LUIS
M. AUGUSTO
Brief
CV
Education
- University of Porto, Institute of
Philosophy, Portugal, beginning Feb. 2009 – Postdoctorate
- University of Sussex, Psychology
Dept., United Kingdom, 2009 – Postdoctorate
- Université Paris IV - Sorbonne, Paris, France,
2006 – Ph.D. (Doctorat) in
History of Philosophy
- Université
Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 2004
– Master’s Degree in History of Philosophy
- University
of Porto, Portugal,
2002 – Graduation (Licenciatura) in Philosophy
- University
of Porto, Portugal, 1990 – Graduation
(Licenciatura)
in English and German Studies
Other educational
experiences:
- University of
Nottingham, Philosophy Dept., United Kingdom, 2003: Research into philosophy of evolutionary psychology
- The Tavistock Clinic, London, UK, 2002:
Lecture series on the
history of psychoanalysis
- The Institute
of Psychiatry at the Maudsley, London, UK, 2002:
Lecture series on
philosophy of psychiatry
Fellowships and Scholarships
- Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship granted by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
(FCT) & The European Social Fund, 2008 - present
- Doctoral Fellowship
awarded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) & the
European Social Fund, 2003 – 2006
- Merit Scholarship awarded by the Faculty of
Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal, 2002
Publications
Books:
-
Augusto,
L. M. (2005). Who’s Afraid of Idealism? (Epistemological
Idealism from the Kantian and Nietzschean Points of
View). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 168
p. [errata
for the 1st edition 1st and 2nd printings]
- Augusto, L. M. Freud, Jung, Lacan: Sobre o Inconsciente. (submitted)
- Augusto, L. M. (2006). L’idéalisme
médiéval: L’idéalisme épistémologique des XIIIe et XIVe siècles. (Dissertation in French; 310 p., unpublished; available at the Bibliothèque des Thèses de Paris-Sorbonne and at the Centre Pierre Abélard).
Articles:
On human cognition:
- Augusto, L. M. (2011). Is
thought (il)logical or logic
(un)thinkable? [submitted]
- Augusto, L. M. (2010). Unconscious knowledge: A
survey. Advances in Cognitive
Psychology, 6, 116-141.
Conceptual and historical
topics:
- Augusto, L. M. (2011). Putting the horse before the cart: A pragmatist analysis of
knowledge. Trans/Form/Ação, 34,
135-152.
- Augusto, L. M. (2010). Accommodating
unconscious beliefs. Princípios, 17,
129-154.
- Augusto, L. M. (2009). Consciência e inconsciente na filosofia
continental. Criticanarede.
- Augusto, L. M. (2009). Do unconscious beliefs yield knowledge? Revista
Filosófica de Coimbra, 35,
161-184.
- Augusto, L. M. (2009?). Albertus Magnus
and the emergence of late medieval intellectualism. Mediaevalia, Textos
e Estudos. [in
press]
- Augusto, L. M. (2008). Eckhart and the
'unconscious'. Revista Filosófica de Coimbra, 33,
159-168.
- Augusto, L. M. (2008). Eckhart’s
Bilder.
Princípios, 15, 167-186.
- Augusto, L. M. (2006). A little idealism
is idealism enough: A study on idealism in Aristotle’s epistemology. Idealistic
Studies, 36, 61-73.
Translations:
- Dietrich of Freiberg’s De origine rerum praedicamentalium (Latin > Portuguese) – Part 1 in Revista Filosófica de Coimbra, 20:40
(2011)
- Patricia S. Churchland’s
“Can neurobiology teach us anything about consciousness?” (English >
Portuguese), Criticanarede, 2005 (24 pages)
- Donald Davidson’s “Knowing
one’s own mind” (English > Portuguese), Criticanarede,
2004 (33 pages)
- Thomas Nagel’s “What is it like
to be a bat?” (English > Portuguese), Criticanarede,
2004 (18 pages)
- David Chalmer’s
“The puzzle of conscious experience” (English > Portuguese), Criticanarede,
2004 (16 pages)
- Daniel Dennett & M. Kinsbourne’s “The time and the observer: The where and when
of conscious experience in the brain” (English > Portuguese), Criticanarede,
2004 (50 pages)
- Master Eckhart’s sermons no. 9 and 69 (German >
Portuguese), Mediaevalia. Textos e Estudos
20 (2001), 9-23
- Dietrich of Freiberg, De Origine Rerum Praedicamentalium
(Latin > English) (in review)
Teaching Experience
From 1989 to present: English; German; Topics in Translation; Seminars
on Philosophical Topics
Languages
Portuguese
(native speaker)
English
(near-native speaker)
French
(near-native speaker)
German
(fluent speaker)
Italian
(fluent reading skills)
Spanish
(fluent reading skills)
Classical and Medieval Latin (very good reading knowledge)
Classical Greek (good reading knowledge)
Other languages: fluency in Linear Algebra
and in Calculus.