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Rafael Augusto Coelho do Nascimento. Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy in 2024/06/30 by The University of Edinburgh (School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences), Masters in Cognitive Science in 2016/06/23 by Universidade de Lisboa (Faculdades de Ciências, Psicologia, Letras, e Medicina), and Licenciatura in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies in 2012/06/28 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras. Published 2 articles in journals. Has 4 book(s). Organized 2 event(s). Participates and/or participated as Master Student Fellow in 1 financed project(s) and PhD Student Fellow in 1 financed project(s). Works in the area(s) of Humanities with emphasis on Philosophy and Cognitive Science. 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: high-order cognition; intuition; reasoning; conscious thought; consciousness; perception; philosophy; cognitive science; psychology; dual-process theories; controlled and automatic processes.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael Augusto Coelho do Nascimento

Citation names

  • Rafael Augusto
  • Rafael Augusto Coelho do Nascimento
  • Rafael Nascimento
  • Rafael Coelho do Nascimento

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC18-A9E7-21D5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3500-0118

Email addresses

  • rcoelho@ed.ac.uk (Professional)
  • rafael.nascimento@live.com.pt (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 967257681 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/07/01 - 2024/06/30
Concluded
 Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, United Kingdom
"The Thinking Animal: From Automatic-Nonconscious Processes To Controlled-Conscious Thought" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 No corrections
2012/10/23 - 2016/06/23
Concluded
 Cognitive Science (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"A relação inconsciente-consciente na produção do pensamento consciente" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2009/10/28 - 2012/06/28
Concluded
 Portuguese and Lusophone Studies (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/03/18 - 2017/06/18 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
University of Sussex Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/12 - 2025/01/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, United Kingdom

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/10 - 2020/05/31 English Teacher Helen Doron Portugal, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - 2024/06/30 How did the abilities associated with S2 emerge from S1’s pre-existing components? A Functional Mechanism for Reflexive Thinking
SFRH/BD/147432/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/03/18 - 2017/06/18 Erasmus + Internship
2201/PT/2017
Master Student Fellow
University of Sussex Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, United Kingdom
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Rafael Augusto. Leonel Coelho, meu avô. Portugal: LAU edições. 2023.
    Published
  2. Nascimento, Rafael. Fragmentos de Verdade. Portugal: Alêtheia. 2016.
  3. Rafael Augusto. O Livro da Intranquilidade. Portugal: EuEdito. 2012.
    Published
  4. Rafael Augusto. Se a Lua Viesse de Manhã. Portugal: EuEdito. 2010.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Leonel Coelho. Cartas da Prisão: 1970. Allhos Vedros, Portugal: LAU edições. 2024.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Rafael Augusto. "Two Kinds of Process or Two Kinds of Processing? Disambiguating Dual-Process Theories". Review of Philosophy and Psychology 15 (2024): 277-298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-023-00673-1.
    10.1007/s13164-023-00673-1
  2. Suzuki, Keisuke; Schwartzman, David J.; Augusto, Rafael; Seth, Anil K.. "Sensorimotor contingency modulates breakthrough of virtual 3D objects during a breaking continuous flash suppression paradigm". Cognition 187 (2019): 95-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.03.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cognition.2019.03.003
Preface / Postscript
  1. Rafael Augusto. "Preface to the book with the winning short stories for Leonel Coelho's Literary Contest". Preface to Prémio Literário de Conto Leonel Coelho. Alhos Vedros, Portugal: Junta de Freguesia de Alhos Vedros. 2023.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The thinking animal: from automatic-nonconscious processes to controlled-conscious thought". PhD, The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/1842/42638.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/5332
  2. Nascimento, Rafael Augusto Coelho do 1990-. "A relação inconsciente-consciente na produção do pensamento consciente". Master, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/24294.

Artistic / Performance

Musical composition
  1. Rafael Augusto. Mourning Light. 2024.
  2. Rafael Augusto. Meio Cão Meio Deus. CDBaby, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/12 Personal Level Control: conscious states as voices, conscious thought as a conversation 9th National Meeting in Analytic Philosophy
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/03/07 An Orchestra with no Maestro: The All Too Humean Model of Cognition 4th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: 4E's Approaches to the Mind/Brain
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Braga, Portugal)
2023/01/12 An Orchestra with No Maestro: The All Too Humean Model of Cognition Dynamics of Agency: Automaticity, Intentionality, and Change
Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (Helsinki, Finland)
2023 PhD Presentation for Master Students Trip to the Highlands
University of Edinburgh (Inverness, United Kingdom)
2022/12/16 An Orchestra with no Maestro: The All Too Humean Model of Cognition 18th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences
Università di Trento - Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science and Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC (Rovereto, Italy)
2022/09/30 Art and Science: Making Music in Academia European Researcher's Night '22
Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/07 An Orchestra with no Maestro: The All Too Humean Model of Cognition 8th National Meeting in Analytic Philosophy – ENFA 8
University of Porto - Institute of Philosophy (MLAG), Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10/06 Book Presentation (Fragmentos de Verdade) - 7th Album Presentation (Meio Cão Meio Deus) - 6th FOLIO - Festival Internacional Literário de Óbidos
Óbidos Criativa (Óbidos, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
1972/06 - Current Alhos Vedros' book fair organiser (1972)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Academia Musical e Recreativa 8 de Janeiro, Portugal
2021/08/09 - 2021/09/10 10th Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference (2021/08/09 - 2021/08/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/06 - 2022/06 Cognitive Science Society Podcast Coordinator

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09/12 - 2025/01/31 Introduction to Cognitive Science Introduction to Cognitive Science (Bachelor) The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, United Kingdom

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01 Jury in the 1st Leonel Coelho literary contest Junta de Freguesia de Alhos Vedros, Portugal