I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Oslo under the supervision of Joey Pollock and co-supervision of Catarina Dutilh-Novaes.
My research project, Deep disagreements and power: communication under oppression, is part of the New Models of Knowledge Communication project, funded by the Research Council of Norway.
My CV is available here.
Research summary
Power is relevant to most communicative interactions, especially so when oppression is involved. Accounts of 'deep disagreement' should not overlook how power inequality and structural oppression affect the phenomenon. This is particularly important when considering political deep disagreements, which may lead to oppression or be a consequence of it. In my assessment, a reconceptualization of 'deep disagreement' is necessary in order to understand its complexity. Therefore, I propose an ameliorative analysis of 'deep disagreement' which allows for moving beyond epistemic attitudes and argumentative approaches mainly oriented towards rational resolution. This new model of deep disagreement recognizes the role of perspectives, structuring commitments, attention, salience, and forms of communicative exchange oriented to other outcomes. One of the main benefits of this revision is the ability to use the concept of deep disagreement more effectively to account for actual social and political conflicts, which in turn contributes to the extremely challenging task of understanding them without resorting to problematic oversimplifications.
Areas of research
Areas of Specialization:
Social & Political Epistemology • Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of Mind
Areas of Competence:
Social & Political Philosophy • Argumentation Theory • Philosophy of Education
Academic background
I have a BA and MA in Philosophy from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil). My master's thesis investigated to what extent there was a defense of a type of foundationalism Wittgenstein's On Certainty. I argued for an anti-foundationalist reading through an analysis of the twelve key metaphors from the book.