Gheorghe Stefanov, Ph. D.


Personal:
Date and place of birth: February 29, 1972, Bucharest;
Nationality: Romanian;
Employer: University of Bucharest;
Job: Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Chair of Theoretical Philosophy and Logic.
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Academic formation:

  • May 2001: Ph. D. in Philosophy, Philosophy Dept. of the University of Bucharest, supervisor: Professor Mircea Flonta.
  • 1996: M. A. in Theoretical Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
  • 1995: B. A. in Philosophy, University of Bucharest.

Work experience:

  • Courses (1999-2006): Critical Thinking, Philosophical Logic, Metalogic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Seminar classes (1995-2006): Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Introduction to Logic, Symbolic Logic, Mathematical Logic, Philosophical Logic, Metalogic, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Analytical Philosophy, Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Since May 2002: Lecturer, Dep. of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
  • February 1998 - May 2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Chair of Theoretical Philosophy and Logic.
  • 1996-1998: Doctoral fellowship and scholarship, University of Bucharest.
  • 1995 - 1996: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Chair of Theoretical Philosophy and Logic.
Area of specialization and research: Philosophy of Language, Symbolic Logic, Wittgenstein, Metaphilosophy.

Publications (for recent papers you should go to Papers):

  • 'Kurt Gödel - Argumentul ontologic', Revista de filosofie, Tomul LV, 1-2, pp. 107-112, Editura Academiei Romane, Bucuresti, 2008.
  • Recenzie asupra lucrarii Explorari logico-filosofice (Bucuresti: Ed. Humanitas, 2004), Revista de filosofie a Academiei Romane, 2005.
  • 'How to be a good philosopher? Are there any rules?', Analele Universitatii Bucuresti - Filosofie, 2004
  • Introducere in teoria cunoasterii stiintifice (Introduction to the Theory of Scientific Knowledge), (Bucuresti: Editura Universitatii Bucuresti, 2004) with Mircea Flonta and Gabriel Nagat
  • 'Are there any natural semantical rules? - A proposal for a critical assessment of some naturalistic alleged solutions to Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations', in (eds.) M. Flonta, G. Stefanov, Ludwig Wittgenstein in the 20th Century Philosophy (Iasi, Polirom, 2001).
  • Teoria Cunoasterii (Epistemology), (Bucuresti: Editura Universitatii Bucuresti, 1999; second edition 2005) with Mircea Flonta and Constantin Stoenescu.
  • 'Wittgenstein's Challenge to the Contemporary Philosophy', in Paul Weingartner, Gerhard Schurtz and Georg Dorn (eds.), The Role of Pragmatics in Contemporary Philosophy: Papers of the 20th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 10-16, 1997, Kirchberg am Wechsel: Volume VII of the series "Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society", (Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, 1997), pp. 915-920.
  • Articles on Incercari vechi si noi de logica neclasica (Grigore C. Moisil), L'experience Microphysique et le pense humaine (Stefan Lupascu), Scrieri alese (Dan Badarau), Du jugement comme acte signifiant (Dan Badarau) in Dictionarul operelor filosofice romanesti (Dictionary of the Romanian Philosophical Works), (Bucuresti: Editura Humanitas, 1997).
  • 'Problema identitatii la Aristotel' ('Aristotle's Problem of Identity'), in Revista de filosofie Krisis, no. 2/1995
  • 'Despre un alt inceput al filosofiei - uchronie conceptuala' ('On Another Beginning of Philosophy - Conceptual Uchrony'), in Revista de filosofie "Krisis", no. 1/1995.
  • 'Despre posibilitatea unei prezentari sistematice a filosofiei lui Blaise Pascal' (On the Possibility of a Systematical Exposition of Blaise Pascal's Philosophy), in Revista de filosofie, (Bucuresti: Editura Academiei Romāne, 1993), no. 2.
Translations into Romanian:
  • Jonathan Dancy & Ernest Sosa (eds.), Dictionar de filosofia cunoasterii (A Companion to Epistemology), (Bucuresti: Editura Trei, vol. 1, 1999, vol 2. 2001), co-translator.
  • A.C. Grayling, Wittgenstein, (Bucuresti: Editura Humanitas, 1996, 2006).
Conferences and other academic activities:
  • 'Propositional Attitudes as Speach Acts', invited conference at the Third International Symposium for Analytical Philosophy, Bucharest, 29-30 May, 2005
  • 'What is it for someone to have unconscious opinions?', invited conference at the Second International Symposium for Analytical Philosophy, Bucharest, 28-29 May, 2004
  • 'Filosofia stiintelor cognitiei - observatii wittgensteineene' (The Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences - Wittgensteinian Observations), invited conference at the 50 Years From the Publication of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations Symposium, Bucharest, 2003
  • 'Looking at One's Own Brain from a Wittgensteinian Point of View', invited conference at the First International Symposium for Analytical Philosophy, Bucharest, 15-17 May, 2003
  • Visiting Academic, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, 15 May - 30 September, 2002
  • 'HyperText Markup Language - An Overview' - invited conference at the International Symposium on Cognitive Science, Bucharest, 15-21 April, 2000.
  • 'Are there any natural semantical rules? - A proposal for a critical assessment of some naturalistic alleged solutions to Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations', invited conference at the Ludwig Wittgenstein in the 20th Century Philosophy international colloquium, Bucharest, 25-26 May 2001.
  • Visiting Academic, Oxford, Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, November-December, 1999.
  • Research Fellowship, Oxford, Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, September-October, 1998.
  • Romanian-Finnish Colloquium on Contemporary Topics in Philosophy of Science, Logic and Cognitive Science, Predeal, April-May 1997, October 1997.
  • Autumn School for Moral Philosophy, Campulung Moldovenesc, September, 1995.
  • The Third Oxford-Prague Undergraduate Philosophy Colloquium, Praga, April, 1995.
  • Autumn School for Political Philosophy, Soveja, September, 1994.
Professional affiliation:
  • Member of the Center for Permanent Education at the University of Bucharest
  • Member of the Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Bucharest
  • Member of the Romanian Society for Analytical Philosophy
  • Founding member of the Krisis Society for Philosophical Dialogue and Reflection
Contact information:
E-mail address: gstefanov_at_gmail.com  
Web address: http://www.fil.unibuc.ro/~stefanov/


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