Curriculum Vitae (abridged)

Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

June 2006

1. Personal

· Born December 11, 1960.

· Citizen of Portugal.

· Married with two children.

2. Present Appointment

· Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts (Faculdade de Letras), University of Lisbon, since March 1, 2000 (granted tenure on December 2004).

3. Institutional Addresses

· Department of Philosophy, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal

· Tel. (351) 217920000

· Fax (351) 217960063

· e-mail: adrianasg@netcabo.pt

4. Degrees

· First Degree (Licenciatura) in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, 1985.

· M.A. (Mestrado) in Philosophy/Philosophy of Language and Logic, University of Lisbon, 1991.

· D. Phil. (Doutor) in Philosophy/Philosophy of Language, University of Lisbon, 2000. (Title of thesis: “Reference and Denotation. An Essay on the Sense and the Reference of Proper Names and Definite Descriptions”; supervisor: Manuel Lourenço).

5. Awards and Honours

· Founding member of the Portuguese Society for Analytic Philosophy, 2004-

· Fellow of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Oxford, 1994-95.

· Senior Researcher, Glossary Project (sponsored by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) Centre for Logic, Language and Cognition, Portuguese Philosophy Society, 1993-1997.

· Member of the research team of the research project titled “From Vienna Circle to Contemporary Analytic Philosophy”, Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia, 2001-03.

· Member of the research team of the research project titled “Propositional Attitudes and Cognitive Dynamics”, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, 2001-02.

· Director of the research project titled “Project on Content”, Philosophy Centre, University of Lisbon, 2005-2008, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology.

. Grant from Fundação Luso-Americana, for the academic year 2006-07, to do philosophical research at UCLA.

. Visiting Scholar at UCLA (2006-07).

6. Previous Appointments

· Probationary Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, 1988-91.

· Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, 1991-2000.

7. Publications

Books

· Referência e Denotação. Um Ensaio acerca do Sentido a da Referência de Nomes e Descrições. Lisboa, F.C. Gulbenkian, F. Ciência e Tecnologia, 2003.

. Translation and Introduction to Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, F.C. Gulbenkian (forthcoming).

Edited Books

· (Ed.) Linguagem, Mente e Acção. Actas do Seminário de Filosofia Analítica (2002-03). Lisboa, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2003.

Chapters of books, Papers and Reviews (selection)

· “Fenomenalismo e Teoria Causal da Percepção”, in Argumento 5/6, 1993.

· “Referência e Denotação. Duas Funções Semânticas Irredutíveis”, Disputatio 12, 2002: 3-21.

· “Critérios de Identificação do Conteúdo”, in Graça, A.S. (ed.) Linguagem, Mente e Acção. Actas do Seminário de Filosofia Analítica (2002-03). Lisboa, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, 2003: 161-178.

· “Terra Gémea, Sentido e Referência” in Saagua, J. (ed), Proceedings of Mind and Action III. The Explanation of Human Interpretation. Lisboa, Colibri, 2004: 381-388.

· “Níveis de Compreensão de Termos para Espécies Naturais”, in Ribeiro, A.J. (ed.) Encontro Nacional de Filosofia Analítica 1, Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras, 2003: 23-32.

· “O Modo Analítico de Fazer Filosofia. O Sinn de Frege”, Philosophica 17/18, 2001: 269-298.

· “Referência e Descrições” in A. Zilhão (ed). From Vienna Circle to Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (forthcoming).

· “A Lesson to Learn from Referential Uses of Definite Descriptions”. (Under submission).

. “Referential Descriptions Revisited”, in Miguens, S. (ed.), Análises, Actas to 2º Encontro Nacional de Filosofia Analítica, Porto, 2004: 42-47.  

8. Recent Talks

· “Referential Descriptions Revisited”, presented at SIFA 4 Congress “Filosofia Analítica e Cultura Europea”, Genova, September 23-25, 2004.

· “On What is Said. An Account of Referential Descriptions” – Presented at the “Meinong versus Russell Conference”, Hamilton, May 14-18 2005, at the Workshop on “Meaning and Communication” (invited), Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, June 4-7 2005 and at the “Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy” (ECAP 5), Lisbon, August 27-31, 2005.

· “The Semantic Relevance of Speakers’ Linguistic Intentions” – presented at Logos Workshop with Saul Kripke “Meaning and Use” (invited), Barcelona, December 19-21 2005.

. “About Speakers’ Linguistic Intentions” – presented at the 3º Encontro Nacional de Filosofia Analítica, Lisboa, June 2-4, 2006, at the Joint Session – Mind and Aristotelian Society – Southampton, July 7-9, 2006 and at the 1st Workshop on Semantics, Lisbon, October 6-7, 2006.

 

9. Editorial Appointments

· Editorial Board of Philosophica.

· Editorial Board of Disputatio, International Journal of Philosophy

10. Organization of Philosophy Conferences and Meetings

· “Workshop on Definite Descriptions” – special workshop on the Fifth European Congress for Anatytic Philosophy (ECAP 5), Lisbon, 2005.

· Permanent Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Lisbon, 2002-03.

· Permanent Seminar of Analytic Philosophy, Lisbon, 2005-06.

. Petrus Hispanus Lectures 2006 – Professor David Kaplan (UCLA) on Meaning and Comprehension. Lisbon, June 29-30, 2006.

11. Prospective Research

· Empty Names.

· Semantic significance of the speakers’ linguistic intentions.

· Semantic vs. Pragmatic distinction – where to draw the borderline.

· The content of sentences containing singular terms (singular definite descriptions, proper names and singular indexical terms).