Jean-Paul Audet, (; December 7, 1918 – November 12, 1993) was a

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academic and philosopher. He was a professor and former head of the

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's Department of Philosophy. In 1988, he was made an Officer of the

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for his "contribution to the field of theology".
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. In 1970, he was made a Fellow of the

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1918 births 1993 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Academics from Quebec Canadian non-fiction writers in French 20th-century Canadian philosophers {{Quebec-writer-stub