuen (V. Internationaler Leibniz Kongress Leibniz Tradition und Aktualität, Ed. A. Heinekamp, Hannover, 1988, pp. 685 692); Las lógicas modales en confrontación con los conceptos básicos de la lógica modal de G. W. Leibniz (Theoria, 1991, Vol. 14-15, pp. 115-127); Die Leibnizsche Behandlung kontrafaktischer Bedingungssätze (Leibniz und Europa. VI. Internationaler Leibniz Kongreß. Hannover, 1994, pp. 565-572); Teoría de los mundos posibles e identidad (Analogía y expresión en Leibniz, Madrid, 1992, 103-109); Modalisatoren und mögliche Welten in den logisch-semantischen Untersuchungen um 1686 (Nihil sine ratione. VII. Internationaler Leibniz-Kongreß, Ed. Hans Poser, Berlin, 2001, pp. 926-933); Die Setzung der Einheit. Einheit in der Vielheit (VIII. Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress. Hannover, 2005, pp. 757-763); La teoría de los condicionales contrafácticos propuesta por Luis de Molina y la respuesta de G. W. Leibniz (Estudios Filosóficos, LVIII, 2009, pp. 333-346).
[8]
Cf: Bibliography
[9]
Cf.: Wittgenstein, from a New Point of View (Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M., 2003); Phenomenology as Grammar (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 2008); Philosophical Anthropology. Wittgenstein's Perspectives (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010); Wittgenstein: Issues and Debates (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010); Forms of Life and Language Games (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2011); Doubtful Certainties. Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativism (Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., 2012)
[10]
Cf.: Wittgenstein y el Círculo de Viena / Wittgenstein und der Wiener Kreis (Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 1998); El laberinto del lenguaje (Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca) 2007; Wittgenstein I. Lecturas Tractarianas (Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, 2009); Antropología filosófica de Wittgenstein. Reflexionando con P.M.S. Hacker (Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, 2011); Yo, Máscara y reflexión. Estudios sobre la autorreferencia de la subjetividad (Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2012); Formas de vida y juegos del lenguaje (Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, México D.F., 2013); Hacia la representación perspicua. Wittgenstein 2 (Tirant Humanidades, Valencia, 2014)
[11]
Jan Woleński, Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten. Darstellung und Kritik der logisch semantischen Theorie in der Sprachanalytischen Philosophie, Reports on Philosophy, Nr. 14 1991, pp. 154-156.
[12]
Cf. Gödels Vorschlag innerhalb der selbstbezüglichen Sätze (Grazer Philosophische Studien. 47, 1994, 43-57); La refutación de la metalógica descriptiva a la concepción aritmética de la metalógica (Arbor, CLV, 612, 1996, 79-98); Rudolf Carnap contra Kurt Gödel: Die Kritik Carnaps von 1931 am Projekt Gödels (Bausteine wissenschaftlicher Weltauffassung. Springer. Viena, 1997, pp. 125-139); Wittgenstein's Criticism against Gödel's Project of Metalogic (Wittgenstein: Issues and Debates. Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., Paris, Lancaster, New Brunswick, 2010, pp. 127-148)
[13]
Action, Decision-Making and Forms of Life
[14]
Philosophical Anthropology .
[15]
Forms of Life and Language Games
[16]
Democracy in Times of Ochlocracy
[17]
Jorge Alfredo Roetti, Referenz und Theorie der möglichen Welten. Darstellung und Kritik der logisch semantischen Theorie in der Sprachanalytischen Philosophie. En: Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía, 1994, pp. 371-373.
[18]
Cecilia B. Beristain, English Review from Wittgenstein I. Lecturas Tractarianas, Dókos, Vol. 7-8, 2011, pp. 136-141.