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Prof. Roland Breeur teaches modern and contemporary philosophy at the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the KU Leuven, where he is also a part of the Husserl Archives. He wrote his dissertation on Marcel Proust. While he has published on contemporary thinkers such as Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Bergson, his research also investigated the bases of French Modernity as could be discovered in the writings of thinkers ranging from Descartes to Malebranche. He has also published extensively on phenomenological themes like consciousness, temporality, embodiment, and subjectivity. Among his most recent publications is a book entitled Lies -- Imposture -- Stupidity (a review of which can be found here), which offers a survey of liars big and small and a nuanced and sustained reflection on the search for truth.
