MAURO ROSSI, PhD - Répertoire des professeurs

MAURO ROSSI, PhD
Département de Philosophie
Université du Québec à Montréal
Case Postale 8888, Succursale Centre Ville
Phone : +1-514-987-3000 #7807
Montréal QC Canada H3C 3P3
[email protected]
AOS: Ethics (Meta-ethics, Normative Ethics, Normative Psychology), Philosophy of Economics.
AOC: Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind.
EMPLOYMENT
2014-…
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Associate Professor
2010-2014
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Assistant Professor
2008-2010
Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉUM)
Postdoctoral Fellow
EDUCATION
2003-2009
London School of Economics
PhD in Philosophy
“Interpersonal Utility Comparisons: The Epistemological Problem”
(Supervisor: Professor Richard Bradley)
2008
Rutgers University
Visiting Student (one semester)
2005
Australian National University
Visiting Student (one semester)
2002-2003
London School of Economics
MSc in Economics and Philosophy with Distinction
1996-2001
University of Parma
Diploma di Laurea (BSc) in Economics and Commerce
110/110 summa cum laude with special mention from the examination board
OTHER ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2016-2017
Pompeu Fabra University
Visiting Research Scholar
2009-2010
McGill University
Invited Lecturer
2009-2010
University of Montreal
Teaching Fellow
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PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
(2016) “The Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Value Relations and the Preferences vs. Value Judgments
Objection”, accepted for publication in Economics and Philosophy.
(2016) “The Problem of Predation in Zoopolis” (with Andrée-Anne Cormier), forthcoming in the Journal of
Applied Philosophy.
(2016) “Value and Preference Relations: Are They Symmetric?”, Utilitas, 28(3): 239-253.
(2016) “Virtue, Happiness, and Wellbeing” (with Christine Tappolet), The Monist, 99(2): 112-127.
(2015) “Emotions and Wellbeing” (with Christine Tappolet), Topoi, 34(2): 461-474.
(2014) “Simulation Theory and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons Reconsidered”, Synthese, 191(6): 11851210.
(2014) “Sur la symétrie présumée entre valeurs et préférences”, Les ateliers de l’éthique / The Ethics
Forum, 9(2): 82-98.
(2011) “Transcendental Arguments and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”, Economics and Philosophy,
27(3): 273-295.
(2011) “L’éthique de la vertu et le critère de l’action correcte” (with Martin Gibert), Dialogue 50(2): 367390.
(2011) “Degrees of Preference and Degrees of Preference Satisfaction”, Utilitas, 23(3): 316-323.
(2009) “Comparing Preferences”, Humana.mente, 10: 93-110.
BOOK CHAPTERS
(2016) “The Evolutionary Debunker Meets Sentimental Realism” (with Christine Tappolet), forthcoming in
G. Marchetti and S. Marchetti (eds.), Facts and Values: The Ethics and Metaphysics of Normativity.
London: Routledge.
(2015) “What is Value? Where Does It Come From? A Philosophical Perspective” (with Christine
Tappolet), in J. Deonna, T. Brosch and D. Sander (eds.), The Value Handbook: The Affective Sciences of
Values and Valuation, pp. 3-22. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
NON PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
(2016) “Présentation du dossier: L’éthique animale”, Ithaque, 18: 53-57.
(2012) "Normativity and Normative Psychology: Introduction", Les ateliers de l’éthique / The Ethics Forum,
7: 141-145.
EDITED JOURNAL ISSUES
(2012) Rossi, M. (ed.) Les ateliers de l’éthique / The Ethics Forum. Special volume on: “Normativity and
Normative Psychology”, 7: 141-252.
(2009) Rossi, M. & Beritelli, L. (eds.) Humana.mente. Special volume on: “Philosophy of Economics”, 10:
1-240.
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BOOK REVIEWS
(2013) Review of Susana Nuccetelli and Gary Seay (eds.), Ethical Naturalism: Current Debates,
Dialectica, 67(2): 257-264.
BOOKS IN PREPATION
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An Affective Theory of Happiness (with Christine Tappolet)
ARTICLES IN PREPARATION
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“A Dilemma for the Attitudinal Theorist” (with Christine Tappolet)
“A New Evaluativist Theory of Happiness” (with Christine Tappolet)
“A Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Value Degrees”
“Emotions and the Self” (with Christine Tappolet) (invited contribution for The Routledge Handbook
on Emotion Theory, edited by A. Scarantino)
“Bonheur” (invited contribution for L’encyclopédie philosophique)
“Primauté des raisons ou des valeurs ?” (invited contribution for the book Méta-éthique, edited by S.
Lemaire and P. Turmel)
CONFERENCES
A.
Invited Presentations
November 2015
“Mors tua, vita mea: le problème de la prédation animale”
Conference series Travaux en cours, UQAM.
October 2015
“The Problem of Predation in Zoopolis”
Workshop “Au-delà de l’éthique humaine”, University of Montreal.
June 2015
“Well-Being, Happiness, and Virtue”
Workshop on Analytic Perspectives in Value Theory, SOPhA 2015, UQAM.
May 2015
“The Possibility of Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”
A Conference in Honor of Daniel Hausman, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
May 2015
”Happiness, Pleasures, and Emotions”
Workshop on Normativity and Metaethics, University of Montreal.
Janvier 2015
”Bonheur d’occasion”
Conference series Travaux en cours, UQAM.
December 2014
“Happiness, Emotions, and Value”
II Workshop on Naturalism: Methodological Challenges,
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil.
June 2014
“Sulla presunta simmetria tra valori e preferenze”,
Università di Bologna.
May 2014
“Value and Preference Relations: Are They Symmetric?”
Uppsala University.
May 2014
“Value and Preference Relations: Are They Symmetric?”
Stockholm University.
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February 2014
“Value and Preference Relations: Are They Symmetric?”
Workshop on Attitudes, Values and Environment, University of Montreal.
November 2013
“Well-Being, Preference Satisfaction, and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”,
Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series, McGill University.
June 2013
“What is Well-Being?”
VIII Congresso Internacional de Filosofia, Unicentro, Guarapuava, Brazil.
May 2013
“Well-Being, Preference Satisfaction, and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”
Congrès 2013 de l’ACFAS/SPQ, Université Laval, Québec City.
May 2012
“A Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Comparative Value”
Canadian Philosophical Association 2012 Congress, University of Waterloo.
May 2012
“A Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Comparative Value”
SOPhA 2012, ENS and Université de Paris 1.
July 2011
“Degrees of Preference Satisfaction”
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy of Economics, Rotterdam.
November 2010
“On Kamm’s Principle of Irrelevant Utilities”
Workshop on Hirose’s book “Moral Aggregation”, UQAM.
May 2010
“L’éthique de la vertu et l’objection de la défaillance” (with Martin Gibert)
Congrès 2010 de l’ACFAS/SPQ, University of Montreal.
March 2010
“Comparing Preferences”
GRIN Conference Series, University of Montreal.
January 2010
“Satisfaction des préférences et bien-être individuel”
UQAM.
January 2009
“Degrees of Preference Satisfaction”
University of Toronto.
February 2007
“The Meaning and Measurement of Preference Satisfaction”
Choice Group, LSE.
November 2005
“Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility”
Choice Group, LSE.
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Refereed Presentations
July 2015
“Are Sensory Pleasures Happiness-Constituting States?”
International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE) 2015,
University of Geneva.
May 2014
“Value and Preference Relations: Are They Symmetric?”
Formal Ethics 2014, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
June 2013
“Well-Being, Preference Satisfaction, and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”
XI. Conference of The International Network for Economic Method,
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy of Economics, Rotterdam.
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June 2011
“Transcendental Arguments and Interpersonal Utility Comparisons”
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11 Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies,
Università di Pisa.
July 2008
“Interpersonal Utility Comparisons. The Epistemological Problem”
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2 Workshop on Decisions, Games and Logic,
University of Amsterdam.
June 2008
“Mirroring and Mindreading. A Theory Theory Perspective”
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12 BPPA, Kent University.
June 2008
“Mirroring and Mindreading. A Theory Theory Perspective”
Philosophy of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Biology, University of Edinburgh.
June 2008
“Mirroring and Mindreading. A Theory Theory Perspective”
Open Minds, University of Manchester.
September 2007
“The Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility”
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5 Meeting of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy,
University of Barcelona.
August 2007
“The Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility”
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13 International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
July 2007
“The Meaning and Measurement of Preference Satisfaction”
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11 BPPA, University of East Anglia.
June 2007
“Can Functionalism Rescue Interpersonal Utility Comparisons?”
Open Minds, University of Manchester.
July 2006
“Two Platitudes about Interpersonal Comparisons”
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10 NPAPC, University of Warwick.
June 2006
“Two Platitudes about Interpersonal Comparisons”
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3 Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy,
University of Lisbon.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2016-2021
SSHRC** GRANT
Insight Grant
(178 025 CAD)
Well-Being: A Philosophical Exploration
(with Christine Tappolet (University of Montreal),
principal applicant; and Sarah Stroud (McGill
University))
2014-2019
FRQSC* GRANT
Strategic Cluster Program
(1 152 000 CAD)
Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ),
(with Christine Tappolet (University of Montreal),
principal applicant; and the CRÉ members)
2013-2017
FRQSC* GRANT
Research Team Support
Program
(400 400 CAD)
Penser la normativité: une étude philosophique
(with Christine Tappolet (University of Montreal),
principal applicant; and the GRIN members)
2012-2015
FRQSC* GRANT
Comparing Preferences
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Start-up Program for New
Research Professors
(39 354 CAD)
2011-2014
SSHRC** GRANT
Insight Grant
(59 950 CAD)
The Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Value: Historical and
Contemporary Issues.
(Principal applicant, with Christine Tappolet (University
of Montreal) and Jonas Olson (Stockholm University))
2010-2011
GRANT OF THE FACULTY OF The Fitting-Attitude Analysis of Value: Historical and
HUMAN SCIENCES (UQAM)
Contemporary Issues
(8 000 CAD)
2009-2011
FRQSC* GRANT
Research Team Support
Program
(70 400 CAD)
La nature de la normativité: une approche
transversale
(with Christine Tappolet (University of Montréal),
principal applicant; and the GRIN members))
* FRQSC: Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (Quebec Research Fund – Society and
Culture)
** SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2006-2007
Popper Prize
Awarded for my work on interpersonal utility
comparisons.
2005-2008
LSE Research Studentship
PhD Studentship awarded by the Department of
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method.
2005-2006
Lakatos Scholarship
For distinguished achievement in an area of philosophy
to which Imre Lakatos made significant contributions.
2004-2007
AHRC Scholarship
Scholarship awarded by the Arts and Humanities
Research Council.
2003-2004
LSE Research Studentship
PhD Studentship awarded by the Department of
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method..
2003
‘Andrea Mannu’ Prize
Awarded to the student with the best exam
performance, amongst the MSc in Philosophy of the
Social Sciences, MSc in Philosophy, Policy and Social
Value and MSc in Philosophy and Economics.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses taught at the University of Quebec in Montreal
PHI 1009
Introduction to Ethics
Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
PHI 3506
Meta-ethics
Fall 2010, Fall 2012
PHI 3516
Problems in Ethics
Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2016
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PHI 3518
Philosophy of Economics
Winter 2014
PHI 3525
Ethical Theory
Winter 2015
PHI 4052
Problems in Economic and Social
Ethics
Fall 2012
PHI 8091
Philosophy of Human and Social
Sciences (Master Seminar)
Fall 2014 (joint to PHI 9017)
PHI 8281
Ethics (Master Seminar)
Winter 2014 (joint to PHI 9023), Fall 2015 (joint
to PHI 9023)
PHI 9017
PhD Seminar in Philosophy of the
Social Sciences
Winter 2013, Fall 2014 (joint to PHI 8091)
PHI 9023
PhD Seminar in Ethics
Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2014 (joint to
PHI 8281), Fall 2015 (joint to PHI 8281)
Courses taught at the University of Montreal
PHI 3625
Problems in Ethics
Fall 2009
Courses taught at McGill University
PHI 204
Political Philosophy I
Fall 2009
Courses taught at the London School of Economics
PHI 203
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
(Teaching Assistant)
Academic Year 2005-2006
PHI 211
Philosophy of Economics
(Teaching Assistant)
Academic Year 2004-2005
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
A.
Postdoctoral Students
1.
Naar, Hichem “Attitudes Towards Persons: Their Nature and Role in Rational Thought and Agency”,
CRÉ - Centre de recherche en éthique, 2015-2016.
B.
Current Master Students
1.
Gélinas, Gabriel “Le rôle des jugements de valeur dans la motivation humaine”, Département de
philosophie, UQAM.
Tremblay, Mélissa “Les conséquentialistes peuvent-ils être de bons amis?”, Département de
philosophie, UQAM.
Turbide, Léa “Le problème de la prédation animale et les approches relationnelles”, Département de
philosophie, UQAM.
Stabile, Louis-Philippe, “L’objection épistémique au conséquentialisme”, Département de philosophie,
UQAM.
Caron, Samuel, “Les indicateurs économiques: enjeux éthiques et politiques”, Département de
philosophie, UQAM.
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Iannuzzi, Hugo “L’immortalité est-elle désirable ?”, Département de philosophie, UQAM.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
A.
Organisation
May 2017
Co-organiser (with Greg Mikkelson and Valéry Giroux) of the conference:
“Convergences and Divergences between Animal and Environmental Ethics”, at the
Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ).
February 2017
Co-organiser (with Sarah Stroud and Christine Tappolet) of the workshop: “Well-being,
normativity and « good for »”, at the Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ).
April 2016
Organiser of the Colloque Fodar 2016 (UQAM-UQTR Graduate Conference), at
UQAM.
May 2013
Co-organiser (with Christine Tappolet) of the workshop: “Normativity and Attitudes”, at
the University of Montreal.
May 2013
Organiser of the workshop: “Questions de normativité” (“Issues in Normativity”), at the
2013 Congress of the Quebec Philosophy Society (SPQ), at Laval University.
November 2010
Organiser of the workshop on Iwao Hirose’s book: “Moral Aggregation”, at UQAM.
2008-2010
Organiser of the reading group on ‘Moral Psychology’ at the Centre for Research in
Ethics of the University of Montreal (CRÉUM).
2005-2006
Organiser of the PhD Seminar Series for philosophy students at the London School of
Economics (LSE).
2004-2007
Organiser and coordinator of the reading group on ‘Rationality, Reasons, and Values’,
at the London School of Economics (LSE).
B.
Refereeing
Referee for the following journals: Economics and Philosophy (three times), Theoria (two times),
Erkenntnis, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, The Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, The
Journal of Economic Methodology, The Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics (three
times), Res Philosophica, Les ateliers de l’éthique (seven times), Humana.mente.
Referee (twice) for the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC). [Each time, I
evaluated and ranked about 20 PhD scholarship applications.]
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Other Services
2016-…
Member of the Board of Directors of The Canadian Philosophical Association
2015-…
Member of the Board of Referees of Les ateliers de l’éthique / The Ethics Forum
2015-…
Member of CRÉ (Centre de recherche en éthique)'s Administrative Council
2013-…
Responsible for the research area “Normativity and Psychology”, for the Interuniversity
Research Group on Normativity (GRIN)
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2012-…
Member of the Conference Committee for the Interuniversity Research Group on
Normativity (GRIN)
2012-…
Treasurer for the Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPhA)
2012-2014
Program Committee Member of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA)
D.
Academic Committees
2015-2016
Member of the Hiring Committee for a position in History of Modern Philosophy
(Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2015-2016
Member of the Library Committee (Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2014-2016
Member of the Administrative Committee of the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ)
2014-2016
Graduate Studies Director (Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2012-2016
Member of the Graduate Studies Committee (Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2012-2014
Member of the Introduction Courses Committee (Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2012-2013
Member of the Hiring Committee for a position in Ethics and Social Philosophy
(Philosophy Department, UQAM)
2011-2014
Member of the Communication Committee of the Faculty of Human Sciences (UQAM)
2010-2014
Member of the Program Committee of the Undergraduate Program in Secondary
Education, concentration in Ethics and Religious Culture
2010-2012
Member of the Conference Committee (Philosophy Department, UQAM)
NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2014-…
Member of the Council of Peers at Ashoka, Social Financial Services.
LANGUAGES
Italian
English
French
Native
Fluent (speaking, reading, writing)
Fluent (speaking, reading, writing)
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