18 Facts About Dan Zahavi

Dan Zahavi was born on 1967 and is a Danish philosopher.

Dan Zahavi is professor of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.

Dan Zahavi was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Israeli father and a Danish mother.

Dan Zahavi initially studied phenomenology at the University of Copenhagen.

Dan Zahavi obtained his PhD in 1994 from the Husserl Archives at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium, with Rudolf Bernet as his doctoral supervisor.

Dan Zahavi is married to the Austrian philosopher Sophie Loidolt.

Dan Zahavi writes on phenomenology and philosophy of mind.

Dan Zahavi is co-editor of the journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

Dan Zahavi's work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

In several books and articles, Dan Zahavi has defended the existence and significance of pre-reflective self-consciousness, and argued in favor of the idea that our experiential life is characterized by a form of self-consciousness that is more primitive and more fundamental than the reflective form of self-consciousness that one finds in various kinds of introspection.

In working on these issues, Dan Zahavi has collaborated and debated with psychiatrists, developmental psychologists, and Buddhist scholars.

Dan Zahavi has argued in favor of the bodily and contextual character of interpersonal understanding, and criticized dominant positions within the so-called 'theory of mind' debate, including simulation theory and theory-theory.

Since 2010, Dan Zahavi has worked increasingly on social emotions and on issues in social ontology.

In parallel with his systematic work on the above-mentioned topics, Dan Zahavi has written on phenomenology, especially the work of Edmund Husserl.

Dan Zahavi has argued that phenomenology is a powerful and systematically convincing voice that contemporary philosophy and empirical science shouldn't ignore.

Dan Zahavi has received a number of honors and awards, including:.

Dan Zahavi is the author of a number of books, including:.

Dan Zahavi is the editor of more than 10 volumes, including:.