Professor Maria Baghramian BA, PhD.
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Biography:
| Head of UCD School of Philosophy School of Philosophy, University College Dublin http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/staff/mariabaghramian/ Elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy, March 2010 Chief Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/09672559.html Co-director of Postgraduate Programme in Cognitive Science, UCD http://cogsci.ucd.ie/ Founding Member of Aporo: Irish Network of Irish Philosophical Research http://www.aporo.org/, 2008- Founding Member of Society for Women in Philosophy, Ireland, 2010 |
Research Interests
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research and publications primarily focus on two areas: a) The
choice between objectivity, relativism and pluralism as a solution to the
intractable diversity of beliefs and values - And I am also interested in topics from Cognitive Science, self-deception and neo-Whorfian linguistic relativism in particular, and have published and supervised in these areas. |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council (IRC) Title : Philosophical Revolutions: Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology Start Date / End Date : 01-DEC-12 / 31-MAY-13 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : The Voice in American Philosophy Start Date / End Date : 19-DEC-11 / 31-MAR-12 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Consciousness, Cognition and the Embodied Mind Start Date / End Date : 01-MAY-12 / 31-OCT-13 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : A Late Style for Philosophy in Stanley Cavell and Hilary Putnam Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-10 / 30-SEP-11 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Philosophical Minimalism Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-09 / 30-SEP-10 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : The Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, July 9-12 2010 Start Date / End Date : 03-AUG-09 / 31-JAN-11 |
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| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Strand 2 - Visiting Fellowship Start Date / End Date : 31-DEC-08 / 30-AUG-09 |
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| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Science at the boundaries: A Study of Interdisciplinary Science Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-04 / 30-SEP-05 |
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| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Network of Excellence in Philosophy of Language Start Date / End Date : 01-AUG-06 / 31-JUL-07 |
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Recent Postgraduates
| Ph. D. students supervised to completion
Research Masters Students Supervised to Completion
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Fergal Mc Hugh, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Brian Morrissey, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Patrizia Setola, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Harvey Brockman, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Books
Baghramian, M; (2013) Hilary Putnam: Mind, Language and the World. Oxford: Polity Press.  [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2004) Relativism: The Problems of Philosophy Series. London, New York:: Routledge. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (1999) Modern Philosophy of Language. London: J.M. Dent and Washington. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Baghramian, Maria (2013) 'Relativism' In: Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. New York: Wiley. [Details] |
| Marija Bagramjana (2012) 'Reliģiskā da¿ādība, konversija un relatīvisms' In: Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti XV. Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Universitātes aģentūra Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (2013) 'Relativism about Science' In: Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science (New Revised Edition). London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2012) 'Relativism and Religion' In: Fran O'Rourke (eds). Human Destinies. Indiana: Notre Dame University Press. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2012) 'Hilary Putnam: A Life in Philosophy' In: Baghramian, M (eds). Reading Putnam. London/New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2012) 'Introduction' In: Donald Davidson: Life and Words. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M and Jorgensen, A; (2013) 'Quine, Kripke, Putnam: Meaning, Necessity and Intuitions' In: Michael Beaney (eds). Oxford Handbook of the History of Analytic Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M.; (2011) 'Constructed Worlds, Contested Truths' In: The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge. Frankfurt, Germany: Ontos. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, Maria, Translated by Zhang Feng into Simplified Chinese (2011) '論概念圖示的多元性 'On the Plurality of Conceptual Schemes'' In: 多元論︰差異性哲學和政治學, Pluralism:the Philosophy and Politics of Diversity. Chongqing:: Chongqing Publishing House. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M. and Ingram, A. (2011) '第一部分 多元論的哲學起源 Itroduction' In: 多元論︰差異性哲學和政治學 Pluralism:the Philosophy and Politics of Diversity. Chongqing: Chongqing Publishing House. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, Maria; (2010) 'Relativism: A Brief History' In: Michael Krausz (eds). Relativism: A Contemporary Anthology. New York: Columbia University Press. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, Maria; (2010) 'I molti volti del relativismo' In: Vittorio Villa, Translated by Aldo Schiavello (eds). Il Relativismo. Rome: Aracne editrice. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M; (2010) 'Rorty, Davidson and Truth' In: Tatraglia, J (eds). Richard Rorty. London/New York: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M.; (2007) 'Relativism about Science' In: Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science. 2007: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2007) 'Three Pragmatisms: Putnam, Rorty and Brandom' In: Following Putnam's Trail: On Realism and Other Issues. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2001) 'Relativism: Philosophical Aspects' In: Pettit, Philip (eds). The International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences. Oxford: Pergamon/Elsevere Science. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2000) ' `On the Plurality of Conceptual Schemes'' In: Maria Baghramian and Attracta Intrmam (eds). Pluralism: The Philosophy and Politics of Diversity. LOndon/New ork: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| ingram, Attracta, Baghramian, Maria; (2000) 'Introduction' In: Ingram, Baghramian (eds). Pluralism: the Philosophy and Politics of Diversity. London: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (1999) '`Ireland in the Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein'' In: Flowers, F. A (eds). Portraits of Wittgenstein. UK: Thoemmess Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Baghramian, Maria (Ed.). (2012) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 20. No. 1-5. London and New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (Ed.). (2012) Reading Putnam. London/New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2012) Donald Davidson: Life and Words. London/NewYork: Routledge. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (Ed.). (2012) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 20, Issues 1-5. London and New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2011) International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 19 Issues 1 - 5. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria and Ingram, Attrachta (Ed.). (2011) 多元論︰差異性哲學和政治學, Pluralism:the Philosophy and Politics of Diversity (translated by Zhang Feng). Chongqing: Chongqing Publishing House. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2010) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 18 Issues 1,2,3. London/New Yrok: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2010) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 18, issues 4 and 5. London/New York: Taylor and Francs. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2009) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 17 Issues 4 and 5. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2009) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 17, issues 1,2 and 3. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2008) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 16 issues 1-3. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2008) International Journal of Philosophical Studies Volume 16, Issues 3 and 4. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2007) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 15 Issues 3 and 4. 2007: Taylor and Francis. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2007) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 15 Number 1 and 2. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2006) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume Volume 14 Issues 3 and 4. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian (Ed.). (2006) International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Volume 14 Issues 1 and 2. London/New York: Taylor and Francis. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M and Ingram, A (Ed.). (2000) Pluralism: The Philosophy and Politics of Diversity. London/New York: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Baghramian, M; (1992) '`The Justification for Relevance Logic''. Philosophical Studies (I), XXXII (1):32-44. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (2014) 'The Depths and Shallows of Putnam's Pragmatism'. Journal of Philosophical Research, . [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria and Nicholson, Anna (2013) 'The Puzzle of Self-Deception'. Wiley Blackwell Philosophy Compass, . [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (2012) 'Editor's Introduction'. The International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 20 (2):2-4. [Details] |
| Baghramian, M. ; (2011) 'Editor's Introduction'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 19 (1):1-3. [Details] |
| Baghramian, M and Hamilton, R; (2011) 'Relativism and the Norm of Truth'. trópoς RIVISTA DI ERMENEUTICA E CRITICA FILOSOFICA, III (1):33-51. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2009) ''From Realism Back to Realism': Putnam's Long Journey'. Philosophical Topics, 36 (1):17-36. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, Maria; (2009) 'Editor's Introduction'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 17 (1):1-2. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M; (2008) 'Editor's Introduction'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 16 (1):1-3. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian and Jeff Malpas; (2006) 'Introduction: Special Issue on Donald Davidson (1917-2003)'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 14 (3):307-312. [Details] | |||||||||
| Bagramina,M.(editor); (2004) 'Speical Issue on Relativism'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 12 (3):243-347. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M; (2004) 'Introduction'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 12 (3):243-244. [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M; (1998) 'Why Conceptual Schemes'. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, XCVIII (Part II):287-307. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (1991) 'The Paradoxes of Self Deception: A Reply to Allen’'. Irish Philosophical Journal, 7 (2):171-180. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (1990) 'Rorty, Putnam and Truth'. Ratio, 7 (2):101-116. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (1990) ''Self-Deception: Strategies or Paradoxes?’'. Irish Philosophical Journal, 7 (1):171-179. [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (1986) '`Strategies of Self-Deception''. Irish Philosophical Journal, 3 (2):83-97. [Details] | |||||||||
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Other Journals
| Baghramian, Maria (1988) 'Philosophy in Trinity College Dublin' Cogito :27-29. [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2012) 'Philosophy: Everyone Should do it' UCD Connections, Irish Times :17-20. [Details] |
| Baghramian, M, and Qian Guanlian; (2006) 'Introducing Philosophy of Language to Chinese Learners: A Dialogue with Qian Guanlin' China Foreign Language 2 :23-32. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Baghramian, Maria (2013) On Philosophical Style The Society for Advancement of American Philosophy Annual Conference New Jersey, USA, , 07-MAR-13 - 10-MAR-13 [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (2012) Why Interpretation Cannot be Naturalised The First European Pragmatism Conference Rome, , 19-SEP-12 - 22-SEP-12 , pp.1-15 [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria and Papazian, Meline (2012) Radical Translation and Empathy Congrès International de SHS [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian (2012) Why Moral Relativism Προς τι ο ηθικός σχετικισμός . In: Greek Translation by Filimon Peonidis eds. Relative Values Thessaloniki, Greece, , 21-MAY-12 - 23-MAY-12 , pp.1-8 [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian (2012) 'The Life Given to Us Celebrating Wittgenstein Dublin, , 26-APR-12 - 26-APR-12 [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria and Azad, Ladan; (2011) Imprisoned in a Period of Transition Experiencing Prison , 19-MAY-11 - 21-MAY-11 [Details] |
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| Baghramian, Maria; (2011) Religious Diversity, Conversion and Relativism International conference on Globalization and Localization: Theory, problems and practices of religious conversion in Europe Riga, Latvia, , 18-FEB-11 - 19-FEB-11 [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, Maria; (2010) Reference, Linguistic Intuitions, and Experimental Philosophy Summer Academy of Philosophy of Language, Guizhou University Guiyang city, Guizhou Province, China, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, Maria; (2009) Relativism: Old and New Convegno Internazionale: "IL RELATIVISMO: TEMI E PROSPETTIVE" [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2008) Contextualism: Old and New First International Conference on the Philosophy of Language Guangzhou Foreign Language University, China, , 11-JAN-08 - 15-JAN-08 [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2006) The Perils of Alethic Normativity International Roundtable on Normativity and Truth University College Cork, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2006) 'Semantic Externalism: The Critique of a New Paradigm' First National Research Conference on Philosophy of Language in China Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2005) Anglo-American Philosophy of Language and the Analytic Tradition First China Summer School in Philosophy of Language University of Sichuan, Sichuan, China, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2005) The Fact-Value Dichotomy Meeting of Phronesis Research Group University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2004) Three Pragmatisms Meeting on Pragmatism: Hilary Putnam's Pragmatism University of Santiago De Compostela, Spain, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2000) A Map of the World International Conference on Pragmatics and Semantics Prague, [Details] | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2000) Relativism and Incommensurability International Conference on 'Science and the Incommensurability of Meaning' Hanover, Germany, [Details] |
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| Baghrmian, M; (1999) Davidson and the Indeterminacy of Meaning Paedea: The World Congress of Philosophy [Details] |
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Published Reports
| Maria Baghramian, et al.; (2002) subject-specialist reports on the provisions for teaching philosophy at the Open University, UK. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL. [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian, et. al.; (2002) Subject-specialist reports on the provisions for teaching philosophy at University of East Anglia. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB, England. [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian, et al.; (2002) Subject-specialist reports on the provisions for teaching philosophy at University of Cambridge. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB, England. [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian, et al.; (2002) Subject-specialist report on the provisions for teaching philosophy at Anglia Polytechnic University. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB, England. [Details] |
Invited papers
| Baghramian, Maria (2012) ¿The Depths and Shallows of Putnam's Pragmatism¿. Invited papers [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) Truth the Worst of all goods - a response to Chase Wrenn. Invited papers [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria; (2011) Contested Truths, Constructed Worlds. Essen, Germany: Invited papers [Details] |
Guest Lectures
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) Constructed World, Contested Truths. Queen's University Belfast: Guest Lectures [Details] |
Invited Seminars
| Maria Baghramian; (2007) The Many Faces of Pluralism: Putnam vs. Goodman. National Endowment for the Humanities, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2007) Rorty, Putnam and Truth. , National Endowment for the Humanities, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2005) Workshop on Semantics and Philosophy of Language. Centre for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University, USA: Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (1999) Relativism: Analytic and Continental. World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, USA: Invited Seminars [Details] |
Workshops
| Baghramian, Maria (2012) 'The Life Given to Us¿. Workshops [Details] |
Invited Lectures
| Maria Baghramian; (2010) Philosophical Intuitions and Cultural Variations. Trinity College Dublin: Invited Lectures [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2006) Semantic Externalism: The why, the how and the what of a new paradigm. Capital Normal University, Beijing, China: Invited Lectures [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2005) Putnam on Fact and Value. Royal Society of Philosophy, Cardiff Branch, University of Wales: Invited Lectures [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2005) Los origenes de la filosofia analitica del lenguaje y la ascendencia americana. University of Valencia, Dept. of Metaphysics, Valencia, Spain: Invited Lectures [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2005) Anglo-American Philosophy of Language and the Analytic Tradition. First Summer School in Philosophy of Language, University of Sichuan, China: Invited Lectures [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2005) Analytic philosophy of language and the Anglo-American Traditions. University of Sichuan, China: Invited Lectures [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian; (2003) Rorty, Putnam and the View from Nowhere. University of Durham, UK: Invited Lectures [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian; (2000) Rorty, Putnam and Truth. University of Stockholm, Sweden: Invited Lectures [Details] | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian; (1999) Wittgenstein in Ireland. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin: Invited Lectures [Details] | |||||||||
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Book Reviews
| Baghramian, Maria (1988) Death of the Soul by William Barrett. Canada: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (1990) Ethical Issues in the Psychotherapies by M. Lakin. Oxfored: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (1992) Review of Varieties of Social Explanation by D. Little. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (1988) Reason, Truth and Self: The post-modern reconditioned by M. Luntley. Book Reviews [Details] |
| Baghramian, Maria (1994) Against Relativism (by J.F. Harris). Book Reviews [Details] |
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) The Ayatollah's Democracy. Book Reviews [Details] |
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| Baghramian, M; (2010) Book of the Day. Dublin: Book Reviews [Details] |
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| Baghramian, Maria; (2009) Review of Things I've Been Silent About: Memories By Azar Nafisi. Dublin, Ireland: Book Reviews [Details] |
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| Maria Baghramian; (2009) Review of Censruing An Iranian Love Story. Dublin Ireland: Book Reviews [Details] |
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Research Seminars
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) What is at stake between Putnam and Devitt?. Research Seminars [Details] |
Review Articles
| Baghramian, Maria (1993) Slippery Slope Arguments. Review Articles [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2012. Title: Principal Investigator: Consciousness and Embodiment |
| Year: 2011. Title: Principal Investigator: American Style in Philosophy |
| Year: 1997. Title: Visiting Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University |
| Year: 1997. Title: International Visiting Scholar |
| Year: 2011. Title: Member of initial steering committee, ¿Relativism and Rational Tolerance¿, Northern Institute of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen |
| Year: 2010. Title: Member of the Royal Irish Academy |
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| Year: 2010. Title: Mind Association Major Conference Grant |
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| Year: 2008. Title: IRCHSS Research Development Award |
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| Year: 2009. Title: UCD Seed Funding |
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| Year: 2007. Title: Seed Funding |
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| Year: 2008. Title: UCD President's Research Fellowship |
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| Year: 2007. Title: Mind Association Major Conference Award |
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| Year: 2006. Title: Analysis Trust Conference Grant |
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| Year: 2000. Title: UCD President's Research Fellowship |
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| Year: 1997. Title: UCD President's Research Award |
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| Year: 1996. Title: British Council Cultural Fund Award |
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Associations
| Association: Society for Women in Philosophy - Ireland, Function/Role: Founding Member |
| Association: Undergraduate Awards, Function/Role: Chair for Panel in Philosophical Studies and Theology |
| Association: Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) Ireland, Function/Role: Founder and Chairperson |
| Association: APORO: IRISH PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH NETWORK http://www.aporo.org/, Function/Role: FOUNDING MEMBER |
| Association: American Philosophical Association, Function/Role: International Affiliate Member |
| Association: The Aristotelian Society, UK, Function/Role: Organiser of the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, 1996 and 2011 | |||||||||
| Association: Irish Philosophical Club, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: The Irish Network of Philosophers of Language and Thought, Function/Role: Founding Member | |||||||||
| Association: Irish Philosophical Society, Function/Role: Vice President, 1993-1995 | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| Maria Baghramian (2012) Inaugural Conference of SWIP - Ireland. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Society for Women in Philosophy - Ireland, Newman House , 20-JAN-12 - 20-JAN-12. |
| Maria Baghramian and Cathal O'Madagain (2012) Conference to launch a new MA in Consciousness and Embodiment. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Group Think, Newman Hoouse, Dublin , 22-JUN-12 - 23-JUN-12. |
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) The Pacific Meeting of APA. [Chaired Session], American Philosophical Association, San Diego , 20-APR-11 - 24-APR-11. |
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) Conference in honour of Hilary Putnam. [Chaired Session], Philosophy in an Age of Science, Havard, Cambridge, USA , 22-JUN-11 - 25-JUN-11. |
| Maria Baghramian; (2010) Symposium on Women in Philosophy. [Oral Presentation], UNESCO World Philosophy Day, Paris, France , 17-NOV-10 - 18-NOV-11. |
| China Association of Philosophy of Language; (2010) A summer academy for lecturers and researchers in philosophy of language in China. [Plenary Lecture], Summer Academy of Philosophy of Language Guizhou Province, from 26, July, to 6, August, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China , 26-JUL-10 - 06-AUG-11. | |||||||||
| Boghossian, P, McFarlane, J. Levine, J. O'Grady, P, Ninan, D; (2008) An international conference to mark the launch of Dublin Philosophy Graduate Programme, offered jointly TCD and UCD. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], International Workshop on Relativism, Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin , 15-MAY-08 - 17-MAY-08. | |||||||||
| Maria Baghramian; (2011) A workshop on realism and science with Professor Michael Devitt (CUNY). [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Workshop on Mind and Language, University College Dublin , 06-JUL-11 - 07-JUL-11. | |||||||||
| Key Note Speakers: Ebadi, Shirin and Jahanbegloo, Ramin; (2011) Conference in Honour of Shirin Ebadi. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Law, State and Religion, UCD , 16-SEP-11 - 18-SEP-11. | |||||||||
| Organiser; (2010) The Annual conference of Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, UCD Dublin , 09-JUL-10 - 11-JUL-10. | |||||||||
| Local Orgniser; (2010) Annual Conference of the British Society of Philosophy of Science. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], BSPS Philosophy of Science Conference, UCD Dublin , 08-JUL-10 - 09-JUL-10. | |||||||||
| Baghramian, M; (2007) Conference celebrating the life and work of Hilary Putnam. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Putnam @80, University College Dublin , 11-MAR-07 - 15-MAR-07. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Postgraduate Programme in Cognitive Science, UCD |
Education
| Year 2007 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 2007 Institution: Queen's University of Belfast, UK Qualification: BA Subject: |
| Year Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1983 Institution: Queen's University of Belfast, UK Qualification: BA Subject: |
Languages
| English: |
| Armenian: |
| French: |
| Persian: |
Internal Collaborators
| << Current Projects: Research Team for the Project on the American Voice in Philosophy: Dr. Aine Kelly, IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD SChool of Philosophy Mr Fergal McHugh, IRCHSS Doctoral Fellow, UCD School of Philosophy Dr Sarin Marchetti, Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, University of Rome UCD School of Philosophy Collaborator on the research project on Consciousness and Embodiment Dr Cathal O'Madagain UCD School of Philosophy >> |
External Collaborators
Teaching Philosophy
| I subscribe to Aristotle's belief that man (and woman) by nature seek knowledge. I therefore treat students as partners in learning and assume that they can share my enthusiasm and love for even the most abstract ideas. Occasionally, I am proven wrong, but not very often! |
Modules Coordinated
| 201200 PHIL20370 Philosophy: Rdg Sem:Classics of Mod Phil I |
| 201200 PHIL40970 Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind |
| 201200 PHIL20320 Philosophy: Philosophy of Science |
| 201200 PHIL40820 Philosophy: PowerToolsforPhilosophers(TCD) |
| 201200 PHIL20360 Philosophy: Mind & Knowledge |
| 201200 PHIL40010 Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind | |||||||||
| 201200 PHIL40960 Philosophy: The Cultural Mind | |||||||||
| 201200 PHIL30070 Philosophy: Philosophy of Language | |||||||||
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Enhancement of Teaching
| I have always been passionate about teaching. The same passion has been the impetus to think deeply and frequently about my methods of teaching and to try to find ways to improve my performance. My development as an effective teacher has been achieved through self-reflection, peer mentoring, using student feedback, as well as in house and international training . Critical thinking, problem solving, use of reason and autonomy or independence of thought are key presuppositions of philosophy as a discipline. I use these foundational disciplinary values to anchor my teaching. To this end, I have adopted teaching technics¿ even in my very large classes ¿ that encourage students to express their views and to engage with the lecturer directly. The goal has been made possible through the use of up to date technological innovations and various social media. I also supplement my lectures with detailed notes in the form of class handouts or material posted on Blackboard. In this way, I have more time in class to engage with students rather than lecture AT them. I am also always experimenting with various strategies to increase student engagement with my courses. The steps I have taken include, assigning a percentage of the final mark to tutorial attendance, encouraging dialogue and discussion on the Facebook page of my undergraduate modules, making use of a variety of teaching techniques that encourages class presence, e.g. showing short videos in the class, encouraging class discussions and participation, requiring blog type reflections on the course, etc. |
Review and Enhancement of Curriculum
| From the outset of my career, it has been my practice to solicit and use student feedback to enhance my teaching. Specifically, I have used feedback by students in order to retain and develop aspects of my teaching that were effective from the student's point of view and to change what was not as effective. In the course of my duties as a philosophy subject specialist in UK, I observed, wrote formal reports, and gave informal feedback, on lectures given by 12 philosophers, from a variety of intellectual backgrounds, in four different British Universities. This process of direct observation and evaluation provided me with insights into teaching that were far superior to any I had obtained in the course of attending formal training sessions in the past. In the light of these experiences, I have initiated a number of improvements in my teaching practices, e.g., use of online material and reliance on handouts as supplementary teaching material in the course of my lectures. I have also become even more sensitive to student¿s low threshold of concentration. |
Developing as a Teacher
| I think one of my main assets as a teacher is the enthusiasm I have for engaging with students from all levels. All surveys of my students have pointed to this feature of my teaching style as one of the core reasons for the popularity of my classes. Over thirty years of teaching, starting in Trinity College Dublin and continuing at UCD, I have made every effort to keep alive my own interest in the material I teach and not to become ¿jaded¿. To this end, I have refreshed my teaching material and approach on very regular basis. Crucially, I have attempted to keep my teaching informed with both the latest developments in teaching technology as well as with the ongoing debates within my field. Based on feedback from students, I have attempted to organise my teaching material on Blackboard better and to make the structure of my courses and the connections between the lecture, the tutorials and the background reading material clearer. I have also experimented with different methods of assessment and attempted to connect the learning outcomes of my courses more clearly with the assessment methods. |
Innovation & Leadership
| I devise new courses and employ new methods of delivery on regular basis. i explore new methods of assessment and try to learn from my international peers in this and other respects. |