Personal Details Name: Federico Lauria Birth: Payerne (Switzerland), July 3 rd 1982 Nationality: Address: Telephone: Italian Department of Philosophy & Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences Campus Biotech 9, Chemin des Mines CH-1202 Geneva +41 (0)22 379.08. 97. (office) +41 (0)79 715. 28. 73. (private) Electronic Mail: Webpage: Federico.Lauria@unige.ch http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/federico-lauria Areas of Specialisation Philosophy of Mind (Desire, Emotion), Ethics (Values, Norms, Death), Aesthetics (Music), Moral Psychology (Character) Areas of Competence Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Aesthetics, History of Philosophy Current Position 09.2014-09.2015 Postdoctoral Research Position in the project Emotion, Attention, and Value directed by Julien Deonna and Fabrice Teroni, Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (CISA),. https://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/attention.html Postdoctoral Research Position (directed by Fabrice Clément), Centre of Cognitive Sciences, University of Neuchâtel. http://www2.unine.ch/cognition/page-5204.html 03.2008-09.2015 Member of Thumos, a research group on emotions, values, and norms, University of Geneva. http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/home.html Member of the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (CISA), National Centre for Competence in Research,. http://www.affective-sciences.org/home 1
Member of Exre, a centre of research for mind and normativity, University of Fribourg. http://www.exre.org/ 02.2014-09.2015 Member of Phrontis, a research group on attention, interest and epistemic emotions, and Neuchâtel. http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/phrontis.html Member of the Centre of Cognitive Sciences, University of Neuchâtel. http://www2.unine.ch/cognition/page-5204.html Previous Positions 02.2014-09.2014 Postdoctoral Research Position in the project Desire, Emotion and the Mind directed by Julien Deonna, Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (CISA), University of Geneva. http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/desire,_emotion_and_the_mind.ht ml Postdoctoral Research Position (directed by Fabrice Clément), Centre of Cognitive Sciences, University of Neuchâtel. http://www2.unine.ch/cognition/page-5204.html 03.2008-02.2014 Ph.D Student at the, under the joint supervision of Julien Deonna () and Gianfranco Soldati (University of Fribourg). Ph.D. dissertation: The Logic of the Liver. A Deontic View of the Intentionality of Desire, submitted the 1 st November 2013, defended the 14 th February 2014. Members of the Jury: Julien Deonna (), Martine Nida-Rümelin (University of Fribourg), Graham Oddie (University of Colorado Boulder), Peter Railton (University of Michigan), Gianfranco Soldati (University of Fribourg). Mark: très honorable, avec les félicitations du jury à l unanimité (translation: excellent, and with the unanimous congratulations of the jury). 09.2012-04.2013 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Assistant in the project Desire, Emotion and the Mind directed by Julien Deonna, Interdisciplinary Centre for Affective Sciences. http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/desire,_emotion_and_the_mind.ht ml 04.2011-10.2011 SNF Young Researcher Scholarship, Visitor at Oxford University (under the supervision of Tim Bayne, St Catherine s College). 03.2008-04.2011 Candoc in the Research Project Boundaries of the Self directed by Kevin Mulligan () and Gianfranco Soldati (University of Fribourg), University of Geneva. http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/self.html Pro*doc student in the Swiss Doctoral School of Philosophy Mind and Reality. http://www.philosophie.ch/prodoc-romand/pr_home.php 2
03.2009-07.2009 SNF Assistant of Julien Deonna and Kevin Mulligan at the Polytechnical University of Lausanne (EPFL). http://cdh.epfl.ch/page-37086-fr.html Academic Education 09.2014-09.2015 Member of the CISA Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary Program in Affective Sciences 14.02.2014 Doctorate in Philosophy,. 08.2001-02.2008 Master in Arts in Philosophy, University of Lausanne. Master Thesis under the direction of Julien Deonna (University of Lausanne) and the expertise of Kevin Mulligan (): When We Feel the Way the World Is. Emotions, Desire and the Eye of Value. Mark: 6/6. 09.2001-09.2007 Master in Arts in Medieval, Modern and Contemporary History, University of Lausanne. 03.2005-09.2007 Certificate of Specialisation in Philosophy, University of Lausanne and University of Geneva. 09.2001-09.2003 Bachelor in Arts in Latin Language and Literature, University of Lausanne. Publications Peer-Reviewed Articles (in Volumes) Federico Lauria. (forthcoming) The Guise of the Ought-to-Be. A Deontic View of the Intentionality of Desire. In The Nature of Desire, Julien Deonna & Federico Lauria (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press. Julien Deonna & Federico Lauria. (forthcoming) Introduction: The Nature of Desire and its Application to Philosophical Debates. In The Nature of Desire, Julien Deonna & Federico Lauria (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press. Federico Lauria & Alain Pé-Curto. (2011) Who Do You Think You Are? Character, Personality, and Self.. In Self-Evaluation. Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality. Anita Konzelmann Ziv, Keith Lehrer & Hans Bernard Schmidt (eds.). Berlin: Springer. Dictionary Entries Federico Lauria. (forthcoming) Sur le luxe. In Dictionnaire Philosophique des Valeurs, edité par Julien Deonna & Emma Tieffenbach, Paris: Ithaque. English version, On Luxury. In Philosophical Dictionary of Values, editor to be determined. Contribution to Books Federico Lauria. (forthcoming) Anger. In the book of the Swiss Centre of Affective Sciences, directed by David Sander, title and editors to be determined. French version to be determined. 3
Editing Julien Deonna & Federico Lauria. (forthcoming) The Nature of Desire. New York: Oxford University Press. Special volume with articles by Peter Railton, Graham Oddie, Timothy Schroeder, Fred Schueler, Maria Alvarez, David Wall, Sabine Döring and others. In preparation Direction of Fit and Modes of Intentionality Hoping as Desiring the Probable. A Defence of the Classical View of Hope The Nature and Variety of Norms. Taking the Ought-to-Be Seriously. The Situationist Boomerang (with Alain Pé-Curto, ) Self-Deception as Affective Coping (with Fabrice Clément, University of Neuchâtel & Delphine Preissmann, University of Lausanne and University of Neuchâtel) Is Interest an Emotion? Defining Interest (with Fabrice Clément, University of Neuchâtel & Danny Dukes, University of Neuchâtel) The Death of Desire Principle On Caprice A Moore s Paradox for Desire A Reply to David Wall The Affective Challenge to the Value of Immortality Talks 2014 22.09-28.09. Participation to the Oxford Summer School and Conference Powers, Perception and Agency, Project Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies (University of Oxford), British School of Rome. 02.09. Hoping as Desiring the Probable. A Defence of the Classical View, European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, University of Bucarest. 26.04. The Situationist Boomerang (with A. Pé-Curto), Eight Annual Felician Ethics Conference, Felician College, Rutherford. 05.04. The Situationist Boomerang (with A. Pé-Curto), Graduate Conference on Moral Psychology, State University New York (Albany). 27.03. Emotions, Evaluations, and Desires, Consortium of European Research on Emotions, Humboldt University Berlin. 14.03. Hoping as Desiring the Probable. A Defence of the Classical View of Hope, 6 th Global Conference on Hope, Prague. 2013 26.09. The Situationist Boomerang (with A. Pé-Curto), Thumos Research Seminar,. 22.09. La logique du cœur. Introduction à la philosophie analytique des émotions, Etats Généraux de la philosophie, organised by the Groupe vaudois de philosophie, Lausanne. 09.08. The Situationist Boomerang, 12 th International Conference on Persons, University of Lund. 07.08. Comments on Dr. Anthony L. Cashio, Embracing a Personalist Approach to Environmental Philosophy and Dr. Jason M. Bell, Towards a Methodology Against Genocide, 12 th International Conference on Persons, University of Lund. 4
04.08. Emotions, Evaluations, and Desires, International Society of Research on Emotions 2013, University of California Berkeley. 05.06. La logique du foie. Les désirs sont-ils des attitudes déontiques?, Séminaire de l Ecole Normale Supérieure «Les normes», University of Lyon. 10.05. Weighing Globality, Empirical Adequacy and Empirical Content. Why Situationism Backfires (with Alain Pé-Curto), Is There Anything like Moral Character and Virtue?, University of Gdansk. 13.04. Weighing Globality, Empirical Adequacy and Empirical Content. Why Situationism Backfires (with Alain Pé-Curto), 39 th Conference on Value Inquiry Character, Virtue, and Vice, Western Kentucky University. 2012 13.12. Desire and Rationality in Desire. A Comment on Peter Railton s Account of Desire, Thumos Session with Peter Railton,. 26.08. Fit, Fit, Fit, and Fit. On Direction of Fit, European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Institute of Philosophy, London. 03.07. Sentimental Identity, Conference Ethics and the Architecture of Personal Dispositions, University of Paris-Sorbonne. 28.06. Desires and Ought-to-be. A Deontic View of Desires, Conference The Nature of Desire,. 08.06. On the Intentionality of Desires. Motivating a Deontic Account, Swiss Philosophy Graduate Workshop, Coglio. 05.05. Fit, Fit, Fit, and Fit. On Direction of Fit, SOPHA (Société de Philosophie Analytique) 2012, University of Paris. 19.04. On a Whim, Thumos Research Seminar,. 2011 24.11. The Deontic View of Desires The Death of Desire Argument, Thumos Research Seminar,. 2010 25.11. Direction of Fit, Thumos Research Seminar,. 16.06. Conative Voluntarism and Norms of Desire, Swiss Philosophy Graduate Workshop, Coglio. 04.05. Desires and World-to-Mind Direction of fit, Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Fribourg. 23.03. Desires and Goals, Annual Research Forum CISA 2010,. 2009 17.10. Character (with Alain Pé-Curto), Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Fribourg. 15.10. Character (with Alain Pé-Curto), Thumos Research Seminar,. 09.10. Self and Identification (with Alain Pé-Curto), Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar,. 08.10. Self and Identification (with Alain Pé-Curto), Thumos Research Seminar, University of Geneva. 5
02.10. Desiring that p. Desire, Satisfaction, and Motivation, 2 nd Pro*Doc Colloquium of the Swiss Doctoral School Mind and Reality, Ovronnaz. 25.09. Identification With One s Desires (with Alain Pé-Curto), Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Fribourg. 05.09. Who Do You Think You Are? Character and Personality Traits (with Alain Pé- Curto), SOPHA (Société de Philosophie Analytique) 2009,. 04.09. Desiring that p., SOPHA (Société de Philosophie Analytique) 2009, University of Geneva. 03.07. Are Desires Practical Reasons? Desires and World-to-Mind Direction of Fit, Workshop with John McDowell, University of Fribourg. 27.03. Who Do You Think You Are? Métaphysique du moi, de la personn-e/-alité et du caractère (with Alain Pé-Curto), Phileas Conference,. 16.01. Who Do You Think You Are? Self, Character, and Person(-ality): Cartography for s elf-evaluative purposes (with Alain Pé-Curto), Workshop "Self Evaluation Individual and Collective", University of Basel. 2008 24.09. The Heart's Logic versus The Liver's Logic. Why Desire cannot be our Experience of Values, 1 st Pro*Doc Colloquium Mind, Normativity, Self, and Properties, Ovronnaz. 25.08. The Heart's Logic versus The Liver's Logic. Why Desire cannot be our Experience of Values, European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, University of Krakow. 07.07. Are Values like Colors? The Way Response-Dependent Properties Exist and the Acquaintance of Value" (with Amanda Garcia), Colloque des Jeunes Chercheurs de la Sopha, University of Tunis. 05.06. Are Values like Colors? The Way Response-Dependent Properties Exist and the Acquaintance of Value (with Amanda Garcia), Eidos-Logos Meeting, University of Barcelona. 09.05. Experience of Value and Value Judgments, Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Fribourg. 11.04. Desire, Second-order Desires, and Values, Fribourg Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Fribourg. 03.04. The Heart's Logic versus The Liver's Logic. Why Desire cannot be our Experience of Values, Annual Research Forum CISA 2008,. Teaching 2015 (Spring Term) Introduction to the Philosophy of Emotions, BA Travaux Pratiques, University of Geneva 2014 (Winter Term) The Nature, Function and Ethics of Self-Deception, BA Seminar, University of Neuchâtel The Nature and Value of Death and Immortality, BA Seminar, University of Neuchâtel 6
2014 (Spring Term) Self-Deception and Other Cognitive Dissonances, BA Seminar, University of Neuchâtel Introduction to the Philosophy of Death, BA Seminar, University of Neuchâtel 2004-2014 (Annual) Introduction to the History of Philosophy, Prep School (Admission Exam to Swiss Universities), Lausanne 2010 (Spring) The Assistants Seminar, MA Seminar, (lectures on desire and direction of fit) 2009 (Spring) Introduction to Aesthetics, BA Travaux Pratiques, (with Amanda Garcia, Olivier Massin and Alain Pé-Curto) 2009 (Spring) Introduction to the Philosophy of the Self. Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ethics, Human and Social Sciences Seminar, Polytechnical University of Lausanne (EPFL) 2008-2009 (Winter) Introduction to the Philosophy of the Self. Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ethics, BA Seminar, University of Fribourg Services to the Profession 2008-2014 Member of the editorial board of Dialectica, International Journal of Philosophy and Official Organ of the ESAP http://www.philosophie.ch/dialectica/ 2014 Reviewing for Philosophical Explorations Organisation of the International Society for Research on Emotions 2015, to be held at the, 7-11 July 2015 Organisation of the conference A Small Workshop on Desire, 15 th February 2014, http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/home_files/small%20workshop% 20on%20Desire.pdf Jury of a Master Thesis at the Philosophy Department of the Answering questions about emotions on the website RTS Découverte http://www.rts.ch/decouverte/questions-reponses/ 2013 Organisation of the workshop Intuitions with Elijah Chudnoff, with Jacob Naito, 27 th -28 th May 2013, University of Fribourg http://philosophie.ch/events/single.php?action=date&eventid=1081&month=5&year= 2013 Co-organisation of the cycle of conferences Phileas (Association of students in philosophy of the ) http://phileasunige.wordpress.com/conferences/ 2012 Organisation of the conference The Nature of Desire, 26 th -28 th June 2012, http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/thumos/thumos/the_nature_of_desire.html 7
2009-2011 Several philosophical activities on emotions for non-philosophers in schools and museums, as a member of the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences 2009-2011 Presentations of the Philosophy Department to High School students at the Open Days in Geneva Awards 2011 SNF Young Researcher Fellowship, University of Oxford (St Catherine s College) 2008 Prize Gruppo Esponenti Italiani for the Master Thesis (best scientific contribution among Italian Citizens of the University of Lausanne) 2001 Selected for the International Annual Contest on Cicero s Translation and Commentary in Arpino (Italy) and for the Swiss Contest on Latin Translation in Lausanne Linguistic Skills Fluent, good knowledge: English, French (mother tongue), Italian (mother tongue), German Good knowledge: Understandable: Ancient Greek, Latin Spanish Referees Julien Deonna, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy,. Julien.Deonna@unige.ch Department of Philosophy & Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences Campus Biotech 9, Chemin des Mines CH-1202 Geneva David Sander, Professor, Department of Psychology and Director of the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences,. David.Sander@unige.ch Department of Psychology & Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences Campus Biotech 9, Chemin des Mines CH-1202 Geneva Gianfranco Soldati, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Fribourg. Gianfranco.Soldati@unifr.ch Université de Fribourg Av. de l'europe 20 CH-1700 Fribourg Peter Railton, John Stephenson Perrin Professor/Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan. prailton@umich.edu Department of Philosophy 8
The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003 United States of America Kevin Mulligan, Professor, Department of Philosophy,. Kevin.Mulligan@unige.ch Université de Genève Rue de Candolle 2 CH-1211 Genève 4 9