Vicente Ferreira da Silva
Vicente Ferreira da Silva | |
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Relaxing in the Sun | |
| Born | January 10, 1916 |
| Died | July 19, 1963 (aged 47) |
| Occupations | Philosopher, logician, and mathematician |
| Spouse | Dora Ferreira da Silva |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Law School, University of São Paulo |
| Influences | Plato, Schelling, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Quine, Novalis, Böhme, Lavelle, Eliot |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Art, mathematics, mythology, logic |
| Notable works | Dialética das consciências (1950) |
| Notable ideas | Rediscovery of myth |
| Influenced | Reale, Rosa, Flusser, da Costa, de Andrade |
Vicente Ferreira da Silva (10 January 1916 – 19 July 1963) was a Brazilian logician, mathematician, and philosopher. He was among the first in Brazil to write and publish academic books on Logic and Phenomenology, with a special interest in Heidegger.