Keimpe Arnoldus Algra (born 5 April 1959) is a Dutch professor of

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and

Medieval philosophy Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries. Medieval philosophy, ...

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...

Career

Algra was born on 5 April 1959 in

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. He studied

classical language According to the definition by George L. Hart, a classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large body of ancient written literature. Classical languages are usually extinct languages. Those that are still ...

s and literature at Utrecht University. In 1985 he became a university lecturer. Three years later he obtained his PhD with a dissertation on ''Concepts of space in classical and hellenistic greek philosophy''. Between 2000 and 2003 he was Academy professor of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. In addition to various advisory a ...

(KNAW) at Utrecht University. In 2001 he started as professor of Ancient and Medieval philosophy at the same university. In 2003 he gave the Alfred Edward Taylor lecture at the

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. In 2004 Algra became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He headed a KNAW committee which looked into the state of trust in Dutch science after a case in which Diederik Stapel had fabricated data, a report called ''Vertrouwen in wetenschap'' was published in May 2013.

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Profile at Utrecht University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Algra, Keimpe 1959 births Living people Dutch historians of philosophy Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Utrecht University alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University