Beatrice Longuenesse

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Béatrice Longuenesse (6 Septebmer 1950 - )

Longuenesse, who was born in Dieulefit (Drôme, France), studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris, France); the University of Paris-Sorbonne - where she received her Doctorat le troisième cycle (Ph. D.) and her Doctorat d’Etat; and Princeton University.

She held positions in French universities for many years before joining the philosophy department at Princeton in 1993. She left Princeton for New York University in 2004.

Her books include Kant and the Capacity to Judge (1998, a revised and expanded version of Kant et le Pouvoir de Juger 1993), Kant on the Human Standpoint (2005), and Hegel’s Critique of Metaphysics (forthcoming 2007, a revised and expanded version of Hegel et la Critique de la Métaphysique 1981).

Dr. Longuenesse's current research focuses on problems of self-consciousness and personal identity. She is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities. During the academic year 2006-2007 she was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.