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Name: ADRIAN NIŢĂ

E-mail: nitaadrianus@yahoo.com

 

Educational background

2003 PhD, University of Poitiers (France)

2003 PhD, University of Bucharest.

1997-1998 University of Poitiers (France): postgraduate study (MA). Specialisation: history of philosophy. Degree received: Master of Philosophy.

1995-1996 University of Bucharest: postgraduate study (MA). Specialisation: theoretical philosophy. Degree received: Master of Philosophy.

1990-1995 Student at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy.

1978-1982 Student at "Tudor Vladimirescu" High School, Craiova.

1970-1978 Primary school at Cernăteşti.

 

Grants

June-November 2002 University of Poitiers (France)

July-December 1997 University of Poitiers (France).

June-July 1996 New College, Oxford (Great Britain).

March-May 1995 Institute für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie München (Germany).

 

Employment

Since 2007 Lecturer at Department of Philosophy, University of Craiova.

2005-2007 Lecturer (invited) at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.

2003-2005 Assoc. Professor (invited) at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.

2001-2007  Assoc. Professor (invited) at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy.

1996-2002 Assistant Lecturer, Romanian-American University, Bucharest.

Since 1995 - Researcher, Institute of Philosophy of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.

       -In the board of the ,,Revue roumaine de philosophie" and ,,Revista de filosofie" (,,Journal of Philosophie")

 

Publications

1. Books:

 Leibniz, Bucureşti, Paideia, 1998.

Metodologie (Metodology), Ars Docendi, Bucharest, 2005.


Timp şi idealism. Metafizica timpului la Kant şi Leibniz (Time and idealism. The metaphysics of Time at Kant and Leibniz), Paideia, 2005.

Deşertul interogaţiilor (The desert of interrogations), Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, Cluj Napoca, 2007.

La métaphysique du temps chez Leibniz et Kant, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2008.

Noica: o filosofie a individualităţii (Noica: a philosophy of individuality), Bucureşti, Paideia, 2009.

 

2. Edited volumes:

Adrian Niţă (ed.), Natura timpului (The Nature of Time), Pelican, Giurgiu, 2006.

 

3. Translations:

E. Gilson, Tomismul (The Thomism), Humanitas, Bucharest, 2001.

G.W. Leibniz, Scrieri filosofice (Philosophical Writings) (translation, introduction and notes), All, Bucharest, 2001.

 

4. Book chapters:

Adrian Niţă, Several dictionary entries in Ion Ianoşi (ed.), Dicţionarul operelor filosofice româneşti (Dictionary of the Romanian philosophical works), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1997, pp. 78-80, 139-140, 231-233, 237-239.

Adrian Niţă, Compunere şi continuitate (Composition and continuity), in M. Flonta (ed.), Descartes-Leibniz. Ascensiunea şi posteritatea raţionalismului clasic (Descartes-Leibniz. Ascension and posterity of classical rationalism), Ed. Universal Dalsi, Bucharest, 1998, pp. 148-155.

Adrian Niţă, Timp sacru şi eternitate (Sacred time and eternity), in C. Mircea, R. Lazu (eds.), Orizontul sacru (Sacred horizon), Ed. Polirom, Iaşi, 1998, pp. 159-165.

Adrian Niţă, Persoana şi identitatea personală (The person and personal identity), in Al. Baumgarten (ed.), Îngerul şi persoana (Angel and person), Ed. Charmides, Bistriţa, 2000, pp. 82-86.

Adrian Niţă, Trigemenea lui Brâncuşi (Trigemenea of Brancusi) in I. Pogorilovscki (coord.), Brâncuşi, artist-filosof (Brancusi, artist-philosopher), Târgu-Jiu, Editura Fundaţiei ,,Constantin Brâncuşi“, 2001, pp. 111-115.

Adrian Niţă, Posibilitate şi existenţă (The possibility and the existence), in I. Tănăsescu (ed.), Argumentul ontologic (The ontological argument), Pelican, Giurgiu, 2003, pp. 102-113.

Adrian Niţă, Existenţă şi realitate la Kant (Existence and reality in Kant), in Al Boboc, NI Mariş (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale, vol. XII, Editura Academiei, Bucureşti, 2004, pp. 483-503.

Adrian Niţă, Intenţionalitate şi obiecte nonexistente (Intentionality and nonexistent objects), in Cristian Ciocan, Dan Lazea (coord.), Intenţionalitatea de la Plotin la Levinas, Editura Universităţii Bucureşti, Bucureşti, 2005, pp. 63-70.

Adrian Niţă, Despre predicaţie (On predication), in Al. Boboc, NI Mariş (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale, vol XIII, Editura Academiei, Bucureşti, 2005, pp. 120-140.

 Adrian Niţă, Structura timpului la Merleau-Ponty (The structure of Time at Merleau-Ponty), in Cristian Ciocan (coord.), Memorie şi temporalitate, Bucureşti (forthcoming).

Adrian Niţă, Timp şi memorie la Merleau-Ponty (Time and memory at Merleau-Ponty), in Al Boboc, NI Mariş (coord.), Studii de fenomenologie, Editura Academiei, Bucureşti (forthcoming).

Adrian Niţă, Despre posibilitatea călătoriei în timp (On time travel), in Adrian Niţă (ed.), Natura timpului, Pelican, Giurgiu, 2006, pp. 187-196.

Adrian Niţă, Despre natura timpului (On the Nature of Time), in Adrian Niţă (ed.), Natura timpului, Pelican, Giurgiu, 2006, pp. 5-18.

 

Adrian Niţă, Preface, in Désiré Nolen, La critique de Kant et la métaphysique de Leibniz, Paris, L˛Harmatan, 2006.

 

Adrian Niţă, Existenţă şi conştiinţă în filosofia americană (Existence and consciousness in american philosophy), in A. Botez et alii (coord.), Construcţie şi deconstrucţie în filosofia americană contemporană, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei Române, 2006, pp. 355-374.

 

Adrian Niţă, Despre individuaţie la Lucian Blaga (Individuation in Blaga), in Angela Botez et alii, Lucian Blaga – confluenţe filosofice în perspectivă culturală, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei, 2007, pp. 335-346.

 

Adrian Niţă, Iubire şi moarte la Isaia Feier (Love and death at Isaia Feher), în V Cernica (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei româneşti, vol. IV, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei, 2008, pp. 369-374.

 

Adrian Niţă, Timp şi memorie la Merleau-Ponty (Time and memory at Merleau-Ponty), în Al. Boboc, N.I. Mariş (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale, vol. XVI, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei, 2008, pp. 189-201.

Adrian Niţă, Existenţă şi cuantificare la Quine (Existence and quantification at Quine), în Angela Botez, Gabriel Nagâţ (coord.), Tendinţe în filosofia ştiinţelor socio-umane, Filosofia ştiinţei, vol. 5, Bucureşti, Editura Academiei, 2008, pp. 355-368.

 

5. Papers published in philosophical journals:

Unele semnificaţii filosofice ale utopiilor sociale (Some philosophical meanings of social utopias), Revista de filosofie, XXXIX, 5, 1992, pp. 503-505.

Sensurile termenului Logos în dialogul Parmenide (The meanings of the term logos in the dialogue Parmenide), Revista de filosofie, XLI, 3, 1994, pp. 309-315.

Teoria leibniziană a spaţiului şi timpului (The Leibniz`s theory of space and time), Saeculum, I (III), 3-4 (12), 1995, pp. 16-21.

Posibilitate şi identitate la Aristotel şi Leibniz (Possibility and identity in Aristotle and Leibniz), Revista de filosofie, XLIII, 1-2, 1996, pp. 5-8.

Filosofia minţii (Mind philosophy), Saeculum, II (IV), 1-4 (16), 1996, pp. 167-169.

Reabilitarea individualului (Rehabilitation of the individual), Revista de filosofie, XLIV, 4, 1997, pp. 401-407.

Zur Lage der Philosophie in Rumä nien (On the state of philosophy in Romania), Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 3/1999, pp. 82-83.

Symposium " Mind and Consciousness" , Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 4/1999.

Tematica modernităţii şi tematica naţională la C. Noica (The theme of modernity and the theme of national in Noica’ s philosophy), Revista de filosofie, 5-6/2000, pp. 487-493.

On mental causation, Revue roumaine, LV (CL), 375-376, 2000, pp. 159-166.

Le paradigme antique du temps (The antique paradigm of time), Revue roumaine de philosophie, vol. 44/2000, pp. 395-400.

Abordarea naturalist-biologică a conştiinţei (The naturalist-biologist approach of the consciousness), Academica, tome XIII, 16-17, 2003, pp. 60-63.

Teoria naturalistă a conştiinţei (The naturalistic theory of the consciousness), Revista de filosofie, 3-4, 2003, pp. 345-354.

Leibniz. Argumentele existenţei lui Dumnezeu (Leibniz. Arguments of the existence of God), Saeculum, III (V), 1, 2004, pp. 25-35.

Timp si continuitate (Time and continuity), Academica, XIV, may 2004, no. 163, pp. 37-39.

Liberté et causalité chez Kant et Leibniz (Freedom and causality in Kant and Leibniz), Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 48, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 29-43

Argumentele existenţei lui Dumnezeu în filosofia lui Leibniz (The arguments of existence of God), Saeculum, anul III (V), nr. 2 (18), 2004, pp. 5-12.

Despre existenţa obiectelor nonexistente (On the existence of nonexistent objects), Noema, vol. III, nr. 1, 2004.

Ontologia structurală şi ontologia analitică (Structural ontology and analitical ontology), Revista de filosofie, anul LI, nr. 3-4, 2004, pp. 515-520.

Libertate şi intenţionalitate la Merleau-Ponty (Freedom and intentionality at Merleau-Ponty), Revista de filosofie, anul LII, nr. 1-2, 2005, pp. 79-86.

Modelul funcţional al imaginaţiei (The functional model of imagination), Academica, serie nouă, nr. 35, anul XL, februarie 2005, pp. 45-48.

 Russell and Merleau-Ponty on Freedom, Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 49, nr. 1- 2, 2005, pp. 207-211.

 Individuaţia la Blaga (Individuation at Blaga), Revista de filosofie, anul LIII, nr. 1-2, 2006, pp. 173-186.

Individuation chez Blaga, Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 50, nr. 1-2, 2006, pp. 33-46.

Funcţie şi imaginaţie la Kant (Function and imagination at Kant), Analele Universităţii Craiova, seria Filosofie, vol. 19, 2007, pp. 119-131.

Înţeles şi folosire la Wittgenstein (Signification and use at Wittgenstein), Academica, vol XVIII, no 75-76, June-July 2008.

 

Individual-general în metafizica lui Noica (Individual-general in the metaphysics of Constantin Noica), Analele Universităţii Craiova, seria Filosofie, vol. 23, nr. 1, 2009.

 



6. Articles in cultural journals:

Contemporanul, Observator cultural, Timpul, Cultura, Cuvântul, Altitudini, Academica, 22, ş.a.

 

Presentations

On "logos" in Parmenide, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 15-16 June 1993.

Possibility and identity in Aristotle and Leibniz, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 9-11 November 1994.

Leibniz. How is the continuity of phenomena possible?, " Leibniz-Descartes" symposium, Cluj-Napoca, 13 December 1996.

Existence and quantification, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 5 May 1997.

Existence as a predicate, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 5-10 July 1997.

Sacred time and eternity, symposium "Sacred” , Timişoara, 16-18 April 1998.

Philosophies of Power, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 12 May 1998.

The ontological argument and the cosmological argument, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 6-12 July 1998.

On the mecanisms of power, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 5 May 1999.

Topological Structure of time, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 21-25 July 1999.

On mental causation, symposium "Mind and Consciousness" , Black Sea University, Mangalia, 7-11 September 1999.

On mental causation, symposium CRIFTS, Romanian Academy, 13 Octomber 1999.

On personal identity, symposium "Person and loneliness of angels” , Bistriţa, 20 November 1999.

On the theory of the minimal state, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 7 May 2000.

The ontological argument revisited, Bistriţa, 18 November 2000.

A new look on the ontological argument, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 10 December 2000.

On the rule of law in Fr. Hayek’ s work, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 4 mai 2001.

Le modčle possibiliste du monde (The possibilist model of the world), VII Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress, Berlin, 10-15 September 2001.

Cauzalité par liberté chez Emmanuel Kant (Causality through freedom at Kant), symposium ,,Spaces of freedom in the Modern Thought", ARCHES, New Europe College, 10 mai 2002.

Soundness and Pressuposition, The XIIth Congress of Logic, Methodology and the Philosophy of Science, Oviedo, 7-13 August 2003.

Liberté et causalité (Freedom and Causality), The XXIInd World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul, 10-17 August 2003.

Towards an holist theory of consciousness, Romanian Academy, CRIFST, 4 September 2003

Identité et individuation chez Leibniz (Identity and individuation at Leibniz), International summer school, Macea, 30 August-14 September 2003.

Time and imagination, symposium Kant-2004, Romanian Academy, 11-12 June 2004.

Freedom at Merleau-Ponty, Romanian Society for Phenomenology, 1 June 2004.

Intentionality and nonexistent objects, symposium ,,Intentionality : history and perspectives", Romanian Society for Phenomenology, 21-22 September 2004.

Meinong’s theory of the nonexistent object, symposium ,,The austriac philosophy", Faculty of Philosophy and Institute of Philosophy, 23-24 September 2004.

On the existence of nonexistent objects, symposium CRIFST, Romanian Academy, 14-15 Octomber 2004.

Despre posibilitatea călătoriei în timp (On time travel), simpozionul ,,Natura timpului’’, Universitatea ,,Lucian Blaga’’ Sibiu, 20 mai 2005.

Forme substantielle et substance corporelle, the 5th seminar on early modern philosophy, The Great Instauration : Science, Philosophy and the Reformation of Knowledge in 17th Century, Bran, 2-7 iulie 2005.

On time travel, 28th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel (Austria), 7-13 august 2005.

Individuaţia la Blaga (Individuation at Blaga),  simpozionul ,,110 ani de la naşterea lui Lucian Blaga. Confluenţe culturale în perspectivă filosofică, Academia Română, 15-16 septembrie 2005.

 Structura timpului la Merleau-Ponty (The structure of Time at Merleau-Ponty), Societatea Română de Fenomenologie, Bucureşti, 19-21 september 2005. 

Identitatea personală şi continuitatea spaţio-temporală (Personal identity and the spatio-temporal continuity), simpozionul ,,Identitate şi individuaţie“, ULB, 13 mai 2006.

How composed can a composed substance be?, VIIIth International Leibniz Congress, Hannover, 24-29 iulie 2006.

Possibility and existence. The ontological argument in Leibniz and Kant, The Second Southeast European Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Ankara, 22 August-25 August 2006.

Noi reflecţii despre argumentul ontologic la Leibniz şi Kant, simpozionul ,,Argumentul ontologic”, Sibiu, 20 mai 2007.

 

Experiment, hypothesis and principles in Newton and Leibniz, Bucharest-Princeton Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, 29 July-3 August 2007, Bran.

 

Conceptul de lume la Merleau-Ponty, simpozionul ,,Modernism şi posmodernism în filosofie”, Craiova, 16 noiembrie 2007.

Quine on existence, Language, concepts and communication International Workshop, West University Timişoara, 24-26 April 2008.

La chaire du monde chez Merleau-Ponty, symposium international Merleau-Ponty: a phenomenology of life, University of Craiova, 3 october 2008.

Personal identity, communication and continuity, international symposium Communication, identity, context, Craiova, 7-8 November 2008.

Instanţele fiinţei la Noica (Instances of the being at Noica), simpozionul ,,Gândirea lui Noica astăzi”, Societatea Română de Filosofie, 24-25 aprilie 2009.

Solomon`s House between appearance, utopia and reality, la 10th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society, University of Porto, 1-4 iulie 2009. 

Individual-general în metafizica lui Noica (Individual-general in the metaphysics of Noica), simpozionul internaţional ,,Filosofie şi logică la Noica”, 30 octombrie 2009, Craiova.

 

Research interests

Metaphysics (existence, possible, time, mind-philosophy, consciousness)             

Logics (philosophical logic, methodology, erotetic logic, free logic)

Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty

Modern Philosophy: Leibniz, Kant

Philosophy and Literature

Teaching

2009-2010  Metodology, Modern Philosophy , Symbolic Logic, Philosophy of Science for licence.  Metaphysics of XXth Century, Mind Philosophy for master.

2008-2009 Methodology, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science at he Faculty of History, Philosophy, Geography, University of Craiova.

2007-2008  Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science,  Retoric and Hermeneutics – for licence – and Mind Philosophy  - for master – at he Faculty of History, Philosophy, Geography, University of Craiova.

2006-2007 Modern Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of History, Philosophy, Geography, University of Craiova; Metaphysics, Leibniz and Contemporary Thinking, Analitical Philosophy, Theory of Argumentation, Postmodernism at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy.

2005-2006 Ontology and Theory of knowledge at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy.
2004-2005 Logic and theory of argumentation and Theory of knowledge at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy.

2003-2004, 2005-2006 Philosophy of Time at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucurest (see a time-bibliography).

2003-2004 Methodology at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy (see a bibliography).

2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007 Leibniz at the Faculty of  Philosophy, University of Bucharest

(Ultima actualizare: 22.12.2009)

 

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