I have recently completed a PhD at The University of Manchester. The title of my thesis is Kant's Theory of Motivation and Rational Agency. I was supervised by Mr. Harry Lesser and Dr. Graham Stevens and examined by Dr. Katrin Flikschuh and Prof. Peter Goldie.
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Research Interests
Ethics, Metaethics, Theories of Practical Reason, Political Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy.
Aristotle, Kant, Spinoza, Hegel.
Click here for a brief abstract of my thesis.
Education
I hold a first class degree in philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires where I graduated with the thesis: ‘Aristotle’s Eudaimonia from the Eudemian Ethics point of view.’
Awards
ORS (Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme) Award.
The University of Manchester, School of Social Sciences - Discipline Area Studentship.
Teaching Experience
I am a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Manchester. In previous years I taught the following courses: Morality and Values, Ancient Philosophy I and II, Critical Thinking and Ethics.
This year I am teaching: Aesthetics, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Introduction to Logic and Philosophy of Mind.
I have also been a Part-time Lecturer at the University of Bolton where I taught the following courses: Aristotle and Interpreting a Philosophical Text.
I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Buenos Aires where I taught the following courses: Ethics, Political Philosophy and Introduction to Scientific Knowledge.
Recent presentations
- “Kantian Virtue”- Research seminar- University of Bolton, 13 th February 2008.
- “Moral Worth, Duty and the Emotions”- Workshop: Emotions and Moral Motivation, University of Manchester, 5 th 6 th November 2007.
- “Maxims & Motives”- Society for European Philosophy and Forum for European Philosophy Joint Conference, University of Sussex, 8-10 September, 2007.
- “Maxims as Motivating Reasons”- Open Minds 2007 Conference, University of Manchester, 5 th 6 th June, 2007.
- ‘Can we really make sense of the distinction between categorical and prudential imperatives?’- Brave New World Postgraduate Conference, University of Manchester, 28-29 June, 2005.
Publications
Here is a selection of my publications:
- “Lacan: The Silent Partners’ S. Zizek (ed)” for Metapsychology Online, 2006. (Book review in English)
- ‘‘La Ética de lo Real: Kant y Lacan por Alenka Zupancic” [ Ethics of the Real. Kant and Lacan by Alenka Zupancic], Enlaces, Year 7, No10 ( Buenos Aires, 2005), pp. 179- 181. (Book review in Spanish)
- “ Diversas Versiones de Antígona ” [Different Versions of Antigone], Enlaces , Year 3, No 7. (Buenos Aires, 2002), pp.76-84. ( article in Spanish)
- “ Ética y Lenguaje en Aristóteles y Habermas” [Ethics and Language in Aristotle and Habermas], El Caldero de la Escuela, Escuela de la Orientación Lacaniana, No 84. ( Buenos Aires, 2001), pp.46- 55. ( Article in Spanish)
- “ Tres Concepciones de la Felicidad : Aristóteles , Spinoza y Kant. Primera Parte ” [Three Conceptions of Happiness: Aristotle, Spinoza and Kant. First Part], Enlaces, Year 2, No 4. ( Buenos Aires, 2000), pp.46-51. (Article in Spanish)
- “ Tres Concepciones de la Felicidad : Aristóteles , Spinoza y Kant. Segunda Parte ” [Three Conceptions of Happiness: Aristotle, Spinoza and Kant. Second Part], Enlaces, Year 2, No 5. ( Buenos Aires, 2000), pp.32-36. (Article in Spanish)
- “ Aristóteles y el Logos por B. Cassin” [Aristotle and the Logos by B. Cassin], Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía , Vol. XXV, No1, (Buenos Aires, 1999), pp. 189- 191. (Book review in Spanish )
Books
- “Nobleza y Felicidad en la Ética de Aristóteles” [Nobility and Happiness in Aristotle’s Ethics] in Francisco Naishtat ed; La acción y la Política: Perspectivas Filosóficas, (Barcelona, Gedisa, 2002) pp. 17- 37. (Chapter in Spanish)
Professional Membership
UK Kant Society
The Aristotelian Society
British Postgraduate Philosophy Association
Other Academic Activities
I was a member of the organising committee of Open Minds 2006 and 2007.
I am a co-editor of Praxis, a postgraduate journal of philosophy.
This year I am organising the 5th UK Kant Society Graduate Conference which will take place on 10 th and 11 th July at The University of Manchester with keynote presentations by Professor Robert Pippin and Dr. Jens Timmermann. Click here for a call for papers.
