AOS: philosophy of mind, metaethics, moral psychology
AOC: normative ethics, applied ethics, metaphysics, aesthetics
Academic positions
2018 - present
Assistant Professor ('Wissentschaftlicher Mitarbeiter') - University of Duisburg-Essen, Philosophy Department
2016 - 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor – University of Nebraska at Omaha, Philosophy Department
2014 - 2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer - University of Montreal, Philosophy Department & Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ)
2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Geneva, Philosophy Department & Swiss Center for Affective Sciences
Education
2013
PhD, Philosophy
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2009
M.A., Cognitive Science
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales/Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, France
2008
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science
Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Publications
Forthcoming
- "Sentimental Perceptualism and the Challenge from Cognitive Bases" (with Michael Milona), Philosophical Studies
- "The Possibility of Fitting Love: Irreplaceability and Selectivity", Synthese
- “The Real Issue with Recalcitrant Emotions: Reply to Grzankowski”, Erkenntnis
- “Love as a Disposition”, in Grau, C. & Smuts, A. (eds), Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Love, Oxford University Press
2019
- "Emotion: Animal and Reflective", Southern Journal of Philosophy, 54, 4, 561-588
- “Gratitude: Generic vs. Deep”, in Roberts, R. & Telech, D. (eds.),The Moral Psychology of Gratitude, Rowman & Littlefield
2018
- “Sentiments”, in Naar, H. & Teroni, F. (eds), The Ontology of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
- “Introduction to the Ontology of Emotions” (with Fabrice Teroni), in Naar, H. & Teroni, F. (eds), The Ontology of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
- “Le pouvoir”, eds. Deonna, J. & Tieffenbach, E., Dictionnaire des valeurs, Editions Ithaque
2017
- “Subject-Relative Reasons for Love”, Ratio, 30, 2, 197-214
2016
- “Do Intuitions about Frankfurt-Style Cases Rest on an Internalist Prejudice?” (with Florian Cova), Philosophical Explorations, 19,3, 290-305
- “Real-World Love Drugs: Reply to Nyholm”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 33, 2, 197-201
- “Moral Beliefs for the Error Theorist?” (with François Jaquet), Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19, 193-207
- “Le caractère personnel des émotions”, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l’Etranger, special issue “Les motivations affectives”, ed. J. Deonna, 141, 2, 197-214
2013
- “A Dispositional Theory of Love”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 94, 3, 342-357
- “Art and Emotion”, eds. Fieser, J. & Dowden, B., Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2012
- “Side-Effect Effect Without Side Effect: The Pervasive Impact of Moral Considerations on Judgments of Intentionality” (with Florian Cova),
Philosophical Psychology, 25, 6, 837-854
- “Testing Sripada’s Deep Self Model” (with Florian Cova), Philosophical Psychology, 25, 5, 647-659
2011
- “Le nativisme moral”, in Masala, A. & Ravat, J. (eds.), La Morale Humaine et les Sciences, Editions Matériologiques
Talks
2018
- “A Humean Challenge for Epistemic Sentimentalism”, Essen-Wuhan Metaethics Workshop, Essen, 6 July 2018
- “Why Animal Emotions Aren’t a Problem for the Judgment Theory of Emotion”, Philosophisches Kolloquium, Essen, 17 May 2018
- "Reasons for Love and the Significance of Encounters", THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 12 April 2018
- "Emotion & Evaluation Revisited", Oberseminar, University of Duisburg-Essen, 25 January 2018
2017
- “Reasons for Love and the Significance of Encounters”, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 28 November 2017
- “Gratitude and Time”, Centre de Recherche en Éthique, Montreal, 20 November 2017
- “Gratitude and Time”, The Moral Psychology of Gratitude, University of Chicago, 8 September 2017
- “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: Rational Forgiveness Without Belief Revision”, Attitudes, Rationality, and Concepts, Montreal, 15 May 2017
- “Commentary on Matthew Babb’s ‘Why Pain Motivates: A Critique of the Imperativist View of Pain’”, American Philosophical Association Central Division,
Kansas City, 4 March 2017
2016
- “The Possibility of Instantaneous Emotions” (with Christine Tappolet), Time and Intentionality, Montreal, 1 October 2016
- “Commentary on C. Ichikawa Jenkins’ ‘All Hearts in love Use Their Own Tongues: Concepts, Verbal Disputes, and Disagreeing about Love’”,
Faces of Disagreement, Montreal, 26 May 2016
- “Reasons for Emotions”, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 15 March 2016
2015
- “Towards a Sensible Rationalism about Love”, International Society for Research on Emotion, Geneva, 8 July 2015
- “Subject-Relative Reasons for Love”, SOPHA Congress, Montreal, 17 June 2015
- “Commentary on G. Dishon’s ‘The Citizen and the Situation’”, On Affective, Moral, and Civic Education, Montreal, 20 May 2015
- “Commentary on M. Scarfone’s ‘What Good are Evolutionary Debunking Arguments?’”, GRIN Workshop on Normativity and Metaethics, 1 May 2015
- “Émotions et raisons”, Midi de l’éthique, Montreal, 28 April 2015
- “Emotions and Reasons Revisited”, Montreal/Toronto Annual Meeting, April 2015
2014
- “The Significance of Quasi-Doxastic Attitudes”, GRIN Research Group, Montreal, 17 October 2014
- “Introducing Sentiments”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society, Cambridge, 13 July 2014
- “Objectual Attitudes, Rational Thought, and the Right-Kind/Wrong-Kind Distinction”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 22 May 2014
- “Moral Beliefs for the Error Theorist?” (with François Jaquet), THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 6 March 2014
- “Théorie de l’erreur et métaéthique prescriptive” (with François Jaquet), Colloque Jeunes Chercheurs, Société de Philosophie Analytique, Ovronnaz,
Switzerland, 1 March 2014
- “Le subjectivisme en métaéthique” (with François Jaquet), Seminar on relativism, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France, 26 February 2014
2013
- “The Personal Character of Emotions”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 14 November 2013
- “Fiction, Belief, and the Emotions” (with Florian Cova), British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, Cambridge, 21 September 2013
- “On the Idea of a Long-Term Emotion”, The Ontology of Emotion, Geneva, 26 April 2013
2012
- “Explaining the Link Between Emotions and Cares”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 27 September 2012
- “The Dispositions of Character”, Ethics and the Architecture of Personal Dispositions, Sorbonne, Paris, 4 July 2012
- “Le problème des émotions artificielles”, Capacités morales et autres capacités, Lille, France, 8 June 2012
AOC: normative ethics, applied ethics, metaphysics, aesthetics
Academic positions
2018 - present
Assistant Professor ('Wissentschaftlicher Mitarbeiter') - University of Duisburg-Essen, Philosophy Department
2016 - 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor – University of Nebraska at Omaha, Philosophy Department
2014 - 2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer - University of Montreal, Philosophy Department & Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ)
2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Geneva, Philosophy Department & Swiss Center for Affective Sciences
Education
2013
PhD, Philosophy
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2009
M.A., Cognitive Science
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales/Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, France
2008
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science
Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Publications
Forthcoming
- "Sentimental Perceptualism and the Challenge from Cognitive Bases" (with Michael Milona), Philosophical Studies
- "The Possibility of Fitting Love: Irreplaceability and Selectivity", Synthese
- “The Real Issue with Recalcitrant Emotions: Reply to Grzankowski”, Erkenntnis
- “Love as a Disposition”, in Grau, C. & Smuts, A. (eds), Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Love, Oxford University Press
2019
- "Emotion: Animal and Reflective", Southern Journal of Philosophy, 54, 4, 561-588
- “Gratitude: Generic vs. Deep”, in Roberts, R. & Telech, D. (eds.),The Moral Psychology of Gratitude, Rowman & Littlefield
2018
- “Sentiments”, in Naar, H. & Teroni, F. (eds), The Ontology of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
- “Introduction to the Ontology of Emotions” (with Fabrice Teroni), in Naar, H. & Teroni, F. (eds), The Ontology of Emotions, Cambridge University Press
- “Le pouvoir”, eds. Deonna, J. & Tieffenbach, E., Dictionnaire des valeurs, Editions Ithaque
2017
- “Subject-Relative Reasons for Love”, Ratio, 30, 2, 197-214
2016
- “Do Intuitions about Frankfurt-Style Cases Rest on an Internalist Prejudice?” (with Florian Cova), Philosophical Explorations, 19,3, 290-305
- “Real-World Love Drugs: Reply to Nyholm”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 33, 2, 197-201
- “Moral Beliefs for the Error Theorist?” (with François Jaquet), Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19, 193-207
- “Le caractère personnel des émotions”, Revue Philosophique de la France et de l’Etranger, special issue “Les motivations affectives”, ed. J. Deonna, 141, 2, 197-214
2013
- “A Dispositional Theory of Love”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 94, 3, 342-357
- “Art and Emotion”, eds. Fieser, J. & Dowden, B., Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2012
- “Side-Effect Effect Without Side Effect: The Pervasive Impact of Moral Considerations on Judgments of Intentionality” (with Florian Cova),
Philosophical Psychology, 25, 6, 837-854
- “Testing Sripada’s Deep Self Model” (with Florian Cova), Philosophical Psychology, 25, 5, 647-659
2011
- “Le nativisme moral”, in Masala, A. & Ravat, J. (eds.), La Morale Humaine et les Sciences, Editions Matériologiques
Talks
2018
- “A Humean Challenge for Epistemic Sentimentalism”, Essen-Wuhan Metaethics Workshop, Essen, 6 July 2018
- “Why Animal Emotions Aren’t a Problem for the Judgment Theory of Emotion”, Philosophisches Kolloquium, Essen, 17 May 2018
- "Reasons for Love and the Significance of Encounters", THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 12 April 2018
- "Emotion & Evaluation Revisited", Oberseminar, University of Duisburg-Essen, 25 January 2018
2017
- “Reasons for Love and the Significance of Encounters”, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 28 November 2017
- “Gratitude and Time”, Centre de Recherche en Éthique, Montreal, 20 November 2017
- “Gratitude and Time”, The Moral Psychology of Gratitude, University of Chicago, 8 September 2017
- “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: Rational Forgiveness Without Belief Revision”, Attitudes, Rationality, and Concepts, Montreal, 15 May 2017
- “Commentary on Matthew Babb’s ‘Why Pain Motivates: A Critique of the Imperativist View of Pain’”, American Philosophical Association Central Division,
Kansas City, 4 March 2017
2016
- “The Possibility of Instantaneous Emotions” (with Christine Tappolet), Time and Intentionality, Montreal, 1 October 2016
- “Commentary on C. Ichikawa Jenkins’ ‘All Hearts in love Use Their Own Tongues: Concepts, Verbal Disputes, and Disagreeing about Love’”,
Faces of Disagreement, Montreal, 26 May 2016
- “Reasons for Emotions”, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 15 March 2016
2015
- “Towards a Sensible Rationalism about Love”, International Society for Research on Emotion, Geneva, 8 July 2015
- “Subject-Relative Reasons for Love”, SOPHA Congress, Montreal, 17 June 2015
- “Commentary on G. Dishon’s ‘The Citizen and the Situation’”, On Affective, Moral, and Civic Education, Montreal, 20 May 2015
- “Commentary on M. Scarfone’s ‘What Good are Evolutionary Debunking Arguments?’”, GRIN Workshop on Normativity and Metaethics, 1 May 2015
- “Émotions et raisons”, Midi de l’éthique, Montreal, 28 April 2015
- “Emotions and Reasons Revisited”, Montreal/Toronto Annual Meeting, April 2015
2014
- “The Significance of Quasi-Doxastic Attitudes”, GRIN Research Group, Montreal, 17 October 2014
- “Introducing Sentiments”, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society, Cambridge, 13 July 2014
- “Objectual Attitudes, Rational Thought, and the Right-Kind/Wrong-Kind Distinction”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 22 May 2014
- “Moral Beliefs for the Error Theorist?” (with François Jaquet), THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 6 March 2014
- “Théorie de l’erreur et métaéthique prescriptive” (with François Jaquet), Colloque Jeunes Chercheurs, Société de Philosophie Analytique, Ovronnaz,
Switzerland, 1 March 2014
- “Le subjectivisme en métaéthique” (with François Jaquet), Seminar on relativism, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France, 26 February 2014
2013
- “The Personal Character of Emotions”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 14 November 2013
- “Fiction, Belief, and the Emotions” (with Florian Cova), British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, Cambridge, 21 September 2013
- “On the Idea of a Long-Term Emotion”, The Ontology of Emotion, Geneva, 26 April 2013
2012
- “Explaining the Link Between Emotions and Cares”, THUMOS Research Group, Geneva, 27 September 2012
- “The Dispositions of Character”, Ethics and the Architecture of Personal Dispositions, Sorbonne, Paris, 4 July 2012
- “Le problème des émotions artificielles”, Capacités morales et autres capacités, Lille, France, 8 June 2012