Thumos
The genevan research group on emotions, values and norms
Séminaire Thumos, Décembre 2023
News
- We are happy to announce that the FNS has approved Julien Deonna's project "In Defense of Affective Benevolence" (2025-2029), which will commence in March 2025.
- Job Announcement: 24-month full-time philosophy postdoctoral fellowship in Geneva. (Applications deadline: January 6th, 2025)
- We are happy to announce that the workshop Imagination, Narratives, and Understanding will take place on October 24-25, 2024.
Forthcoming events
The Thumos Seminar, which is the main research activity of our group, takes place on Thursdays, 16h15-17h45 at UniPhilosophes (room PHIL116). The schedule can be found here.
The archives of the Thumos Seminar are available here.
Upcoming workshops and conferences are listed here.
Recent publications
- "The Definition of Art", by Constant Bonard & Steve Humbert-Droz, has been published in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- "Justifying Self-Partiality", by Agnès Baehni, has been published in Philosophia.
- "It's Me, Hi! I'm the Problem It's Me", by Agnès Baehni, has been published In Catherine M. Robb, Georgie Mills & William Irwin (eds.), Taylor Swift and Philosophy: Essays from the Tortured Philosophers Department, The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. 2024.
- "The Paradox of Tragedy, or Why (Almost) All Emotions Can Be Enjoyed", by Mathilde Cappelli & Benoit Gaultier, has been published in American Philosophical Quarterly.
- "Samuel Lepine, La Nature des émotions. Une introduction partisane, Paris, Vrin, « Analyse et philosophie », 2023, 248 p.", by Mathilde Cappelli has been published in Revue de métaphysique et de morale.
- "Memory Identification and its failures", by Fabrice Teroni has been published in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences.
- "Imagining Out of Hope", by Steve Humbert-Droz & Juliette Vazard has been published in Philosophical Quarterly.
People
Directors
Julien Deonna, website
Fabrice Teroni, website
Members
Francesca D'Alessandris
Patrik Engisch, website
Julia Langkau, website
Kael McCormack-Skews, website
Giovanni Merlo, website
André Sant'Anna, website
Rebecca Wallbank, website
PhD students
Angela Abatista, website
Agnès Baehni, website
Matthias Blondel, website
Mathilde Cappelli, website
Edgard Darrobers, website
Anaïs Giannuzzo, website
Roberto Keller, website
Irene Lonigro
Céline Schöpfer, website