Ronald de Sousa
{{short description|Canadian philosopher and academic (born 1940)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}
{{Infobox philosopher
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| region = Western philosophy
| era = Contemporary philosophy
| name = Ronald de Sousa
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}}
| birth_place = Switzerland
| nationality = Canadian
| alma_mater = Princeton University (PhD, 1966)
| school_tradition = Analytic philosophy
| main_interests = Philosophy of emotions
| notable_ideas =
| institutions = University of Toronto
| thesis_title = Categories, Translation, and Linguistic Theory
| thesis_year = 1966
| doctoral_advisor = Paul Benacerraf
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Ronald Bon de Sousa Pernes ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|_|ˈ|s|uː|z|ə}} {{respell|də|_|SOO|zə}}; born 1940) is a Swiss-born Canadian philosopher and academic. He is an emeritus professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto, which he joined in 1966.
Biography
De Sousa possesses both UK and Canadian citizenship. Educated in Switzerland and England, he took his B.A. at New College, Oxford University in 1962, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1966. His thesis Categories, Translation, and Linguistic Theory was supervised by Paul Benacerraf.[http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/CVFULL.pdf CV]
He is best known for his work in philosophy of emotions, and has also made contributions to philosophy of mind and philosophy of biology. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005.[http://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?keywords_44=&first_name=&last_name=&display_name=University%20of%20Toronto&election_year_21=&academy_25=All&division_24=All&discipline_23=All&is_deceased=0&sort_by=last_name&sort_order=ASC&page=6 RSC Fellows search]. Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
Books
- The Rationality of Emotion (1987) {{ISBN|0-262-54057-6}} (German translation 1997; Chinese translation 2006)
- Évolution et Rationalité (2004) {{ISBN|978-2-13-053530-0}}
- '[http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Why-Think-Evolution-and-the-Rational-Mind-by-Ronald-de-Sousa.php Why think? Evolution and the Rational Mind]' (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-19-518985-8}}
- Emotional Truth (2011) {{ISBN|9780195181548}}
- Love: A Very Short Introduction (2015) {{ISBN|978-0-19-966384-2}}
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