The Centre De Wulf-Mansion promotes research in ancient and medieval philosophy in a diachronic and cross-cultural perspective. It sponsors research projects, organizes lectures and conferences, and promotes the edition, translation, and study of philosophical texts (mainly in Greek, Latin, and Arabic).
The Centre d'Études Phénoménologiques (Centre for Phenomenological Studies) is a research centre set up within the auspices of the ISP by means of an agreement signed on 8 October 1973 between Husserl-Archief te Leuven, a non-profit organisation with its headquarters at the Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte (KULeuven), on the one hand, and the UCL, on the other.
The philosophy unit (PHIGOV) of the Center for Philosophy of Law (CPDR) conducts research on two main fronts. These axes are defined as follows: An epistemological axis focused on the relationships between the theory of norms and the theory of action, in connection with the foundational hypothesis of the CPDR, namely the proceduralization of norms; An axis oriented towards the critical observation of practical processes, considered as sites of emergence for new subjectivities and new forms of knowledge.
Europe has always been an ideal, whose reality (political, cultural, geographical) only partially fulfills it. This gap between ideality and reality is exemplarily implemented in practical philosophy, which feeds on it: for practical philosophy would not exist if there were no critical tension between the reality of what is and the ideality of what is not. This is why the Centre Europè considers itself as a privileged place for critical reflection on criticism.
The Hoover Chair was founded in 1991 with the mission to promote ethical research and teaching throughout the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication at UCLouvain, and to contribute to a lucid and informative public debate on the ethical issues arising in our society within the scope of the Faculty's disciplines. (In French)
Since its creation, Higher Institute of Philosophy has placed the philosophy of science at the heart of its work, and particularly its dialogue with society at large. CEFISES (the Center for Philosophy of Science and Society) is charged with carrying out this mission, following its founder, Jean Ladrière, in analyzing science in both its epistemological and its social dimensions, via interdisciplinary questions that cross the sciences, logic, and philosophy.
The Centre for Studies and Research in Contemporary Philosophies (CERPhiCo) offers advanced research based on the corpora of contemporary philosophy, particularly in the French expression, focusing on the renewal of the question of subjectivity and theories of action.