Benoît Castelnérac, Université de Sherbrooke

Research

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Latest funding

Studies in Ancient Dialectic: Method, Arguments and Strategies
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$78,000
Studies in Ancient Dialectic: Method, Arguments and Strategies
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Studies in the philosophy of game semantics: dialectical games from Parmenides to Plato
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$90,600

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Studies in Ancient Dialectic: Method, Arguments and Strategies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Marion, Mathieu

Keywords: ancient philosophy; dialectic; pre-socratic philosophy; plato; aristotle; scepticism

$78,000

Studies in Ancient Dialectic: Method, Arguments and Strategies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Marion, Mathieu

Keywords: ancient philosophy; dialectic; pre-socratic philosophy; plato; aristotle; scepticism

$20,000

Studies in the philosophy of game semantics: dialectical games from Parmenides to Plato

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Marion, Mathieu

Keywords: presocratic philosophy; Plato; dialectics; metaphysics; history of logic

$90,600

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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