School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Dr Thomas Giourgas

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Programme
PhD Philosophy
Email
s0672478@sms.ed.ac.uk
Research Interests
Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Moral Psychology, Epistemology, Positive Psychology
Biography

PhD Thesis 

'Well-Being, Education, and Unity of the Soul in Plato'

MSc Dissertation

'The Paradox of Refuting the Socratic Paradoxes'

Education

  • 2008: MSc in Philosophy (with specialisation in ancient philosophy), University of Edinburgh.
  • 2007: MSc in Comparative Public Policy, University of Edinburgh.
  • 2006: BA in Law and Political Science , University of Athens.

Publications and Work in Progress

  1. The Two Conceptions of Knowledge and Diachronic Akrasia in Plato (submitted)
  2. Socratic Elenchus and the Final Aim of Education (under submission)
  3. Aristotle's Rejection of Inverse Akrasia
  4. The Quantitative Character of Eudaimonia and the Role of Hedonism in the Protagoras

Teaching experience

  • 2011-2012 Ethics, "How Should One Live?"
  • 2010-2011 (semester 2) Knowledge and Reality, Epistemology Lectures
  • 2010-2011 (semester 1) Morality, Rationality and Value
  • 2009-2010 (semester 1) Greats-From Plato to the Enlightenment
  • 2009-2010 (semester 2) Morality, Rationality and Value
  • 2008-09 Philosophy 2A, Philosophy 2B, Introduction to Philosophy.

Conferences & Presentations

  • Unity of the Soul in the Protagoras and the Republic, 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, August 2013, Athens, Greece
  • Aristotle on Inverse Akrasia, 2012, Edinburgh University Ancient Philosophy Society
  • The Will: Past and Present, April 2011, University of Southampton
  • Ancient Philosophy PG group, January 2010, Edinburgh. Title: Aristotle and the Socratic Intuition'
  • WiP presentation. March 2010, Edinburgh. Title: 'The Rational Weak-willed agent'
  • University of Edinburgh, October 2010. Title: Aristotle on Akrasia; a Refined Socrates?
  • University of Tubingen, Germany, March 2009; 'Inverse Akrasia'

Prizes and awards

  • 2010-2011 'Lecturer of the Year' EUSA Nominee
  • University of Edinburgh, Department of Philosophy PhD Scholarship.
  • EUSA nomination for 'Tutor of the year' (2009-2010)
  • Nominated as Tutor of the Year (2008-2010)

Memberships

  1. Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
  2. International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)

 

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