B. Kaldis Curriculum Vitae 1 CURRICULUM VITAE BYRON KALDIS PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY & ASSOCIATE DEAN OF SCHOOL ACADEMIC DIRECTOR STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES THE HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY GREECE & ADJUNCT PROFESSOR GRADUATE PROGRAMME LAW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GREECE http://eap.academia.edu/ByronKaldis CONTENTS I. Academic Education II. Academic Appointments UNESCO Chair III. Professional Academic Activities and University Responsibilities IV. Administrative Experience and Team Leadership V. Scientific Expert Advisor and International Research Programs VI. New Joint European MA Philosophy Course VII. New BOOK SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY: General Editor VIII. New JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY: Lead Editor IX. New EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY: Steering Committee Founder X. Public Service XI. Scholarships, Honours and Prizes XII. Languages XIII. Publications ENCYCLOPEDIA BOOKS PAPERS XIV. Personal Invitations –Public Academic Lectures XV. Papers at International Conferences XVI. Teaching Experience Address for Correspondence: Aristotelous 18, Patras 26 335, GREECE Tel: +30-2610-367689 /Fax: +30-2610-367679 E-Mail: [email protected]
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CURRICULUM VITAE
BYRON KALDIS
PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY &
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF SCHOOL
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR
STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES THE HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY
GREECE
& ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
GRADUATE PROGRAMME LAW SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GREECE
http://eap.academia.edu/ByronKaldis
CONTENTS
I. Academic Education II. Academic Appointments
UNESCO Chair III. Professional Academic Activities and University Responsibilities IV. Administrative Experience and Team Leadership V. Scientific Expert Advisor and International Research Programs VI. New Joint European MA Philosophy Course VII. New BOOK SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY: General Editor VIII. New JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY: Lead Editor IX. New EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY: Steering Committee Founder X. Public Service XI. Scholarships, Honours and Prizes XII. Languages XIII. Publications
ENCYCLOPEDIA BOOKS PAPERS
XIV. Personal Invitations –Public Academic Lectures XV. Papers at International Conferences XVI. Teaching Experience
Address for Correspondence: Aristotelous 18, Patras 26 335, GREECE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, USA SPONSORED BY JOHN SEARLE (UNDER REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES) - Duration: 1 month
2012- Corresponding Member Chinese Society of History of Science and Technology CSHST CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Beijing China 2010- Corresponding Member FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE Portugal 2011- FELLOW of IEEΤ:
INSTITUTE OF Ethics and Emerging Technologies USA
2012- ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBER New CENTRE OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
“Centro di Ricerca per l’Estetica del diritto” CRED
UNIVERSITY OF REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy
1994-2002 Affiliated Member Équipe de Philosophie de la Loi, CNRS Université Paris II-Assas France
PAST VISITING SCHOLAR/PROFESSOR:
2004 Humanities, University of PĖCS, Hungary, 2005 Department of Classics and Philosophy
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
2007 Wissenschafts Philosophie MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE, Berlin
2010-13 (1) Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley /
invited by J. Searle (2) Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland / invited by Prof. R. Tuomela (3) Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa / invited by the Director Prof O. Pombo
(4) Séminaire d’histoire de philosophie CNRS Paris / invited by Prof. R. Rashed
(5) Institute of Philosophy, Graduate Studies Programme, Shanxi University, Taiyann, China
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PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: UNIVERSITY POSTS
2004-2011 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY School of Humanities
THE HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY, Greece 1993-1995 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Department of Philosophy & Adjunct Professor of Political Philosophy in the Politics Department State University of New York (SUNY), at New Paltz USA.
1996-1998 SENIOR LECTURER IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Course Leader & Academic Accreditation Committee Member University of Teesside, UK
1999-2003 1998-2004 Lecturer in Philosophy Faculty of Philosophy, University of Patras, Greece Lecturer in (a) The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (b) Ethics and Economics The Economics University of Athens, Greece Lecturer in European Philosophy, European Civilization Programme The Hellenic Open University, Greece Lecturer in Philosophy Faculty of Politics, Law School, The University of Athens, Greece Lecturer in Philosophy Athens Campus, University of La Verne, California & New York College, Greece
NON-ACADEMIC POSITION
1990-1991 ATTACHÉ PARLEMENTAIRE
PARLIAMENT EUROPÉEN, Brussels
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III. PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES & UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES
2013-14 JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT: ATHENS & LISBON
BACON AND LEIBNIZ CENTRO DE FILOSOFIA DAS CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA PORTUGAL
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT: ATHENS & SHANGHAI WITH PROF. XIAOHE LU, DIRECTOR OF ETHICS PROGRAMME SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES CHINA THE COLLABORATION WILL INVOLVE BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCES ON: CHINESE AND GREEK CIVILIZATIONS ON: SCIENCE, ETHICS AND THE GOOD LIFE
2014- JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAMME: “THE RECEPTION & INFLUENCE OF
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY IN THE BALKAN REGION,- 17TH -19TH
CENTURIES” HELLENIC INSTITUTE OF BYZANTINE & POST-BYZANTINE
STUDIES IN VENICE, THE IASI ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA
& THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
2012- MEMBER OF OFFICIAL ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE
OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH FOR THE STATE OF ALBANIA
2010- ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, SPRINGER VERLAG New Philosophy Series 2010 – Head: Prof. Raimo Tuomela: THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIALITY
2011- Invited Co-Director
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ON HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE,
The Academic Governing Body The LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA, Egypt
2013 - Head
THE GREEK PARLIAMENT TELEVISION SERIES The History of Philosophy in Europe The History of European Civilization The History of Science and Technology in Europe Director (1) PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH CENTRE /GREECE – under
consideration by the Ministry of Education The University of Athens /The Hellenic Open University/The National Hellenic Research Institute. (2) SYMMETRY STUDIES INTERNATIONAL
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE Hellenic Open University
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2007 - Academic Head MASTER PROGRAMS (MA Studies) The Hellenic Open University Proposed MA Programme: Applied Ethics International Programme: Hellenic Civilization
PH.D. & MA Supervision History of Philosophy & Philosophy of Science The Hellenic Open University
As principal Supervisor Theses: “The Rise of Modern Science in Europe: The role of philosophy and mathematics” Candidate: Mrs B. Papatheodorou “Aristotle’s Praxis and Ontological Autonomy” Candidate: Mr. Z. Lasithiotakis “Autonomy and Respect: Issues in Bioethics” Candidate: Mr J. Kalantzis PHD Supervision: UNED University, Madrid Philosophy Faculty
2005- Author, Editor & Referee
TEXTBOOKS – READERS – CD ROMS – AND HYPERTEXTS: The Hellenic Open University Press (a) History of Philosophy Series (b) History and Ethics Series (c) History of Political Thought
1996-1998 Official Member
Academic Accreditation Body University of Teesside, UK
1993- Course Designing and Syllabus Development USA-UK, Cyprus & Greece
2005- Referee of ACADEMIC JOURNALS: DIALECTICA: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE MIT Science & Education Political Studies, Political Science Association of GB Greek Review of Political Science
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European Legacy History of the Human Sciences Revue internationale de sémiotique juridique The International Journal of Humanities Science & Engineering Ethics Neusis – Biannual Journal of Philosophy of Science – Greece
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS:
2010 Kairos: A Journal of Philosophy and Science
[launched by the Centro Filosofia de Ciencia (CFCUL), Universita Lisboa, Portugal http://kairos.fc.ul.pt/conselhoskairos.htm
2010 IRIE Journal
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION ETHICS ISSN: 1614-1687
http://www.i-r-i-e.net
2009 Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Tehran University of Medicine TUMS, Iran http://jmehm.tums.ac.ir 2011 International Journal of Communication Research
Open Access Journal Academy of Romanian Scientists http://www.ijcr.eu/
2011 PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES SAGE JOURNAL http://pos.sagepub.com/
2012 Cosmos & Taxis: The Philosophy of Emergence and
Complexity (Co-Founder of new Journal – launching event October 2012) Simon Fraser University, Canada
2013 THE INTERCULTURAL PHILOSOPHY DICTIONARY http://odip.webs.com/
ACADEMIC REVIEWER: WILEY-BLACKWELLS, Oxford, UK TAYLOR & FRANCIS, UK & USA SAGE London, UK & Thousand Oaks, USA
SPECIAL-ISSUE JOURNAL EDITOR:
2010 2. Special Issue of the Journal of Business Ethics Selected EBEN Annual Conference papers
2014/5 3. Special Issue: Journal European Legacy:
Theme: “RELIGION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY”
4. Journal: History of the Human Sciences (under review)
Theme: “DARWINIAN IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE” 6. Journal Mind, Brain and Education
Τheme: “NEUROSCIENCE AND EDUCATION” 7. Journal The Philosophy of the Social Sciences Selected Conference Papers
IV. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE & TEAM LEADERSHIP
2003-present ACADEMIC HEAD/DIRECTOR OF STUDIES of over The Hellenic Open University seventy (70) University Lecturers
Academic Director & Course Leader of five (5) Course Modules [Undergraduate and Postgraduate/ 500 student-intake per year] Academic Assessor of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Instructors from the whole country (c. 200 annually) Developing Alternative Teaching Methods for Adult Education & E-Learning
2012 ERASMUS-MUNDUS School Officer
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CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZER:
ACADEMIC BOARD & FINANCE COMMITTEE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE THE WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY Athens, Greece, August 2013
Chair & Organizer The 1st European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) Conference Copenhagen, September 21-23, 2012. www.enposs.eu
Steering Committee & Co-Organizer 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA Chinese Academy of Science CAS/ CAST & ICHSC, China and The Hellenic Open University, Greece Athens, Greece July 22-27, 2012 First Time held outside China
Steering Committee and Co-Organizer First JOINT CONFERENCE “The Philosophy of Sociality” US Roundtable for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences and ENPOSS Joint Committees The University of Venice, September 3 & 4, 2013 With Nancy Cartwright and Cristina Bicchieri
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBER
1st Philosophy of Science Conference Philosophy of Science in the 21st century: Challenges and Tasks University of Lisbon, Portugal December 4-6, 2013
Steering Committee and Co-Organizer 2nd ENPOSS CONFERENCE The Philosophy of the Social Sciences and ENPOSS Joint Committees UNED University, Madrid, September 10-12, 2014
Annual International Summer Conferences on the Scottish Enlightenment
Zakynthos, Greece – Launching Conference June 2012
Sponsored by the International Adam Smith Society & the Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society
Chair The Paths of Philosophy R. Sorabji (London & Oxf0rd), R. Rashed (Paris) and D. Gutas (Yale) International Symposium (forthcoming) with the sponsorship of the A. S. ONASSIS FOUNDATION Chair CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE International Conference Series ‘Science, Technology and Ethics In Collaboration with the National Hellenic Research Institute ANNUAL CONFERENCE SERIES ON SCIENCE STUDIES:
2008: TECHNOSCIENCE 1: HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Syros Island, Greece
2009: MATHEMATICS: EAST-WEST HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Volos Greece [in collaboration with the Philosophy of History and Philosophy of Science Unit, University of Kyoto, Japan and the CNRS France] Chair
NATIONAL HELLENIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION NHRF HISTORY OF SCIENCE & SOCIETY WEEKLY LECTURES AND
WORKSHOP 2008 “ASPECTS OF SCIENCE” - 1st Series Athens, Greece
Elected Member of Academic Advisory Committee EBEN: European Business Ethics Network and of the International Conference Pathos for Ethics, Athens, Greece, September 6-9, 2009. Socratic Dialogue Round Table
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V. SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, EXPERT EVALUATOR & RESEARCH PROGRAMMES’ COORDINATOR
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NSF), USA
NANOTECHNOLOGY PROJECT REVIEWER 2009 Proposal Number: 0924806 / Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago Research Partner: Apollonia University of Romania SPARTAKUS EU Research Project (starting 2013) Official Member Academic Electoral Bodies: Greek Universities’ Hiring Committees 2005-present Expert Committee Member National Accreditation Board for University Titles, DOATAP, Greece 2004-2010
EU RESEARCH PROGRAMS PRINCIPAL COORDINATOR:
Head Coordinator 2012 “THALES” 5-year EU Major Research Programme | PHASE I selected (projected time schedule 2013-2018 / Budget 600,00 EUROS) Theme: “SUBJECT AND NATURE IN EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE” No. of Research Associates (Full Professors, Lecturers, PhDs) 25 No. of collaborating Universities: 3 Greek Universities and 13 international. International Scholars and corresponding HE Institutions Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Yale, London, Lille, Tubingen, Lisbon, The Wellcome Trust and the Beijing Academies of Science and of Social Sciences, Rumanian Academy of Science, Iasi. ACADEMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES/PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS: PROF. Sir G E LLOYD (Cambridge), PROF. DAME Annette KARMILOFF-SMITH (Lonodn) PROF. D. CHARLES (Oxford), PROF. R RASHED (Paris), PROF D GUTAS (Yale), PROF. M FRANK (Tubingen), PROF. S RAHMAN (Lille3) PROF. LIU DUN (President of the International Association of the History and Philosophy of Science), ACADEMICIAN PROF. QIU RENZOG (Beijing), PROF. O POMBO and PROF. K ARNOLD (London).
2008 EU Programme ‘Research in Education’:
EU Research Programme Evaluator 2005 emmfp6 cordis / INTAS Ethics Expert Data Base /Ethics Review Panel / since 2006: Ethics and Science, DG Research, European Commission. Platonism Project Evaluated: a partnership between Trinity College, Dublin, CNRS Paris and The University of St Petersburg – Head Academics: Prof. J Dillon and Luc Brisson
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EU Expert and Rapporteur 2009-present: EACE/ EUROPEAN UNION Marie Curie Actions (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IXF): Economic Sciences and Social and Human Sciences panel IEF, IIF and OIF schemes (including Scholarships for USA Faculty) 2009/ 23 Humanities Files Evaluated 2010/ 25 Humanities Files Evaluated 2011/ 22 Humanities Files Evaluated 2012/22 Humanities Files Evaluated 2013/ 23 Humanities Files Evaluated 2020 HORIZON EU : 2014- RISE Academic Experts’ Databank: EACE ERASMUS MUNDUS & TEMPUS COMENIUS EYRIDICE LEONARDO DA VINCI COST EU Project under review “Dialogical Reasoning” Collaboration as Partner with the Main Programme Coordinator: Prof. Shahid Rahman, Université Lille-3 France Expert Evaluator Research Projects France Professional Organization Reviewer Officially Invited Dec 2009 The Center of Bioethics and Human Dignity USA PhD Programmes Evaluator 2009 EU-Action: “HERAKLEITOS” Ministry of Education, Greece. University of Patras, KARATHEODORIS Program 2013 “The Mathematics in Proclus” RESEARCH PROJECTS (under Review) With a Team of Researchers
ARISTEIA Project
DEMOCRITUS Project
LATSIS Foundation THEMES: “Mind and Action: Cognitive and Ethical Issues” “Neuroscience and Education”
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THE TEMPLETON FOUNDATION USA Research Project (under Review) THEME: “From Beliefs to Virtuous Behaviors: Cognitive and Ethical Aspects of Action”
Member of Academic and Professional Associations
American Philosophical Association APA Mind Association European Society for Analytic Philosophy Cambridge Realist Ontology Group CSOG Berkeley Social Ontology Group BSOG Social Intelligence Network (SINTELNET) The Hegel Society of G. Britain International Political Studies Association IPSA ENSO: European Society of Social Ontology Kantian Political Philosophy Association Kantian Political Thought Standing Group Political Studies Association of G. Britain International Sociological Association International Studies for Business and Economics Ethics Council for Research in Values and Philosophy European Society of Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care EBEN: European Business Ethics Network ICIE International Center of Information Ethics European Ethics Network [EU] International Philosophers for Peace ISECS International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies ISSEI International Society for the Study of European Ideas Societé de la Philosophie de Science / Sorbonne-Geneva SPS Zygon: Center for Religion and Science
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
Invited to pronounce judgment on the continuation of one of the Chairs in Philosophy at the University of Helsinki Invited to write a Reference Letter for Prof. Enrique Banús of the University of Navarra, Spain, for his bid for the Jean Monet Chair Invited to participate in SAGE Social Science Bites Launching Event Invited to express Recommendation on Philosophy projects: Croatian Academy of Sciences
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INITIATING AND DESIGNING NEW HUMANITIES PROJECTS WORLD-WIDE:
VI. FOUNDER: NEW JOINT EUROPEAN M.A. COURSE: PHILOSOPHY - DIRECTOR
EUROPEAN M.A. COURSE PROGRAMME EUROPEAN GRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMME MA IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE [start September 2011] Greece –Spain – Portugal – Britain HOU-UNED-Universidade de Lisboa-Open UK
VII. FOUNDER: New PHILOSOPHY BOOK SERIES – GENERAL EDITOR
“PHILSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCES” Routledge: 3-5 Books to be published yearly (effective: Autumn of 2013)
VIII. FOUNDER: New PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL – LEAD EDITOR
Lead Editor: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY– Springer Verlag (projected start date 2014)
IX. CO-FOUNDER & Steering Committee of New EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY New European Society for the Philosophy of Social Sciences www.enposs.eu Inaugural Conference September 2012: Copenhagen University
1978-87 Student Unions (Universities of Kent and Oxford)
Student Representative on the Governing Body, St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
2001-2004 Weekly Columnist, Greek Newspaper Investor’s World. 2010 BBC Special Programme: Interview 2010
TV Education Programmes on European Philosophy and Civilization Series/Athens Personal Appearances: (1) Renaissance & (2) Enlightenment TV Digital – Presentations on European Intellectual History
XI. SCHOLARSHIPS, HONOURS AND PRIZES
2008 DAAD Scholarship Max Planck Institute, Berlin 2002 First Essay Prize: ETHICOMP International Conference on
Philosophy, Computer and Information Ethics. 1992 Istituto di Studii Filosofici, Νaples, Italy.
Seminar: Later Epicureans [with Professor Marcello Gigante]. Grant awarded by the late Η.-G. Gadamer
1987 Schilizzis Foundation Postgraduate Grant, London UK 1986 Oxford University, St. Antony’s College: Graduate Grant. 1983-85 A S Onassis Foundation, Graduate Scholarship XII. LANGUAGES
English, Greek, French, Italian, German Ancient Greek, Latin
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XIII. PUBLICATIONS
In English, French, Portuguese, Greek, and Chinese Some of the papers have been selected as set texts on the curricula of Universities in the USA and Europe
FOUNDER SAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA: & GENERAL EDITOR
Byron Kaldis “PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES” Sage, Thousand Oaks, USA, April 2013 : 2 VOLUMES, 1200 pages http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book234813#tabview=toc Advisory Editorial Board: John Searle, Berkeley Philip Pettit, Princeton Raimo Tuomela, Helsinki Tony Lawson, Cambridge Jarvie, Ian, Toronto Margaret Gilbert, Irvine Cudd, Ann, Kansas Stephen Turner, Florida Byron Kaldis, Athens
Over 700,000 words, 402 Entries and 400, contributors
BOOKS
Items below have been selected to appear in various university bibliographies and data-bases as well as in Cat/inist Fr. / CNRS France. 1. Holism, Language and Persons: An Essay on the Ontology of the Social World,
London and Boston: Avebury Series in Philosophy, Ashgate, 1993. Itemized at: DICTIONARY OF WORLD PHILOSOPHY (p. 147), Routledge, 2001. & PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER 2. Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Sciences, Economics University of Athens
Press, Athens 2002. [in Greek] 3. Ethics and Economics, The Economics University of Athens Press, Athens 2001 / Revised
Edition 2002. [in Greek] 4. Philosophy and History of Science, The Hellenic Open University Press, Patras, 2005.
For consideration by HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS [proposal and chapter headings]:
The Dialectic of Naturalism: Defending Philosophy Transcendentally (working title) EDITED VOLUMES:
5. Texts on Modern Philosophy The Hellenic Open University Press, Patras, 2008/9. [in Greek] 6. Topics in the History and Philosophy of Science The Hellenic Open University Press, Patras, 2008/9. [in Greek] 7. Mind and Society: Cognitive Science Meets the Philosophy of Social Sciences
Springer, 2013
SYNTHESE Philosophy Library: Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Springer Publishers.
Contributors: Alvin Goldman (Rutgers): Forward C. Allen (Indiana), José Bermudez (Dean, Texas), R Bogdan (Tulane), F. Breithaupt (Indiana), T. Bruni (Neuroscience, Milan) O. Flanagan (Duke), C. Frith (UCL, London), Mike Gazzaniga (UCSB), J. Hopkins (King’s, London), P. Jacob (ENS/ Inst. Jean Nicod, Paris), J. Kiverstein (Amsterdam), S. Klein (UCSB), T. Lane (NU Taiwan), M. Mamelli (King’s, London), L. Marsh (U Brit. Columbia), W. Newsome (Edinburgh), G. Pezzulo (ISTC-CNR, Rome), W. Prinz (Max Planck, Leipzig), P. Robbins (Missouri), D. Ross (Dean, U. Cape Town), R. Rupert (Colorado), A. Seemann (Bentley), D. Livingston Smith (New England), R. Sun (Rensselaer), J. Sytsma (Pittsburgh), A. Tillas (Düsseldorf), J. Trafford (UW London), L. Tummolini (Advanced Institute of Philosophy, London), S. Turner (SFU), S. Walter (Osnabrück), B. Kaldis (Athens).
8. Wealth, Commerce and Philosophers: Foundational Thinkers on Economic Ethics
Edited Volume with E. Heath, The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 2013 Forward by Deirdre McCloskey Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Contributors: Mark Peacock (Toronto), Fred Miller Jr (Director, Bowling Green), Phillip J. Ivanhoe (Hong Kong), Todd Breyfogle (Denver), Martin Schlag (Pontifical, Rome), Salim Rashid (Illinois), M. Quddus (Texas), Timothy Fuller (Colorado), Erick Mack (Tulane), E. Heath (N. York), H Clark (Clemson), David Raynor (Ottawa), Douglas Den Uyl (Indianapolis), Norman Bowie (Minnesota), Alan Kahan (Paris) Nicholas Capaldi (Loyola), S Pack (Connecticut), Evelyn Gick (Dartmouth), Alexei Marcoux (Loyola), Matthew Zwolinski (San Diego), Hartmut Kliemt (Frankfurt), Ann Cudd (Kansas), B. Kaldis (Athens)
9. B. Kaldis & Liu Dun (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference On The History Of Science And Technology In China & The International Conference On Chinese History Of Science And Its Interaction With Greek Civilization (ICCHS-IIGC) UNESCO, Chinese Academy of Science/ ICHSC, China & HOU, 2014.
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10. B. Kaldis, E. Heath & A. Marcoux (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Economics and
Business Ethics, Routledge, London, 2015
Projected Edited Volumes Extended Mind, Distributed Cognition and Ethics Springer – projected for 2015
REFEREED PAPERS AND BOOK-CHAPTERS
Forthcoming “De Re We: Inferentialism and the Extended Mind Thesis”, Mind and Language (invited)
Forthcoming “Social Ontology” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Forthcoming “Nothing but machines, but not automatic angels either?
Machine Consciousness and Moral Status” in P. Lin et al (eds.) Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social
Implications of Robotics MIT Press – Vol II Forthcoming “Should the Concept-Nativism Debate Matter to Cognitive
Enhancement?”” Minds and Machines (special issue on cognitive enhancement)
Forthcoming “Épistemologie naturalisée: La science unifiée mise en
question?” for Archives de Philosophie 2014 “Moral Philosophy and Scientific Method: The Case of
Adam Smith” Invited Chapter L Marsh (ed.) Adam Smith in the round Palgrave Macmillan 2013 "Non-Conceptual Content and Subjectivity"
for SYNTHESE Library Β Kaldis (ed.) Mind and Society: Cognitive Science Meets the Social Sciences, SYNTHESE LIBRARY
2014 “Mathematical Naturalism: Some Recent Views” Invited contribution Liu Dun, I. M. Vandoulakis (Eds.), Working Title: Mathematical
sciences and traditions: East and West, Brepols 2014 “Νoble Consciousness and the Deposed Universal:
Wealth and the Corporation in Hegel’s Philosophy” in Kaldis & Heath (eds.), Wealth, Commerce and Philosophy,
The University of Chicago Press
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2013 “Scientific Metaphors” Kairos: A Journal of Philosophy and Science 2013 “Worldhood” in Kant:
Between Scholasticism and Cosmopolitanism” Stefano Bacin, Alfredo Ferrarin, Claudio La Rocca, Margit Ruffing
(Eds.), Kant and Philosophy in a Cosmopolitan Sense, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp 593-606.
2013 “A Remarkably Mute Theory” and the Multivocity of
Adam Smith” Α. Leontsini (ed.) Adam Smith & the Scottish Enlightenment
International Conference, University of Athens Press, Athens. 2012 “Worlds of Experience: Science” Invited Chapter for Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott, ed. by E.
Podoksik, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 64-85. 2012/3 “Republicanism, Euro-Republicanism and Global Justice:
Res Gentium” AI.D. Metaxas (ed.) Political Theory, Editions Sakoulas, Athens [in
Greek] 2012/3 “Republicanism, and Freedom” AI.D. Metaxas (ed.) Political Theory, Editions Sakoulas, Athens [in
Greek] 2011 “Nature and Society” Invited Chapter: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political
Theory G Delanty & S Turner (eds.), Routledge, London, 312-327. 2011 “Leibniz’s Argument for the existence of petites
perceptions in his Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain (1704)”
Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, edited by Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone.
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp 283-289 2011 “Philosophy and the Knowledge Society: Educational
Ideals, Civic Intelligence and Distributed Cognition” Ana GUGIUMAN & Cornelia GĂŞPĂREL (eds.) Limits of
Knowledge Society: Psychology and Educational Sciences, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Romanian Academy, Institutul Europeen, Iasi, 2011, 23-40.
2011 “Technologized Science: Representational Theories vs.
Epistemological Engines” Proceedings of the 12th ICHSC Conference, TONG Qingjun &
WANG Ying (Eds.), Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 217-227 2011 “Pathos for Ethics, Business Excellence, Leadership and
Quest for Sustainability” Preface of Special Issue, with M. Asslaender & J Filos) Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 100/1, April
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2010 “Justice and Democracy Across National Borders: Ethics or Politics?” [in Chinese]
Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Publications, Volume 1 : Introduction to Political Philosophy, Beijing 2010 201o “Religion and Art: Modal Formalism and Political
Antinomies” C. Abel (ed.), The Meanings of Michael Oakeshott’s Conservatism,
Imprint Academic Press, Thorverton, Exeter, pp. 41-62 2009 “Transnationals and Corporate Responsibility: A
Polythetic View of Moral Obligation”
J. Hooker and P. Madsen (eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility: International Perspectives, Philosophy Documentation Center Publications, CSR Series, USA, 1-17
2009 “The University as Microcosm” Educational Philosophy and Theory Vol. 41, No. 5, 553-574 2008 “Techno-Science and Religious Sin: Orthodox Theology
and Heidegger” SOPHIA, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and
Metaphysical Theology 47: 107–128 2008 “Critical Philosophy Reforming Life-Long Education” BSU International Conference Proceedings, Tbilisi, Georgia 2008 “Science as a Mode of Experience” Zygon, vol. 44, no. 1, 169-196 Special issue, Specially Invited and Refereed paper 2008 “The Question of Platonic Division [Diairesis] and
Modern Epistemology” in J. Dillon & & L. Zovko (eds.), Platonism and Forms of
Intelligence, Akademie Verlag Publishers, Berlin, pp. 59-79 2008 Introduction B Kaldis (ed.) Modern Philosophy (see above) 2008 Introduction B Kaldis (ed.) History and Philosophy of Science
[see above]
2008 “Leibniz: Metaphysics” in Greek In B Kaldis (ed.) Modern Philosophy (see above), pp 79-110 2008 “A Novel Relation? Religion, TechnoScience and Politics” ESSSAT internet publication, Sweden 2007 "Estudos Culturais e Formas de Arte Pos-Moderna: Os
Novos Movimentos Sociais?" NADA, Biannual Journal of Culture and Science, vol9, Lisboa, pp
63-69 2007 “State-Borders and Democracy:
Political and Ethical Challenges", Res-Publica 2007, 5/6, pp. 133-149.
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2006 “The Future of Philosophical Discourse: Meaning and the Concept of the Human Person”
International Journal for the Humanities, Common Ground Publications, 2/.
for a Totalizing NanoTechno-Science” / "Homeomereia anaxagoriana: un modelo para uma nanotecnociencia totalizadora"
Festschrift in Honour of H. Martins, Razão, tempo e tecnologia- Estudos em homenagem a Hermínio
Martins, Manuel Villaverde Cabral, José Luís Garcia e Helena Jerónimo (eds.), Lisbon, Imprensa das Ciências Sociais, pp. 461-487.
2005 “What is distinctive about European Art and Science: Τhe
Tragic Enmeshment of Art and Science or Husserl Revisited”
E. Banús & Beatriz Elio (Eds.), European Culture/Cultura Europea, Universidad de Νavarra, Pamplona, Spain pp 555-582
2005 “Could the Ethics of Institutionalized Healthcare be
anything but Kantian?” Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy: a European Journal, 8/1, pp 39-52 invited and refereed paper for the special issue on selected for Kant-Bibliographie – M Ruffing, Kant Studien http://www.reference-global.com/doi/abs/10.1515/kant.2001.005 in Scientific Network: https://www.researchgate.net/author/Byron+Kaldis in U Wiesing, Kant im Streit der Fakultäten, 2005 Immanuel Kant, seine Philosophie und die Medizin Immanuel Kant, seine Philosophie und die Medizin
2003 “Law, Aesthetic Symbolism and Utopia: a Kantian
reading” Revue internationale de sémiotique juridique / International
Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 16/3, pp 233-258. 2003 “Could the Environment Acquire its Own Discourse?” History of the Human Sciences, 16/3, pp 73-103. (a)This paper has been studied by C. Campagna and T. Fernandez
(Environmental Values, August 2007) (b) by J Hillier Stretching beyond the Horizon Ashgate 2007 http://books.google.com/books?id=l6cRKeDCU-0C&hl=el (c) in Bibliographical Study Bank:
http://diskurs.hum.aau.dk/dxc2009/bibliography.htm 2002 “Moral Conflict and the Idea of Order:
On a Relationship between Ethics and Political Philosophy”
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 88/3, pp 420-442. http: //cat.mist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=i3Q3fi742
2002 “World Justice, Global Politics and Nation States: Three Ethico-Political Problems”
European Legacy, 7/2, pp 167-194. (a) This paper is chosen for the University of Massachusetts’ Lowell Common Text Program
(a)http://faculty.uml.edu/commontext/secretorder_library_politics.html (b) International Bibliography of Political Science Vol. LI, 2002 (c) Course Bibliography at İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, Τurkey Syllabus 427 – Democracy http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:2sy4C5TdbXYJ:ireu.ieu.e
du.tr/index.php/curriculum/%3Fcode%3DINT%2520427+%22byron+kaldis%22&cd=94&hl=el&ct=clnk&gl=gr (d) Journal Of Media Law and Ethics, 1/1-2, Winter/Spring 2009
2002 “The Asymmetry of Hope: Reflections on Pessimism and
Utopia” K. Pandikattu SJ (ed.), Hopefully Yours: Interdisciplinary Essays
on Hope from Scientific and Religious Perspectives, Pune, Ιndia, pp 1-17.
Republished as: Kuruvilla Pandikattu (ed.), Reasons for Hope: Its Nature, Role and Future. ISBN 1- 56518- 2162, Publications of Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, USA, 2005
2002 PRIZE ESSAY : “Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ethics of ICT:
Better prospects for re-defining and widening corporate responsibility?”
I. Alvarez, T. Bynum et al (Eds.), The Transformation of Organizations in the Information Age: Social and Ethical Implications, Universidade Luisiada, Lisbon, pp. 369-381. REQUIRED READING AT THE UNIVERSITY of TURKU, Finland
2002 “Business Ethics: Time for a Paradigm-Shift?” Pre-publications of the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy
of Social Science, China, pp 1-14. 2001 “Political Thought and Aesthetics: or ‘Socrates dances’” D. Apollo, et al (eds.), Approaching a New Millennium, University
of Bergen Publication, Νοrway, pp 1-12. –* Revised for POLITICAL
THEORY 2001 “Enlightenment’s Dream” D. Apollon, et al (eds.), Approaching a New Millennium,
University of Bergen Publication, Norway, pp 1-16. 2000 “Transnational Corporations and Moral Obligation” Internet Publication, 2nd ISBEE World Congress, Business Ethics
2000 “Aristotle’s Connection of Ethics and Politics: Remarks from a Kantian Standpoint”
D. Sfendoni-Mentzou et al (eds.), Aristotle and Modern Science, II, N. York: Peter Lang, pp 263-277.
2000 “Sentiment or Duty? Liberalism and International
Justice” G. Calder, et al (eds.), The Future of Liberalism, London: Avebury,
pp 231- 242. 1999 “Aristotle and Kant on Contemplation, Ethics and
Politics” Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 85/4, pp 540-562. 1998 “The Relation Between Epicurean Physics and Law: A
Hegelian Reading” IVR, European Journal of Law, Philosophy and Computer
Science, II, pp 123-130. 1992 “An Epistemic Paradox” Logique et Analyse, 123/24, Sept/Dec, 251-256.
ACADEMIC ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
2006 Historical Encyclopedia:
ABC-CLIO History Books Publications, USA, November 2006:
1. “R. Wagner”
2. “Ezra Pound”
2009 SAGE Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society:
3. “Epistemology of Nanoscience” 3,000 words
4. “Converging Technologies” 3,000 words 2010 ABC-CLIO World Historical Encyclopedia:
5. “Human Enhancement, Prosthesis and Transhumanism” 2,000 words
2011 SAGE Encyclopedia of Green Technology 6. “Bioethics” 10,000 words 2012 SAGE Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences 7. “Events” 3,000 words WORK-IN-PROGRESS:
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“Kantian Persons, Fichtean Selves and Reflexivity: Between Subjectivity and Naturalism” with Stan Klein (UCSB) – for The Journal of Philosophy Collaboration with Prof Manfred Frank (Tubingen) for the publication by Cambridge University Press of his book Ansichten der Subjektivität Suhrkamp Verlag 2011
BOOK REVIEWS
Political Studies (1981-6): F. Collin, Theory and Understanding, Blackwell, 1985 (XXXIV, 3, 1986). C.G.A. Bryant, Positivism in Social Theory and Research, Macmillan, 1985 (XXXIV, 1, 1986). A. Schmidt, History and Structure, MIT Press, 1982 (XXXI, 3, 1983). Vera Lex (1996): L. Negrier-Dormont et S. Tzitzis, Criminologie de l' Acte et Philosophie Penale, Paris, Litec, 1994.
European Legacy: G. Holton, The Advancement of Science and its Burdens, Harvard University Press, 1998. N. Rose, Powers of Freedom, CUP, 1999. G. Harris, Agent-Centered Morality, University of California Press, 1999. C. Nederman, Worlds of Difference: European Discourses of Toleration c.1100-1550, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Chake Matossian, Saturne et le Sphinx: Proudhon, Courbet et l’art Justicier, Droz, 2002 R. Scruton, P. Singer, C. Janaway, M. Tanner, German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, OUP, 2001 S. Prickett, Narrative, Religion and Science: Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700-1999, CUP, 2002 P Redpath (ed.), A Thomistic Tapestry: Essays in Memory of Étienne Gilson, Rodopi, 2003 S. Charles, Berkeley au Siècle des Lumieres: Immaterialisme et Scepticisme au xviii e Siècle, Paris: Librairie Philosophique, 2003 Gilles Lipovetsky, Les Temps Modernes, Bernard Grasset, 2004. G. L. Bruns, Maurice Blanshot: The refusal of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1977. Consciousness, Literature and the Arts (CLA Journal): P. Adams (ed.), Art: Sublimation or Symbol, N. York: Other Press, 2003.
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XIII. PERSONAL INVITATIONS PUBLIC ACADEMIC LECTURES
2014 Leibniz Lectures UNIVERSITY OF LISBON, Portugal 2014 Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Current Developments Invited by the President of the University Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev Philosophy Department The University of Haifa, Israel 2010 “From Motor Cognition to Social Cognition” UNED University, Madrid, Spain [December] 2010 “Science and Technology: Changing Fortunes of an Uneasy
Relationship” University of Athens, Faculty of History and Philosophy of
Science and Hellenic Open University, Symposium on the Historiography of Science [November]
2010 “Concepts, Mirror Neurons and Intentionality” BSOG Invited Lecture UC BERKELEY Philosophy Dept [14/4] 2009 “Chrysippus’ dog: How Free is it? Stoic Philosophy on Necessity and Physical Determinism: Recent
aspects in philosophy, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology”
Philosophy and Bio-Medical Sciences Seminar Series on FREE WILL
The Medical School of Athens & the History and Philosophy of Science Department
THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS [27/5] 2009 "Environment and Ancient Philosophy: is a dialogue possible?" Special Symposium: Environmental Concerns Greek National Association of Physicists, University of
Rethymnon, Greece, March 27. 2008 “Ethical Neutrality and the Natural Sciences” Greek National Association of Physicists Annual Conference,
Kavala, Greece, [3/13] 2008 “New Technologies, Ethics and the Concept of Human Person" CEPPAC Special University Seminar Rector’s Invitation UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA, Brazil, [10/ 3]
2006 “From Business Ethics to Bioethics” Philosophy Faculty Lecture SUNY N. Paltz, NY, USA (4/13)
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2005 “Life’s Beginning and Bioethics’ End” NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEES OF GREECE AND CYPRUS Nicosia
[5/3] 2001. “Arte e Conoscenza: Un Viluppo Tragico” UNIVERSITA DI PADOVA, Italy [10/12]. 1997. “Ancients and Moderns Again” Seminar Series on Modernity OXFORD UNIVERSITY, UK [11/6] 1996. “Εsthétique et la Loi” CNRS/ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS II, France[30/3]. 1994. “Epicureans or Stoics?” Philosophy Department, DUKE UNIVERSITY, USA [31/3]. 1985. “British and French Epistemology” Colloquium with: Dr. P. Urbach and the late Prof. P. Hirst, THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UK [Οctober]
XIV. PAPERS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2014 Reason and Rationality
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER Institute of European and American Studies
Academia Sinica International Philosophy Conference Taipei, Taiwan Aug. 14 & 15
Law and Aesthetics INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER & Co-Founder CRED Launching Conference Reggio Calabria, Italy, May
2013 The Autonomy of the Special Sciences
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks International Conference University of Lisbon
Center for the Philosophy and History of Science Lisbon, Portugal 4-6 December
Morality and Creativity INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Shanghai International Philosophy Forum The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Shanghai, China, October 24-25
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Bildung and Paideia INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER International Philosophy Conference The Croatian Academy of Science & The Plato Society of Zagreb Hvar, Croatia, October 12-18 Colloque international consacré à l’histoire des sciences for the 50th independence anniversary INVITED SPEAKER Algiers, 2-4 November 2013 Philosophical Issues on Emergence INVITED SPEAKER “Cosmos and Taxis” Launching Conference Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Canada, June 1-4 Technology in the Age of Information INVITED CHAIR 18th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal July 4-6
2012 Philosophical Issues of Neuroscience:
Sensorimotor Representations and Concepts INVITED SPEAKER Philosophische Fakultät University of Düsseldorf, Germany October, 19 & 20.
From Grooming to Speaking: Recent trends in Social Primatology and Human Ethology INVITED SPEAKER CFCUL Centre for Philosophy of Science International Colloquium, University of Lisbon September 10-12 Philosophy Society of South Africa (PSSA) Conference INVITED SPEAKER Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa January 16-18 ‘Ethics and Complexity in Joint Action’ INVITED SPEAKER
Launching Conference of Cosmos & Taxis Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada, October
Cultures of Mathematics and Logic Institute for Logic and Cognition Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China November 9-12
“Meinongian Objects and Social Ontology” 19th-20th C. Austrian Thought and its Legacy: Philosophy
INVITED SPEAKER Department of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Texas November 1-3
UNIVERSIDAD 2012 INVITED SPEAKER 8th Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior “La universidad por el desarrollo sostenible” February 13-17
2011
“Extended Mind, Normative Inferentialism and Shared Action” INVITED SPEAKER International ENSO/ Social Ontology Conference in Philosophy CNR, Rome, September “Mirror Neurons and Social Cognition” Special Panel The Philosophy of the Social Sciences Roundtable International Conference, March, 2011 “Reflections on Alternative Models of Education: the Greek Case” INVITED SPEAKER COIMBRA CROUP of UNIVERSITIES International Assembly and Conference Maceio, Algoas, Brazil, November 2-5 “A sharpened awareness of words to sharpen our perception of [legal] phenomena”: Losing the distinction between Law, Language and Morality” Special Symposium on the Philosophy of Law (in collaboration with the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France & the Law School of Beijing), AILA Conference Beijing
2010 INVITED SPEAKER From Motor Cognition to Social Cognition: A Critique International Workshop on the Philosophy of Social Science Faculty of Philosophy UNED, Madrid, Dec. 15, 2010
“Conflict and Harmony in Knowledge Societies” INVITED PLENARY SPEAKER International Conference “The Engineered Singularity”
PHEADE 2010, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Rumania, October 26-29, 2010
INVITED SPEAKER: Rumania
International Conference: The Limits of Knowledge Society, EU Project – Academia Romana/Iasi, October 6-9, 2010
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“Technology and the Environment: Global Justice and Business Ethics” BEN-Africa International Conference, [org. Department of Philosophy Stellenbosch University, South Africa] Nairobi, Kenya, August 30 – September 2, 2010
“Technologized Science” INVITED SPEAKER International Conference on History and Philosophy of Science Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, June 26-30. “Philosophical Experiments and Experimental Philosophy” INVITED SPEAKER Greek Society of History, Philosophy and Science Education Conference, Athens, Greece, May 6-9. Commentator "The Plane of Republic 587d" Plato Colloquium American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco March 31- April 4
2009 “‘A remarkable mute theory’ and the multivocity of Adam Smith” Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment, International Conference, University of Athens December 18-10 “Distance Education and new Technologies” INVITED SPEAKER XIII CREAD International Conference, Concepcion, Chile, December 2-4 “Species-Qua-Individuals and the Modularity of the Mind: The Saving Grace for Humans?” & SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER: Darwin and the Social Sciences International Darwin Conference 150 Years After Origin: Biological, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, University of Toronto, Canada, November, 21-24. “Darwinian Inheritance? Natural Kinds and Sociobiology”, CHARLES DARWIN AND MODERN BIOLOGY International Conference St. Petersburg University, September 21-24. “Law and Humanitarian Aid” CHAIR & WORKSHOP ORGANIZER, IVR SOCIAL, LEGAL
AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY XXIV WORLD CONGRESS, Beijing, China, September 15-20. “First/Second Philosophy” PAPER-GIVER & CONFERENCE CHAIR Mathematical Sciences West and East: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives The Hellenic Open U, Kamena Vourla, Greece, August 4-8.
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“Political Philosophy: Challenged by Global Justice?” IPSA XXI WORLD CONGRESS Santiago, Chile, July 12-16 “Naturalized Epistemology: Challenge to Unified Science”
Joint ARISTOTELIAN/MIND Association Philosophy Meeting, University of East Anglia, UK, July 10-12. “Citizens or Philosophers? Legal Regulations of Conflicting Ethical Attitudes on Human Tissue” ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL
AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, Edinburgh University, UK, July 2-4. “Ancient Stoic Conception Free Will and its modern Philosophical and Sociobiological Echoes” Free Will Lectures Series, Philosophy and the Biomedical Sciences, the Medical School, University of Athens, May 27th, Athens, Greece. “ ‘Medius Terminus’: Personhood between Subjectivity and Naturalism” International Kant Conference, Baptist University, Hong Kong, May 20-23 “Globalizing Bioethics: Converging Technologies vs. Divergent Human Nature” INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER 10th ASIAN BIOETHICS CONFERENCE, TUMS University, Tehran, Iran April, 26-30 2009
2008
Invited Keynote Speaker “Beyond Borders: Educational Cosmopolitanism” International Conference on Education, The Government of Kerala, India, December 4-6. Invited Speaker “Transnational and Corporate Responsibility: A Polythetic View of Moral Obligation” ICR 2008 International Conference Carnegie-Mellon University & Qatar Government, November, Doha, November 16-18. Invited Speaker ‘Wittgenstein International Symposium” Philosophy Dept., The National University of Taiwan, Taipei, TW, November 7-9. Invited Keynote Speaker “Politics, Religion and the Media” 2nd International Conference on ‘Religion and the Media’. Tehran & Qom November, 9-12, Invited Keynote Speaker “Global Justice and Distant Education” XII CREAD/MERCOSUR/SUL International Conference, Rio dJ, Brazil, October 5-8
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"Citizenship Beyond State Borders: Enhancing Democracy?" Workshops in Political Philosophy, 5th Annual Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 10-12 September, UK “Political Confrontation vs. Artistic Reconciliation: The Vicissitudes of ‘Universality’” Confronting Universalities. Aesthetics and Politics under the Sign of Globalisation University of Aarhus, Denmark – September 24-26, 2008 “Global Justice and New Medical Technologies” 22nd International Conference on Philosophy and Medicine EPMHC, Tartu, Estonia, August 20-23. “The Politics of Converging Technologies” 4s SSS International Conference, Rotterdam, Holland, August. http://www.4sonline.org/4S_EASST_2008_program.pdf “World State vs. World Citizenship? The Prospects of Global Justice” 2nd WISC International Global Studies Conference, Ljubljana, July “Nano-Technoscience: A Novel Type of Connecting Science and Technology” International Three-Societies Conference on Converging Technologies, Keble College, Oxford, July “From the Mental to the Social: Collective Intentionality and Social Change” 6th International Meeting of Social Ontology Group, Philosophy Dept., UC Berkeley, USA, July “A Novel Relation? Religion, TechnoScience and Politics” 8th International ESSSAT Conference on Theology and Science, Siguna, Sweden, May. “Somatic Borders Transhumanism and Medical Ethics” 2nd Medical Ethics International Conference, The Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran, April. “Ethical Neutrality and Science” Greek Association of Physicists International Conference, Kavala, Greece, March.
2007:
“Kant’s “architectonic of reason” and Naturalized Epistemology: Can we have a modern version of unified scientific production?” 2e Congrès de la Société de philosophie des sciences, Université de Genève, 29-31 March «Deep Citizenship and Adult Education. Is there a Relation Between Life-Long Learning and Virtuous Character – and Should There Be?”
ESREA International Conference, University of Minho – Universitas de Educasao de Adultos, July. “Life-Long Learning: New Challenges to Higher Education” Higher Education BS University International Conference, Tbilisi, April. “Teaching philosophy of science to High School Teachers” Association of Greek Physicists Conference, University of Patras, Greece, September 2007.
2006:
UNESCO-Lecture Paris/ International Philosophy Day “Teaching Philosophy and its Inherent Difficulties: Theoretical Limits and Prospects for Global Citizenship”, 15-16 November. “Deep Citizenship Beyond National Borders” Cidadania(s) - Congresso Internacional sobre Discursos e Práticas Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal June
“Religion and Bioethics” New Challenges to Humanities International Conference CG, Tunis July “Democracy’s Challenges” The IPSA International Political Science Association World Congress, Japan, 9-13/7. “Modern Conceptions of Deep Citizenship” International Political Philosophy Conference on Citizenship, Pesoa University, Porto, Portugal, 29/6-1/7. “Platonic Division and Modern Epistemology” International Symposium on Platonism and Forms of Intelligence, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia, 9-14/10. “Mind-Body Dualism: A View from Duns Scotus” 2rd International Colloquium on Metaphysics, Natal Brazil, 6-9/11 “Naturalized Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science” 1st International Philosophy of Science Conference, Souchow University, Taipei, Taiwan 31/5-3/6. “Art and Religion: Conservative Antinomies” International Conference, Colorado College/ U. of Tulane,
Colorado Springs, USA, 6-10 June. “From Business Ethics to Bioethics” Markets and Value, International Conference of Value Inquiry, Molloy College, NY, USA, 4-8 April.
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2005: Key-Note Invited Speaker: “Connecting Oppositions between Science, Religion and Politics” International Conference on Cosmology, Biology and Consciousness, Bangalore University, 16-19 August, India “A Double-Helix Relation: Religion, Science and Politics”, Religion and Science – Religion, Modernity and Tradition, in SSEARS International Conference, 27-30 January, N. Delhi, India. Personal Invitation Templeton Foundation, USA, Science & Religion Programme.
2004:
“Lessons on the History of European Philosophy: Popper and the Presocratics” Philosophy Conference: Problems, Aims, Responsibilities (on the 10th Anniversary of K. Popper’s death), 16-18/9, University of Warwick, UK. “Economic Sociology: Lessons in the Philosophy of Social Sciences” International Conference on Economic Sociology 8-10/9 University of Crete, Greece. “Ethical Theories and the Concept of Person: The Future of Mutual Change” Session: Genetics and the Right [not] to Know, International ESPMH Conference on Genetics and Health Care, 25-28/8, University of Reykjavik, Iceland.
2003:
"Kant and the Sublime" Session Chair The 11th International Congress on the Enlightenment, 3-10/8, 2003, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. “Anaxagorean Homeomereia and NanoTechno-Science” CPECS Project: Philosophy and Ethics of Complexity and Scale: USA University of South Carolina, College of Liberal Arts, Science Studies & Technische Universität Darmstadt, October, Germany.
2002:
"Objective Mind and the Prospects of Science: Popper and Husserl" World Centenary Congress on the Philosophy of Karl Popper, Section 6: Epistemology and Metaphysics, University of Vienna, 3-7/7.
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"Is there a distinctive European Culture any more?" 7th International Conference: European Culture, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 23-26/10. "The Republic of Letters and the Dissemination of Culture in e-Society" International Conference on Mass Media and Communications in the e-Society of the 21st Century: Culture in e-Society: Rise or Decrease?, 17-20 October, Moscow State University, Russia. “Could Sociobiology Provide Answers to Bioethical Issues?" XVIth International Congress of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare: European Philosophy of Healthcare and Bioethics, August 21-24, Malta.
“Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ethics of ICT: Better prospects for re-defining and widening corporate responsibility?" The Transformation of Organisations in the Information Age: Social and Ethical Implications, 6th ETHICOMP Conference, November 2002, Lisbon, Portugal. "Business Ethics: Time for a Paradigm-Shift?" PERSONAL INVITATION BY the Institute of Philosophy, SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. Topic: Economics and Morality, 28/5-2/6 Shanghai, China. “Bentham’s ‘Socratic Metric’: Could Welfare Economics be both Science and Ethics?" Bentham's Philosophy of Economics Conference, University College, London & Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan, 26-27/1.
2001:
«Justice and Democracy Across National Borders: Ethics or Politics?» International Conference on Political Philosophy, Oxford University Philosophy Summer School in China and the Institute of Philosophy: Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, 27-30/4. «Ethics and Religion in Post-Modern Societies», Organizer and Chair of Special Session and Paper-giver, The 35th International Institute of Sociology Conference, Krakow, Poland, 11-16/7. Three Papers:
1. «Integrating Identities? National Borders and the Modern State»
2. «Cultural Studies and the Empowering of Art» 3. «Inhabiting a Double Vision: New Technologies or Old?»
The 5th ESA [Εuropean Sociological Association] Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 29/8-1/9.
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“Normative Approaches to the Political Economy of Small States” International Political Economy Conference, University of Götenburg, Sweden, 27-30/9. “Ethics in or of Accounting: Critical Issues in the Theory and Practice of Accounting” 24th Annual International Conference, European Accounting Association, Economics University of Athens, 18-20/4.
2000:
The 7th ISSEI [International Society for the Study of European Ideas] Conference: Approaching a New Millennium, Bergen, Norway, 14-18 August Two papers: 1. Chair and Session Organizer on «Political Thought and Aesthetics» - Section III on "European Identity and its Expression in Philosophy, Science, History and Art". 2. Paper-Giver in "Life-Long and Continuous Education" Section V on Education "Transnational Corporations and Moral Obligation" 2nd ISBEE World Congress on Business Ethics, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 19-23/7. "Techno-Science and Religious Sin" 8th EAST WEST International Philosophers’ Congress, East-West Philosophy Centre, University of Hawaii, USA, January
1999: "Sentiment or Duty? Liberalism and International Justice"
International Conference on the Future of Liberalism, Olomuc, Czech Republic, 6-11/7. "Rousseau and Schiller: Social and Aesthetic Forms of Solitude"
The 10th International Congress on the Enlightenment: Life at the Margins, Dublin, Ireland, 26-31/7.
1997: "Moral Conflict and Moral Order"
17th IPSA (International Political Science Association) World Congress, International Conflict at the End of the Century, Seoul, Ν. Κorea, 17-22/8. "Two Traditions of Connecting ‘Justice’, ‘Law’ and ‘Nature’: Aristotle, Aquinas, Suárez vs. Kant". 18th IVR (International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10-16/8.
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"Aristotle and Kant on the Relation of Scientific Disciplines"
International Conference Aristotle and Contemporary Science, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-4 September.
1995:
"Epicurean Physics and Law"
17th IVR (International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) World Congress, Bologna, Italy 16-20 June. "Epicureans or Stoics?" Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, USA, April.
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XVI. TEACHING EXPERIENCE & PH.D. SUPERVISION
1991-present Undergraduate & Postgraduate BA & MA Courses UK, USA, Greece, Cyprus Some of the following Courses, especially postgraduate courses, are entirely designed by me. These courses have also assumed different forms depending on the kind of academic audience and pedagogical needs:
European Philosophy From Augustine to the 20th c. Philosophy of the Social Sciences [various forms] Introduction to Philosophy [various forms] Modern Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy [various forms] Rationalists & Empiricists Epistemology Studies in 19th Century Philosophy: Hegel’s Political Philosophy
Ancient Greek Philosophy Later Greek, Roman and Early Medieval Philosophy Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Justice [advanced course] Logic: Introduction Introduction to Ethics Aesthetics Political Thought Research Seminar Contemporary Philosophical Issues on: (α) Technology Ethics (β) Global Justice
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PH.D. & MA Supervision
History of Philosophy & Philosophy of Science The Hellenic Open University & The University of Athens
PHD Supervision (as principal Supervisor) Theses: “The Rise of Modern Science in Europe: The role of philosophy and mathematics” Student: Mrs B. Papatheodorou “Aristotle’s Praxis and Ontological Autonomy” Student: Mr. Z. Lasithiotakis “Autonomy and Respect: Issues in Bioethics” Student: Mr J. Kalantzis MA Thesis Supervision in History of Philosophy PH.D. Co-Supervision UNED University, Philosophy Faculty Madrid, Spain
