The International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (French: ''Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines''; ICPHS/CIPSH) is a

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within

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

. It embraces hundreds of

learned societies A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...

in the field of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

human science Human science (or human sciences in the plural) studies the philosophical, biological, social, justice, and cultural aspects of human life. Human science aims to expand the understanding of the human world through a broad interdisciplinary approa ...

s and related subjects.

History

CIPSH was founded at a first General Assembly held in January 1949 upon suggestion by Sir

Julian Huxley Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and Internationalism (politics), internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentiet ...

, the first Director-General of

. The first president was

Jacques Rueff Jacques Léon Rueff (23 August 1896 – 23 April 1978) was a French economist and adviser to the French government. Life An influential French conservative and free market thinker, Rueff was born the son of a well known Parisian physician and ...

Members

Officers

The officers of CIPSH are Luiz Oosterbeek (President), Chao Gejin (Past President), Luísa Migliorati (Vice President), Tim Jensen (Vice President), Benedikt Löwe (Vice President), Hsiung Ping-chen (Secretary General), Zoltán Somhegyi (Deputy Secretary General), Jesús de la Villa (Treasurer), Olga Spevak (Deputy Treasurer). Former officers include Rosalind Hackett (Vice President, 2017–2020), Adama Samassékou (Past President, 2017–2020), Catherine Jami (Vice President, 2020–2023), and Margaret Higonnet (Treasurer, 2020–2023).

Publications & Programmes

The CIPHS publishes the journal ''Diogène''/''

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'' in French and English. It was founded in 1952 by

Roger Caillois Roger Caillois (; 3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and philosophy by focusing on very diverse subjects such as ...

. For many years, Jean d'Ormesson was the Editor-in-Chief. Current Editors-in-Chief are Maurice Aymard and Luca Scarantino. In 2018, CIPSH created the CIPSH Chairs programme, designed to highlight and encourage existing research networks of centres of research in the humanities and to attract greater attention to the humanities worldwide and enhanced recognition of their importance in contemporary society.

References

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