Dr. Josep-Maria Terricabras
Josep-Maria Terricabras Nogueras (1946-2024) received his PhD in philosophy and educational sciences from the University of Barcelona and the University of Münster.
He made research stays at the same University of Münster (with Extraordinary Doctorate Award), at Saint John’s College (Cambridge) and at the University of Berkeley (California). He was professor emeritus of philosophy and honorary director of the Ferrater Mora Chairof Contemporary Thought at the University of Girona. He was elected a full member of the IEC in 1995. He was a member of the International Committee of the Centro Filosofico Internazionale Karl-Otto Apel (Acquappesa-Coseza/Italy), and of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaf. In 2000 he received the Narcís Monturiol medal for scientific and technological merit from the Generalitat de Catalunya, and in 2021 the Vicens Vives Distinction for university teaching quality.
He was a specialist in contemporary philosophy, specifically the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, which he translated into Catalan; he also translated Nietzsche and Freud. He was the introducer in the Catalan Countries of the project “Philosophy 3/18 (Philosophy for Children)” and directed the updating of Ferrater Mora’s Dictionary of Philosophy, which since 2020 has been digitized and expanded at https://www.diccionariodefilosofia.es/ .
He was President of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of International PEN (2008-2014), Member of the European Parliament and President of the European Free Alliance group (2014-2019).
Here you can watch Josep-Maria Terricabras’ lectio ultima on the occasion of his retirement as Professor at the University of Girona, when he became Professor Emeritus.
Josep-Maria Terricabras passed away on April 16, 2024. The University of Girona paid a posthumous tribute to him on October 9, 2024.
La família Terricabras-Martínez donó a la UdG su seva biblioteca personal, con cerca de 800 volúmenes, con una especial atención a la obra de Ludwig Wittgenstein, al cual dedicó su tesis doctoral, y a la filosofía analítica en general, con una notable presencia también de la obra de otros pensadores como Bertrand Russell y Friedrich Nietzsche. La catalogación quedó lista el día de Sant Jordi de 2025. Pueden acceder al sitio web del fondo y a los registros de los documentos en el buscador Omnia.
The Terricabras-Martínez family donated to the UdG his personal library, with about 800 volumes, with special attention to the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, to whom he dedicated his doctoral thesis, and to analytic philosophy in general, with a notable presence also of the work of other thinkers such as Bertrand Russell and Friedrich Nietzsche. The cataloguing was completed on Saint George’s Day 2025. You can access the website of the fund and the records of the documents in the Omnia search engine.