Ladislav Hejdánek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ladislav Hejdánek

Czech philosopher and professor

Date of Birth: 10-May-1927

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: pedagogue, philosopher

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ladislav Hejdánek (born 10 May 1927) is a Czech philosopher and a proponent of Charter 77.
He was born in Prague and graduated from the Charles University in Prague.
In 1952 he attained a degree in philosophy for a dissertation "Truth and its ontological premisses".
During the period of 1956-68 he worked at Prague Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
Then he took a position at the Institute for Philosophy of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, but was expelled in 1971. In 1985, Ladislav Hejdánek established the journal Reflexe.
Casopis pro filosofii a teologii.
In 1990, he was habilitated at the Charles University in Prague, and two years later became a professor of that university.He later became chairman of the Unity of Philosophy and then Chairman of the Emanuel Rádl Foundation.