Carlos B. Gutiérrez

Carlos B. Gutiérrez

Degree in Philosophy from the National University of Colombia. Master of Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York. Doctor of Philosophy from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, with the dissertation Die Kritik des Wertbegriffes, directed by Hans-Georg Gadamer. Holder of the Goethe Medal of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1989. Scholar of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst (DAAD). Member of the Scientific Council of the Marx-Engels International Foundation (Amsterdam). Visiting professor at the National Autonomous Universities of Mexico, Ankara, Heidelberg, Morelia and Santa María. President of the Colombian Society of Philosophy (1979-1983, 1993-2000) and of the Inter-American Society of Philosophy (1994-1999). Professor emeritus at the National University of Colombia. He is currently a full professor at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.