About
I work on the nature and the metaphysical status of phenomenal consciousness, focusing on non-reductive theories of consciousness, including Russellian monism, as well as on the phenomenon of inner awareness (‘for-me-ness’).
I work as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Analytic Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
In addition, I am a Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Hertfordshire, School of Humanities (UK) and an External Lecturer (Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies) at Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy.
In 2022/23, I was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the NYU Center For Mind, Brain and Consciousness, with Prof. David Chalmers as my faculty sponsor.
From September 2019 to August 2021, I carried out research on “The Consciousness & Matter Project” at University of Hertfordshire (UK), under the guidance of Dr. Sam Coleman.
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Education
Ph.D. – Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, 2016
Dissertation: Consciousness in nature. A Russellian approach.
Advisor: doc. James Hill, Ph.D.
B.A. – Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, 2010
M.A. – Czech Language and Literature, Charles University, Prague, 2007
A study-stay at University of Glasgow, 2008 (during the stay I worked on my B.A. thesis, under the supervision of Dr. Chris Lindsay)
Selected publications
Forthcoming:
„O vědomí, jazykových modelech, virtuální realitě a odvoditelnosti. Rozhovor s Davidem Chalmersem” [On Consciousness, Language Models, Virtual Reality and Scrutability. An Interview with David Chalmers]. Filosofický časopis.
Peer-reviewed articles & book chapters:
–"Inner awareness as a mark of the mental". Phenomenology and Mind 22, 2022, pp. 54-66 (special issue “Mind, Language, and the First-Person Perspective“). https://doi.org/10.17454/pam-2204
– "Panqualityism, awareness and the explanatory gap". Erkenntnis 87 (3), 2022, pp. 1423-1445. (published online in 2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00256-x
– "Čeští fyzikalisté o fenomenálním vědomí" ["Czech physicalists on phenomenal consciousness"],Filosofický časopis 67 (5), 2019, pp. 797–812.
– "Zdravý rozum u Berkeleyho a Austina podle Marka Tomečka" ["Common sense in Berkeley and Austin according to Marek Tomeček"],Filosofický časopis66 (1), 2018, pp. 97–108.
– "Russelliánský monismus jako svébytné metafyzické stanovisko" ["Russellian monism as a self-standing metaphysical position"] Filosofie dnes9 (2), 2017, pp. 23–43.
– "Co nám odhalují naše fenomenální pojmy?" ["What do our phenomenal concepts reveal to us?"], in: J. Hill a J. Karásek (eds.),Pojem vědomí: jeho jednota a rozmanitost, Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Karolinum 2017, pp. 113–146.
– "Russellův neutrální monismus a problém vědomí" ["Russell’s neutral monism and the problem of consciousness"], in: M. Soutor –T. Marvan – L. Dostálová (eds.):Studie k filosofii Betranda Russella. Praha: Filosofia, 2013, pp. 189–204.
Peer-reviewed monograph:
–Vědomí v přírodě. Russellovský přístup [Consciousness in nature. A Russellian approach], Praha: Smršť, 2016, 264 pages.
Co-edited volume:
– J. Hill – J. Mihálik (eds.):Vědomí bez redukce.Antologie textů ze současné filosofie mysli [Consciousness without reduction. Readings in contemporary philosophy of mind], Praha: Smršť, 2015, 240 pages.
Reviews & encyclopaedia entries:
– "Stanley Fish: Je v této třídě nějaký text? Autorita interpretačních komunit" ["Stanley Fish: Is there a text in this class? The authority of interpretive communities"], in: V. Macura – A. Jedličková (ed.):Průvodce po světové literární teorii[A guide to literary theory], Host, Brno 2012, pp. 224–232.
– "P. Glombíček – J. Hill (eds.): Essays on the Concept of Mind in Early-Modern Philosophy",Filosofický časopis59, no. 4, 2011, pp. 625–628.
Translations:
– Wang Chengbing, „Nacházení logické linie ve filosofii Johna Deweyho" ["Finding the logic line in John Dewey’s philosophy"] ,Filosofický časopis65 (5), 2017, pp. 263-272.
– David Berman – James Hill: "S profesorem Davidem Bermanem o Berkeleym, ateismu a mentálních typech" ["With Professor David Berman about Berkeley, atheism and mental types"] (interview),Filosofický časopis64 (5), 2016, pp. 667-674.
– David Chalmers: "Panpsychismus a panprotopsychismus" ["Panpsychism and panprotopsychism"], in: J, Hill – J. Mihálik (eds.):Vědomí bez redukce. Antologie textů ze současné filosofie mysli. Praha: Smršť, 2015, pp. 168–213.
– Galen Strawson: „Primát panpsychismu" ["The primacy of panpsychism"], in: J, Hill – J. Mihálik (eds.):Vědomí bez redukce. Antologie textů ze současné filosofie mysli. Praha: Smršť, 2015, pp. 115–167.
– James Hill: „Na obranu nového Huma: Odpověď Zuzaně Parusnikové" ["In defense of the New Hume: A response to Zuzana Parusniková"],Teorie vědy35 (1), 2013, pp. 139–146.
– James Hill: "Thomas Nagel o evoluci mysli" [“Thomas Nagel on the evolution of the mind”],Filosofický časopis61, (5), 2013, pp. 751–763.
– William James: "Novost a nekonečno" [“Novelty and the infinite”], in: V. Kolman – R. Roreitner (eds.):O špatném nekonečnu, Filosofia, Praha 2013, pp. 473–494.
– Charles Sanders Peirce: "Zákon mysli" [“The law of mind”], in: V. Kolman – R. Roreitner (eds.):O špatném nekonečnu, Filosofia, Praha 2013, pp. 445–472.
– Philip Kitcher: "Poznání a priori" [“A priori knowledge”], in: H. Janoušek – V. Kolman (eds.):Syntetické apriori, Filosofia, Praha 2012, pp. 586–607.
– Saul Kripke: "Poznání a priori, nutnost a kontingence" [“A priori knowledge, necessity and contingency”], in: H. Janoušek, V. Kolman (eds.):Syntetické apriori, Filosofia, Praha 2012, pp. 510–525.
– Hilary Putnam: "Není tomu tak nutně" [“It ain’t necessarily so”], in: H. Janoušek, V. Kolman (eds.):Syntetické apriori, Filosofia, Praha 2012, pp. 554–568.
My work on Academia, ResearchGate and PhilPapers.
Conference talks
Papers presented at conferences and workshops, invited talks, etc. (a selection)
Mind, Body, and Bodily Awareness Workshop with Frédérique de Vignemont
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, November 9, 2023
Talk Title: “What Is It like to Experience One’s Body as Being One’s Own? A Commentary on Frédérique de Vignemont’s Approach”
The CUNY Cognitive Science Speaker Series (invited)
CUNY Graduate Center, New York, October 6, 2023
Talk Title: “Consciousness and the Meta-Problem of Acquaintance”
27th Annual Czecho-Slovak Symposium on Analytic Philosophy (peer-reviewed)
Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), September 11-13, 2023
Talk Title: Fenomenálně manifestní subjektivita a problém zkušenostního zmnožení [Phenomenally Manifest Subjectivity and the Experiential Multiplication Problem]
The 26th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) (peer-reviewed)
NYU, New York, June 22-25, 2023
Talk Title: “The Meta-Problem of Acquaintance”
The Science of Consciousness Conference (peer-reviewed)
Taormina, Italy (organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies- University of Arizona), May 22-27, 2023
Talk Title: “Phenomenally Manifest Subjectivity, and the Experiential Multiplication Problem”
The 114th Annual Meeting Of The Southern Society For Philosophy And Psychology (SSPP) (peer-reviewed)
Southern Society For Philosophy And Psychology, Louisville (USA), March 9-11, 2023
Talk Title: “Phenomenally Manifest Subjectivity, and the Experiential Multiplication Problem”
NYU Philosophy of Mind Discussion Group (invited)
NYU, New York, September 12, 2022
Presentation Title: “Consciousness & Acquaintance: Natural Allies?”
Inner Awareness: Past and Present (peer-reviewed)
University of Liège, November 30 & December 1–2, 2021.
Talk Title: “Inner Awareness as Mental Quotation”
Phenomenality and (Inner) Awareness
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, November 11, 2021.
Talk Title: “Inner Awareness as a Mark of the Mental”
Mind, Language, and the First-Person Perspective. San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2021 (peer-reviewed)
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, September 28–30, 2021
Talk Title: “Inner Awareness as a Mark of the Mental” (online)
The Science of Consciousness Online Conference (peer-reviewed)
University of Arizona, September 14–18, 2020
Talk Title: “Panqualityism, Awareness and the Explanatory Gap”
XXIV. Slovensko-české symposium o analytické filozofii (peer-reviewed)
Palacký University in Olomouc, September 8–12, 2020
Talk Title: “Subjektivita vědomí a vnitřní uvědomění” [The Subjectivity of Consciousness and Inner Awareness] (online)
Phenomenality and Self-Consciousness
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (UK), July 23, 2020 (online)
Talk Title: “Awareness of Awareness and the Metaphysics of Consciousness”
Qualities and Consciousness
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, November 29, 2019.
Talk Title: “Panqualityism, Awareness and the Explanatory Gap”
First Graduate Workshop in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science (peer-reviewed)
Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, July 23–24, 2018
Talk Title: “Why the Panqualityists Cannot Account for Awareness” (Reply by Dr. Luke Roelofs)
Naturalistic Approaches to Content and Consciousness II
The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, September 18–19, 2017.
Talk Title: “In Search of the Protophenomenal” (Reply by Dr. Przemyslaw R. Nowakowski)
Russellian Monism: Time for the Details (invited)
CEU, Budapest, August 12–13, 2017, URL:<https://philosophy.ceu.edu/RM>
Talk Title: “In Search of the Protophenomenal” (Replies by: Prof. Barbara Montero, Dr. Sam Coleman)
Classical and Contemporary Concepts of Mind
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, October 31–November 1, 2016
Talk Title: “Nagel's Concept of Mind and A Posteriori Physicalism”
Pojem vědomí: Jeho jednota a rozmanitost
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, October 15–16, 2015
Talk Title: “Fyzikalismus a průsvitnost fenomenálních pojmů” [Physicalism and the Translucency of Phenomenal Concepts]
Toward a Science of Consciousness 2015 (peer-reviewed)
University of Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2015
Talk Title: “Emergence and Necessity”
Phenomenal Consciousness in the Physical World
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, June 9-4, 2014
Talk Title: “Emergence and Necessity”
Consciousness, Attention and Perception for Postgraduates 2013 (peer-reviewed)
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (UK) April 6, 2013
Talk Title: “Russell's Neutral Monism and the Problem of Consciousness”
Ernst Mach Workshop 2012
Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, June 25–26, 2012
Talk Title: “Russell's Neutral Monism and The Problem of Consciousness”
Odborný seminář Bertrand Russell
University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Arts, Pilsen, Czech Republic, May 17-18, 2012
Talk Title: “Russellův neutrální monismus a problém vědomí” [“Russell's Neutral Monism and The Problem of Consciousness”]
Grants & Awards
2022–2023
Fulbright Grant – NYU (New York, USA) (10 months). Research project: “Consciousness & The Meta-Problem of Acquaintance”. Research Advisor: David Chalmers.
2019–2021
Grant from The Czech Ministry of Education – University of Hertfordshire (UK) (2 years). Research project: “The Consciousness & Matter Project”. Research Advisor: Sam Coleman.
2012–2015
Czech Science Foundation: Research Grant “The Concept of Consciousness: Its Unity and Its Variety” (GA ČR no. P 401/12/0833). Member of the research team.
2009 – 2012
Member of the doctoral research center The Logical Foundations of Semantics [Logické základy sémantiky] (GA ČR no. 401/09/H007), funded by the Czech Science Foundation.
2008
3.5-month study-stay at University of Glasgow (UK), as part of the Erasmus program.
