Inga Bostad (born 22 August 1963) is a Norwegian
philosopher
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, writer and educator. She served as
prorector
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The academic ran ...
of the
University of Oslo
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from 2009 to 2013 and as director of the
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights from 2014 to 2017.
Biography
Bostad received an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Oslo in 1989 with her thesis: ''Om språk, kunnskap og tvil: en analyse av Wittgensteins Über Gewisstheit'' (Language, Knowledge, and Doubt — An Analysis of Wittgenstein's Über Gewissheit). In 2005, she earned a doctorate from the same institution with ''Tro eller tvil – en rekonstruksjon av filosofisk skeptisisme'' (Belief or Doubt — A Reconstruction of Philosophical Scepticism).
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From 1987 until 1995, she held various editorial positions with ''Kritikkjournalen'', J.W. Cappelens Forlag and Aventura Forlag. In 1990, she became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oslo, becoming Associate Professor in 2005, Vice-Rector in 2006, and Prorector from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, she was appointed Director of the university's Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.][
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Selected publications
Inga Bostad has contributed to over 60 publications,Arne Næss
Arne Dekke Eide Næss ( ; ; 27 January 1912 – 12 January 2009) was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term "deep ecology", an important intellectual and inspirational figure within the environmental movement of the late twentieth cent ...
: ''Inn i Filosofien''
* 2003: Hilde Bondvik and Inga Bostad. ''Tenkepauser: Filosofi og Vitenskapsteori''
* 2004: Per Ariansen, Inga Bostad, Steinar Mathisen and Øyvind Rabbås: ''Exphil 1: Tekster i filosofi og vitenskapshistorie''
* 2004: Per Ariansen, Inga Bostad, Steinar Mathisen and Øyvind Rabbås. ''Lærebok i filosofi- og vitenskapshistorie''
* 2005: Inga Bostad: ''Tro eller tvil – en rekonstruksjon av filosofisk skeptisisme''
* 2006: Inga Bostad og Tove Pettersen: ''Dialog og danning: det filosofiske grunnlaget for læring'' 2006 –
* 2014: Inga Bostad & Ole Petter Ottersen. Global presence, global responsibility and the global citizen, In Aksel Braanen Sterri (ed.), Global citizen - challenges and responsibility in an interconnected world. Sense Publishers. . Chapter 1. pp. 1 - 3
* 2016: Inga Bostad and Halor Hanish
Freedom and Disability Rights: Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence
''Metaphilosophy'', DOI: 10.1111/meta.12192.
* 2016: Inga Bostad & Aled Dilwyn Fisher. Curriculum and social change in education for a sustainable future? Ecophilosophy, critical inquiry and moral dilemmas, In Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite (ed.), Human rights in language and STEM education: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sense Publishers. . Chapter 5.
References
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1963 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian philosophers
Norwegian women philosophers
University of Oslo alumni
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Norwegian women writers
21st-century Norwegian philosophers