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Federico Lauria. Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Doctorate in Arts: Philosophy in 2014/02/14 by University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy in Doctorate in Arts: Philosophy in 2014/02/14 by Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Postgraduate Certificate in Postgraduate School in Affective Sciences in 2015/12/31 by University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Postgraduate Certificate in Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy "Mind and Reality" in 2011/01/05 by Université de Neuchâtel, Postgraduate Certificate in Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy "Mind and Reality" in 2011/01/05 by Universite de Lausanne, Postgraduate Certificate in Graduate School in Affective Sciences in 2014/02/14 by Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Postgraduate Certificate in Graduate School in Affective Sciences in 2014/02/14 by University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Postgraduate Certificate in Postgraduate School in Affective Sciences in 2015/12/31 by Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Postgraduate Certificate in Certificate of Higher Education for Adults "Eduqua" in 2014/04/29 by Prep School of Lausanne, Postgraduate Certificate in Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy "Mind and Reality" in 2011/01/05 by Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Postgraduate Certificate in Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy "Mind and Reality" in 2011/01/05 by Université de Fribourg, Licence in Master in Arts: Philosophy and History in 2008/02/01 by Universite de Lausanne, Licence in Certificate of Specialisation: Philosophy in 2007/09/01 by Universite de Lausanne and Bachelor in Bachelor in Arts: Philosophy, History and Latin Literature in 2003/09/01 by Universite de Lausanne. Published 4 articles in journals. Has 9 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 8 event(s). Participated in 3 event(s). Has received 10 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 2 project(s), Pos-doctoral Fellow in 2 project(s), Principal investigator in 3 project(s) and Research Fellow in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy, Ethics and Religion with emphasis on Philosophy, Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy, Ethics and Religion with emphasis on Philosophy, Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy, Ethics and Religion with emphasis on Philosophy, Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy, Ethics and Religion with emphasis on Philosophy and Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy, Ethics and Religion with emphasis on Philosophy. In their professional activities interacted with 7 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Emotion; Desire; Self-Deception; Musical Emotions; Epistemic Emotions; Death; Cognitive Science; Moral Psychology; Affective Sciences; Value Theory; Character; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Federico Lauria

Citation names

  • Lauria, Federico

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1719-8C38-B194
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4788-1063

Email addresses

  • fred.lauria@gmail.com (Professional)
  • lauria@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • fred.lauria@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+1) 9172540116 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Center for Science and Society, Columbia University, 511 Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, 10027, New York, NY, United States (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
French (Mother tongue)
Napolitano (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Latin Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Ancient Greek (until 1553) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/12/31
Concluded
 Postgraduate School in Affective Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Affective Sciences
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland

University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2014/04/29
Concluded
 Certificate of Higher Education for Adults "Eduqua" (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Education
Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2014/02/14
Concluded
 Graduate School in Affective Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Affective Sciences
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland

University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2014/02/14
Concluded
 Doctorate in Arts: Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Philosophy
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland

University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
"The 'Logic of the Liver'. A Deontic View of the Intentionality of Desire" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Best mark
2011/01/05
Concluded
 Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy "Mind and Reality" (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Philosophy
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland

Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland

Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2008/02/01
Concluded
 Master in Arts: Philosophy and History (Licence)
Major in Philosophy and history
Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
"When We Feel the Way the World Is. Emotions, Desire, and the Eye of Value." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007/09/01
Concluded
 Certificate of Specialisation: Philosophy (Licence)
Major in Philosophy
Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
2003/09/01
Concluded
 Bachelor in Arts: Philosophy, History and Latin Literature (Bachelor)
Major in Philosophy, History and Latin Literature
Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
2017/12/01 - 2019/12/01 Principal Investigator (Research) Columbia University in the City of New York - Center for Science and Society, United States
2008/03/01 - 2019/12/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2008/03/01 - 2019/12/01 Researcher (Research) University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2016/05/01 - 2017/12/01 Postdoc (Research) New York University, United States
2016/09/26 - 2016/10/29 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Italy
2016/01/01 - 2016/05/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Columbia University in the City of New York - Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, United States
2014/02/14 - 2016/01/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2011/03/01 - 2011/10/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/02/14 - 2016/01/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2008/03/01 - 2016/01/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/15 Lecturer (University Teacher) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2009/03/01 - 2009/07/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Musical Emotions and the Metaphorical Mind: An Interdisciplinary Approach
n/a
Principal investigator
2018/12/01 - 2019/12/01 Music and Emotion: Practical Implications
Cogito Foundation
Principal investigator
Columbia University in the City of New York - Center for Science and Society, United States
2017/12/01 - 2018/12/01 Music and Emotion: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Cogito Foundation
Principal investigator
Columbia University in the City of New York - Center for Science and Society, United States
2016/05/01 - 2017/12/01 Emotions and Death: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Swiss National Science Foundation
Principal investigator
New York University, United States
2008/03/01 - 2014/02/14 Desire and the Self
Swiss National Science Foundation
PhD Student Fellow
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2011/03/01 - 2011/10/01 The Intentionality of Desire
Swiss National Science Foundation
PhD Student Fellow
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/09/26 - 2016/10/29 Why Do We Love Sad Music: A Cognitive Science Approach
Fellowship "Aesthetics of Emotions: Arts and Cognitive Science"
Research Fellow
Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Italy
2016/01/01 - 2016/05/01 What Emotions Teach Us About Music: Musical Expressiveness, Musical Emotions, and Cognitivism
Italian Academy Fellowship
Research Fellow
Columbia University in the City of New York - Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, United States
2014/09/01 - 2015/12/31 Emotion, Attention, and Value
Swiss National Science Foundation
Post-doc Fellow
National Center of Competence in Research Affective Sciences - Emotions in Individual Behaviour and Social Processes, Switzerland
2014/02/14 - 2015/12/31 Desire, Emotion, and the Mind
Swiss National Science Foundation
Post-doc Fellow
University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2014/02/14 - 2015/12/31 The Cognitive Science of Interest
Cognitive Science Center
Research Fellow
University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Lauria, Federico. L'Enigme du Désir (The Enigma of Desire). Paris, France: Ithaque. 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Lauria, Federico. Le Désir: Une Anatomie Conceptuelle.. France: Collection Philosophies. Jacques Flament Editions. 2023.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Lauria, Federico. "Music and Tears in the Eyes. A Cognitive Science Approach to the Paradox of Sad Music". In Aesthetics of Emotions: Arts and Cognitive Science, edited by Mazzocut-Mis, M.. 2025.
    Accepted • 10.1007/978-3-319-39666-8_13
  2. Lauria, Federico. "Introduction: From Epicurean Puzzles to the Affective Revolution of the Philosophy of Death". In The Moral Psychology of Emotions and Death, edited by Lauria, Federico. London & New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. Lauria, Federico. "Immortality Need Not Be Boring. Insights from the Psychology of Boredom Proneness". In The Moral Psychology of Emotions and Death, edited by Lauria, Federico. London & New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2025.
    Accepted
  4. Lauria, Federico. "Expressividade Musical". In Compêndio em Linha de Problemas de Filosofia Analítica. Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2023.
    10.51427/cfi.2022.0006
  5. Lauria, Federico. "Emoções Musicais". In Compêndio em Linha de Problemas de Filosofia Analítica. Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2023.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.51427/cfi.2022.0007
  6. Lauria, Federico. "Desiderative Truth: Caprice and the Flaws of Desire". In A Tribute to Ronald de Sousa. Geneva, Switzerland: University of Geneva, 2022.
    Published
  7. Lauria, Federico. "Le Luxe". In Petit Traité des Valeurs, edited by Deonna, Julien; Dayer-Tieffenbach, Emma. Paris: Ithaque, 2018.
    Published
  8. Lauria, Federico; Deonna, Julien. "Introduction: Reconsidering Some Dogmas About Desires". In The Nature of Desire. New York, United States: Oxford University Press, 2017.
    Published
  9. Lauria, Federico. "The "Guise of the Ought to Be": A Deontic View of the Intentionality of Desire". In The Nature of Desire. New York, United States: Oxford University Press, 2017.
    Published
  10. Lauria, Federico; Deonna, Julien. "Anger and Morality". In Emotions, edited by Sander, David; Herschdorfer, Nathalie. Salenstein: Benteli, 2017.
    Published • 10.4324/9780429477591-4
  11. Lauria, Federico; Pé-Curto, Alain. "Who Do You Think You Are? The How–What Theory of Character and Personality". In Self-Evaluation. Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality, edited by Konzelmann Ziv, Anita; Lehrer, Keith; Schmid, Hans Bernhard, 59-78. Berlin: Springer Netherlands, 2011.
    Published • 10.1007/978-94-007-1266-9_4
Conference abstract
  1. Lauria, Federico. "Interest, Curiosity and the Affective Springs of Inquiry". Paper presented in VII Brazilian Society for Analytic Philosophy Conference, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Lauria, Federico. "Values in the Air: Musical Contagion, Social Appraisal and Metaphor Experience". Paper presented in European Society for Aesthetics, 2023.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Lauria, Federico. The Moral Psychology of Emotions and Death. London & New York: Rowman & Littlefield International. 2025.
    Accepted • Editor
  2. Lauria, Federico; Deonna, Julien. The Nature of Desire. New York, United States: Oxford University Press. 2017.
    Editor
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Lauria, Federico. "Musical Contagion". In Scholarly Community Encyclopedia, 2023. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/41829.
    Published
  2. Lauria, Federico. "Expressividade Musical". In Compêndio em linha de problemas de filosofia analítica, 2023. https://compendioemlinha.letras.ulisboa.pt/expressividade-musical-federico-lauria/.
    Published
  3. Lauria, Federico. "Emoções Musicais". In Compêndio em linha de problemas de filosofia analítica, 2023. https://compendioemlinha.letras.ulisboa.pt/emocoes-musicais-federico-lauria/.
    Published
  4. Lauria, Federico. "Mort (GP)/ Death (General Public)". In L'Encyclopédie Philosophique, edited by Kristanek, Maxime, 2019. https://encyclo-philo.fr/mort-gp/.
    Published
  5. Lauria, Federico. "Mort (Avancé)/ Death (Advanced)". In L'Encyclopédie Philosophique, edited by Kristanek, Maxime, 2019.
    Accepted
  6. Lauria, Federico. "Désir (Grand Public)/Desire (General Public)". In L'Encyclopédie Philosophique, edited by Kristanek, Maxime, 2017. http://encyclo-philo.fr/desir-gp/.
    Published
  7. Lauria, Federico. "Désir (Avancé)/ Desire (Advanced)". In L'Encyclopédie Philosophique, edited by Kristanek, Maxime, 2017. https://encyclo-philo.fr/desir-a/.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Lauria, Federico. "Affective Responses to Music: An Affective Science Perspective". Philosophies 8 2 (2023): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/philosophies8020016.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/philosophies8020016
  2. Lauria, Federico; Preissmann, D.. "What Does Emotion Teach Us About Self-Deception? Affective Neuroscience in Support of Non-Intentionalism". The Ethics Forum/Les Ateliers de l'Ethique (2019): https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ateliers/.
    In press
  3. Lauria, Federico. "Emotions et musique: L'approche des sciences cognitives". Choisir, Revue culturelle d'information et de réflexion 686 (2018): https://www.choisir.ch/la-revue/item/3055-sommaire-n-686.
    Published
  4. Lauria, F.; Preissmann, D.; Clément, F.. "Self-deception as affective coping. An empirical perspective on philosophical issues". Consciousness and Cognition 41 (2016): 119-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959215831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.concog.2016.02.001
  5. Lauria, Federico. "‘L’oeil du devoir-être’ – La conception déontique de l’intentionnalité du désir et les modes intentionnels". Studia philosophica 75 (2016): 67-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24894/stph-fr.2016.75006.
    Published • 10.24894/stph-fr.2016.75006
Magazine article
  1. Lauria, Federico. "What is a Desire?", Oxford University Press Magazine, 2019
  2. Lauria, Federico. "Donn'Anna Luna, l'auto-duperie et la mort", Journal du Théâtre de Carouge, 2015, http://tcag.ch/fileadmin/datas/15-16/8_La_Vie/La_Vie_journal_HD_V2.pdf.
Online resource
  1. Lauria, Federico. Peut-on désirer ce que l'on possède déjà?. 2014. https://www.rts.ch/decouverte/monde-et-societe/philosophie/6516094-peut-on-desirer-ce-qu-on-possede-deja-.html.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Federico, Lauria. ""The logic of the liver": a deontic view of the intentionality of desire". 2014. https://doi.org/10.13097/ARCHIVE-OUVERTE/UNIGE:78839.
    10.13097/ARCHIVE-OUVERTE/UNIGE:78839
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/08 Interest and Curiosity as the Affective Springs of Inquiry: The Chiaroscuro Epistemic Emotions LanCog Research Seminar
University of Lisbon
2023 Musical Contagion and the Metaphorical Mind: A New Cognitivist Account (accepted) European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
University of Vienna
2023 Musical Contagion and the Metaphorical Mind: A New Cognitivist Account (accepted) European Society for Aesthetics
University of Budapest
2023 Interest and Curiosity as the Affective Springs of Inquiry: A Typology of Epistemic Emotions (accepted) Consortium of European Research on Emotions
University of Haifa
2023 Musical Contagion and the Metaphorical Mind: A New Cognitivist Account (accepted) European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Czech Academy of Sciences
2023 Musical Contagion and the Metaphorical Mind: A New Cognitivist Proposal (accepted) European Society for Aesthetics
University of Budapest
2022/10/27 Interest and Curiosity as the Affective Springs of Inquiry: The Chiaroscuro Epistemic Emotions VII Brazilian Society for Analytic Philosophy Conference
PUC-Rio (Brazil)
2022/07/01 Desires are not motivational states: The argument of satisfaction conditions Argument Rodizio
University of Lisbon
2022/06/10 The Affective Neuroscience Approach to Self-Deception European Consortium of Emotion Research
University of Granada
2022/03/31 Sad Music: What is it? Does it make us feel sad? Why do we like it? Research seminar on Melodrama
University of Milan
2021 Interest and the Affective Springs of Inquiry: The 'Chiaroscuro' Epistemic Emotions Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva
2020 Interest and the Affective Springs of Inquiry: An Affective Approach to Regulative Epistemology Cognitive Science Lecture Series
University of Neuchâtel, Cognitive Science Center
2020 Musical Emotions and the Metaphorical Mind: What Emotions Teach Us About Music LanCog Research Seminar
University of Lisbon
2020 Self-Deception and the Selectivity Problem: The Affective Neuroscience Solution European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
University of Utrecht
2019/03/11 Self-Deception and the Selectivity Problem: The Affective Filter View Solution Mind and Brain Research Group
New York University, Philosophy Department (NYC)
2019 Self-Deception, the Selectivity Problem, and Affective Bias European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
University of Athens
2019 Fooling Ourselves: Emotion, Belief-Formation, and Well-Being Workshop on Emotions
City University of New York
2018/09/04 What Is the Role of Emotion in Self-Deception? The Affective Filter View in Support of Non-Intentionalism Italian Society of Analytic Philosophy
University of Orient Piedmont (Novara)
2017/10/27 The Affective Filter View of Self-Deception: A New Non-Intentionalist Account Self-Deception: What It Is and What It Is Worth
University of Basel (Basel)
2017/08/26 Hope as Desiring the Probable: A Defense of the Classical Conception European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Munich)
2016/10/26 Music and Tears in the Eyes. The Paradox of Sad Music from a Cognitive Science Perspective Congress "Aesthetics of Emotions: Arts and Cognitive Science"
University of Milan (Milan)
2016/10/20 The Cognitive Science of Sad Music Aesthetics of Emotions Research Seminar
University of Milan (Milan)
2016/10/13 The Philosophy of Musical Emotions Aesthetics of Emotions Research Seminar
University of Milan (Milan)
2016/10/06 Issues in the Cognitive Science of Emotion Aesthetics of Emotions Research Seminar
University of Milan (Milan)
2016/08/12 Interest and the Affective Spring of Inquiry: The 'Chiaroscuro' Epistemic Emotion European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
University of St Andrews (St Andrews)
2016/05/29 Modes of Intentionality. What Are They? And What Can We Do With Them? Modes/Contents. Exploring Psychological States Through the Mode vs. Content Distinction
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2016/03/22 Affective Osmosis with Music and Metaphors of Values: What Emotions Teach Us About Music Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America Research Seminar
Columbia University, Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America (NYC)
2015/12/17 Self-Deception as Affective Coping Beliefs that Feel Good
University of Basel (Basel)
2015/10/29 Self-Deception as Affective Coping. An Empirical Perspective to Philosophical Issues Cognitive Science Center Series
Cognitive Science Center, University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel)
2015/10/14 What Emotions Teach Us About Music. The Musical Challenge to Cognitivism International Conference on Emotions and Music
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva (Geneva)
2015/09/24 Self-Deception as Affective Coping. An Affective Approach to Self-Deception Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2015/07/09 Self-Deception: An Emotional Approach International Society for Research on Emotion
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva (Geneva)
2015/06/18 Hope as Desiring the Probable. In Defense of the Classical Conception Congrès de la Société de Philosophie Analytique
University of Montreal (Montreal)
2015/05/26 Interest and Epistemic Emotions Cognitive Science Center Seminar
Cognitive Science Center, University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel)
2015/02/26 Character and Situationism. From Character to Issues to Personal Agency Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2014/09/02 Hope, Desire, and Probability. A Defense of the Classical Conception European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
University of Bucharest (Bucharest)
2014/05/04 The Situationist Boomerang Graduate Conference on Moral Psychology
State University of New York Albany (Albany)
2014/03/27 Emotions, Evaluations, and Desire Consortium of European Research on Emotions
Humboldt University Berlin (Berlin)
2014/03/14 What is Hope? Desire, Probability, and Conjecture Global Conference on Hope
Prague University (Prague)
2013/09/26 The Situationist Boomerang Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2013/09/22 La logique du coeur. Introduction à la philosophie analytique des émotions Etats Généraux de la Philosophie
Groupe Vaudois de Philosophie (Lausanne)
2013/08/09 Why The Situationist Challenge to Character Fails International Conference on Persons
Lund University (Lund)
2013/08/07 Comments on A. Cashio "Embracing a Personalist Approach to Environmental Philosophy" and J. Bell "Towards a Methodology Against Genocide" International Conference on Persons
Lund University (Lund)
2013/08/04 Emotions, Evaluations, and Desires International Society for Research on Emotions
University of California Berkeley (Berkeley)
2013/06/05 The Logic of the Liver. The Deontic Conception of Desire Research Seminar "Norms"
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon (Lyon)
2013/05/10 Why the Situationist Challenge to Character Backfires Is There Anything Like Moral Character and Virtue?
University of Gdansk (Gdansk)
2013/04/13 Why the Situationist Challenge to Character Backfires Conference on Value Inquiry: Character, Virtue, and Vice
Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green)
2012/12/13 The Rationality of Desire. Comments on Peter Railton Thumos Session with Peter Railton
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2012/08/26 Fit, Fit, Fit, and Fit. On Direction of Fit European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Institute of Philosophy, London (London)
2012/07/03 Sentimental Identity Ethics and the Architecture of Personal Dispositions
Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris)
2012/06/28 Desires and Ought-to-Be. The Deontic View of Desire The Nature of Desire
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2012/06/15 Emotion Theory: The Role of Desire Workshop on Emotion Theory
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva (Collex-Bossy)
2012/06/08 On the Intentionality of Desire. Motivating the Deontic Conception Swiss Philosophy Graduate Workshop
University of Fribourg (Coglio)
2012/05/05 Direction of Fit and Modes of Intentionality Société de Philosophie Analytique
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (Paris)
2012/04/19 On a Whim Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2011/11/24 The Deontic View of Desire and the Death of Desire Principle Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2010/11/25 Direction of Fit and Intentional Modes: Lessons from Brentano Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2010/06/16 Conative Voluntarism and Norms of Desire Swiss Philosophy Graduate Workshop
University of Fribourg (Coglio)
2010/05/04 Desire and World-to-Mind Direction of Fit Research Seminar
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2010/03/23 Desires, Goals, and the Reward System Annual Research Forum
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/10/17 Character Research Seminar
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2009/10/15 Character Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/10/09 Self and Identification Research Seminar
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2009/10/08 Self and Identification Thumos Research Seminar
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/10/02 Desiring that p. Desire, Satisfaction, and Motivation Pro*Doc Colloquium "Mind and Reality"
Swiss Doctoral School of Philosophy (Ovronnaz)
2009/09/05 Who Do You Think You Are? Character and Personality Société de Philosophie Analytique
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/09/04 Desiring that p. Desire, Satisfaction, and Motivation Société de Philosophie Analytique
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/07/03 Are Desires Practical Reasons? Desires and World-to-Mind Direction of Fit Workshop with John McDowell
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2009/03/27 Qui sommes-nous? Le moi, le caractère et la personnalité. Phileas Conference Series
University of Geneva (Geneva)
2009/01/16 Who Do You Think You Are? Self, Character, and Personality for Self-Evaluative Purposes Conference "Self-Evaluation - Individual and Collective"
University of Basel (Basel)
2008/09/24 The Heart's Logic vs. The Liver's Logic. Why Desire Cannot Be Our Experience of Values Pro*Doc Colloquium "Mind, Normativity, Self, and Properties"
Swiss Graduate School in Philosophy (Ovronnaz)
2008/08/25 The Heart's Logic vs. The Liver's Logic. Why Desire Cannot Be Our Experience of Values European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
University of Krakow (Krakow)
2008/07/07 Are Values Like Colors? The Way Response-Dependent Properties Exist and the Acquaintance of Value Colloque des Jeunes Chercheurs, Société de Philosophie Analytique
University of Tunis (Tunis)
2008/05/09 Experience of Value and Value Judgments Research Colloquium
University of Fribourg (Firbourg)
2008/05/05 Are Values Like Colors? The Way Response-Dependent Properties Exist and the Acquaintance of Value Eidos/Logos Workshop
University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
2008/04/11 Desire, Second-Order Desire, and Values Philosophy Research Seminar
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
2008/04/03 The Heart's Logic vs. The Liver's Logic. Why Desire Cannot Be Our Experience of Values Annual Research Forum
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva (Geneva)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Phenomenology of Moods
Supervisor
2022 - Current Delusions
Supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Conference "Musical Emotions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" (2019)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Columbia University in the City of New York - Center for Science and Society, United States
2015 - Current Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion (2015)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2014 - Current Workshop on Desire (2014)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2013 - Current Workshop "Intuitions - with Elijah Chudnoff" (2013)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
2013 - Current Organisation of the weekly Phileas Conference Series (2013)
Conference
 Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2012 - Current Conference "The Nature of Desire" (2012)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2009 - Current Workshop "Emotion and Perception" (2009) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2008 - 2016 Co-organisation of the Thumos Weekly Seminar, University of Geneva (2008)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2014/09/22 - Current Oxford Summer School "Powers, Perception, and Agency"
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2012 - Current Several philosophical presentations ("Who are we?"; "Emotion"; "Is the World Real?") in High Schools in Geneva
Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2010 - Current Activities on emotions, Geneva Botanical Garden
Exhibition
 Emotions et botanique
University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2015 Jury and tutor for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Geneva David Furrer; Stefan Freivogel; Michele Ombrato (Master)
University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2006 - Current Founder of Orphi (association for students in philosophy of the University of Lausanne) Founder
2008 - 2019 Thumos: A Research Group on Emotions, Norms, and Values (University of Geneva) Member and Coordinator
2013 - 2016 Phrontis: A research group on attention, interest, and epistemic emotions (University of Neuchâtel, Basel, and Geneva)
2008 - 2014 Exre: A centre of research for mind and normativity (University of Fribourg) Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2015 - 2019 Member of the Scientific Board of L'Encyclopédie Philosophique (the main philosophical encyclopaedia in French)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2014 - Current International Society for Research on Emotion Swiss Center for Affective Sciences

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Scientific consultant for the manuscript David Huron (in press), The Science of Sadness: A New Understanding of Emotion, MIT Press, A+, 499pp.
2022 - Current Review of the manuscript of a book for Oxford University Press
2020 - Current Scientific consultant for a project on music and digital literacy Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
2020 - Current Scientific Consulting for a Project on Perception, Attention, and Control Hoso Daigaku - Tokyo Bunkyo Gakushu Center, Japan

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03/01 - Current Aesthetic and Philosophy of Art: Aesthetics and Emotions MA/PhD Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 - Current What is the Mind? Representation, Consciousness, and Emotion Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - Current Philosophy of Mind: Representation, Consciousness, and Emotion MA/PhD Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - Current The Cognitive Science of Interest and Curiosity Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2020 - Current The Cognitive Science of Desire Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2020 - Current Music and Emotions, Interdisciplinary Style: The Musical Challenge to Appraisal Theory PhD/Post-docs University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2019 - Current Fallacies! An Introduction to Critical Thinking New York Film Academy, United States
2015/10/14 - Current Lecture: The Logic of the Heart. What is the Philosophy of Emotion and Why Is It Important? Doctoral and Postdoctoral School in Affective Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Geneva - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Switzerland
2015/02/15 - 2015/06/30 Seminar: The Philosophy of Emotion Introduction to Philosophy of Emotion (Bachelor) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2015/05/11 - 2015/05/11 Lecture: Emotions and Music Emotions (Master) Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2015/05/05 - 2015/05/05 Lecture: Interest and Epistemic Emotions Cognitive Science Seminar (Master) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2015/04/03 - 2015/04/03 Lecture: Desire The Philosophy of Emotion and Affective Sciences (Master) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2014/09/15 - 2014/12/31 Seminar: Nature and Ethics of Self-Deception Nature and Ethics of Self-Deception (Master) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2014/09/15 - 2014/12/31 Seminar: The Moral Psychology of Death The Moral Psychology of Death (Master) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2014/10/05 - 2014/10/05 Lecture: Introduction to Self-Deception and Motivated Irrationality Aberrant Beliefs (Master) Universität Basel, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/31 Workshop: Philosophical Methodology Workshop: Philosophical Methodology (kandidatexaman) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/31 Workshop: Writing Workshop: Writing (kandidatexaman) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/30 Workshop: Logic and Argumentation Workshop: Logic and Argumentation (kandidatexaman) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/15 Course: Introduction to philosophy and its history Philosophy (kandidatexaman) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004/08/15 - 2014/07/15 Workshop: Text Analysis Workshops: Text Analysis (kandidatexaman) Prep School of Lausanne, Switzerland
2014/02/15 - 2014/06/30 Course: Self-Deception and Irrationality Self-Deception and Irrationality (Bachelor) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2014/02/15 - 2014/06/30 Course: The Philosophy of Death The Philosophy of Death (Bachelor) University of Neuchâtel - Cognitive Science Center, Switzerland
2010/05/06 - 2010/05/06 Seminar: Desire, Belief, and Direction of Fit Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Mind (Master) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2009/02/15 - 2009/06/30 Seminar: Introduction to Aesthetics Introduction to Aesthetics (Bachelor) Université de Genève Département de Philosophie, Switzerland
2009/02/15 - 2009/06/30 Course: The Philosophy of the Self The Philosophy of the Self (Master) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2008/09/15 - 2008/12/31 Seminar: The Self The Self (Bachelor) Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2015 - 2019 Reviewing for peer-reviewed journals: Philosophical Studies; Review of Philosophy and Psychology; Pacific Quarterly; Australasian Journal of Philosophy; Philosophical Explorations; Emotion Review; Ethics Forum/Ateliers de l'Ethique.
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2017 Interview on the philosophy of death Swiss National Science Foundation Magazine "Horizons"
2013 Interview about desire, "Les mystères du désir", Tribune de Genève (main newspaper in Geneva) Tribune de Genève

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2016 - Current Scientific Guest in the Radio Broadcast on desire, “Vacarme: Vos désirs font-ils désordre?”, Radio Suisse Romande 1 (Main Swiss Radio Channel) Desire (“Vacarme: Vos désirs font-ils désordre?”)
2015 - Current Participation to the Radio Broadcast on Love and Heartache, “La Croisée des Chemins: la rupture amoureuse”, Radio Cité Genève Love and Heartache
2015 - Current Interview for the Master Thesis Documentary "Emotions and the Mind" Emotion

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2008 - 2019 Dialectica (International Journal of Philosophy and Official Organ of the European Society of Analytic Philosophy)
Distinctions

Award

2020 Visiting Fellowship of the Center for Philosophical Psychology
Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
2020 Critical Thinking Instructor
New York Film Academy, United States
2020 FCT Assistant Researcher Fellowship
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Filosofia, Portugal
2018 Fellowship The Cogito Foundation (extension)
Columbia University in the City of New York - Center for Science and Society, United States
2017 Fellowship The Cogito Foundation (seed grant)
2016 Fellowship Aesthetics of Emotions: Arts and Cognitive Science
2015 Fellowship Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
2014 Fellowship Early Postdoc Mobility, Swiss National Science Foundation
2011 Fellowship Young Researcher, Swiss National Science Foundation
2008 Prize Gruppo Esponenti Italiani (Best scientific contribution among Italian Citizens)
Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland

Title

2014 Doctor in Philosophy
Université de Genève Faculté des lettres, Switzerland

Other distinction

2011 Selected for the International Contest on Cicero's Translation and Commentary, Arpino
2001 Selected for the Swiss Contest of Latin Translation