Eleni Filippaki Education: BA (Comparative Literature) Princeton

Eleni Filippaki
Education:
BA (Comparative Literature) Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude, 1991
PhD (Modern & Medieval Languages) Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1998: ‘Matter,
Thought and Action in the Philosophy of La Mettrie, D’Holbach and Diderot’
Scholarships:
British Academy Research Studentship (PhD) 1993-1996
Trinity College, Cambridge University, Research Studentship (PhD) 1993-1997
Stanley Seeger Research Fellow, Princeton University, 2004
Academic Teaching :
1999-2001: Adjunct Lecturer. Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Education, U. of
Athens
2000-02: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, U. of Athens
2007-2008: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras
2009-2010: Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Naval Academy Postgraduate Programme
2001- 2011: Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Hellenic Open University
Research interests:
17th-18th century philosophy, ethics, aesthetics
Selected Publications:
"Essay Review: Baron d’Holbach, The System of Nature, volume one. Adapted from original
translation by H.D. Robinson, 1868. (Manchester: Clinamen Press, 1999), 296pp." The History of
Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) Newsletter, vol.VII (2001-2002)
"La Mettrie on Seneca, Descartes and the happy life", Studies on Voltaire and the EighteenthCentury, 01: 2005 (Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation), pp.249-272
"Locke’s solid objects: Molyneux’s Problem Revisited" in "Visione, percezione e cognizione
nell'età dell'Illuminismo", ed. Paolo Quintili (Napoli: Bibliopolism, 2005), pp.15-36
“Matter and Materialism in the 17th and 18th centuries”, The Hellenic Open University, Patras,
2008 (in Greek), σελ. 41-53
“Anatomy and Contemporary art”, Filosofia kai Techni, ed. by V. Kindi, Athens, 2011 (in
Greek), σελ. 93-114
“Centaurs, Wolves and Mortal Gods: the ambiguity of sovereignity in Machiavelli and Hobbes”
(in Greek), Πολιτική Επιστήµη: ∆ιακλαδική και κριτική προσέγγιση της πολιτικής πράξης, 10 τ.,
επιµ. Ι-Α.Μεταξάς, Eκδόσεις Σάκκουλα, (forthcoming 2012).
“Beauty as a value” (in Greek), Μόνο µία υπόσχεση ευτυχίας: τιµητικός τόµος για τον Αλέξανδρο
Νεχαµά (προσωρινός τίτλος), επιµ. Φαίη Ζήκα, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Οκτώ (forthcoming, fall 2012).
“Kant on Love, Respect and Friendship”, Kant Yearbook 4/2012 (forthcoming June 2012),pp. 2348.
Translations:
Alexander Nehamas, Only a Promise of Happiness: the place of Beauty in a world of art, [“Μόνο
µία υπόσχεση ευτυχίας: η θέση του ωραίου στην τέχνη και στη ζωή”], Αthens: Nefeli, 2010
Editorial Boards:
Cogito magazine (2004-2010) [in Greek]
Musical Skills:
2008- : Studies in Classical Piano Performance, Philippos Nakas Conservatory, Athens (class of
Alexandra Papastefanou, Lito Thomou) (graduation: February 2013).
Languages:
Modern Greek, English, French, German.

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