Juan F. Álvarez
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - jalvarces[at]gmail[dot]com
Juan F. Álvarez
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - jalvarces[at]gmail[dot]com
I'm a philosopher interested in how we represent and know the past by remembering it, imagining it, talking about it with others, and engaging with the traces it leaves in the world.
I'm currently a postdoctoral researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in the research unit "Constructing Scenarios of the Past", where I study how we imagine other people's pasts and how memory extends into our social and technological environments.
My research spans the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and epistemology. I work on questions concerning the metaphysics and epistemology of episodic memory, experiential imagination, forgetting, and empathy.
I completed my PhD as a doctorant contractuel at the Université Grenoble Alpes and Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Before that, I obtained an MA in philosophy of mind at the Université Grenoble Alpes, and earlier a BA in philosophy at the Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia).
I'm also an affiliated member of the Centre for Philosophy of Memory at Université Grenoble Alpes.
Soy urraeño y montañero.
My paper, "Mnemic extension and appropriate causation", has been accepted for publication in Erkenntnis.
Our paper, "Causally defective remembering" (co-authored with V. Dranseika, K. Michaelian, and C. McCarroll), is now out in Philosophical Psychology.
"A normative account of forgetting" (co-authored with Lou Thomine) will be presented at ECAP12. Our abstract got an honorable mention for its quality.
My paper, "Memory and imagination: Toward discontinuist simulationism", has been published online in Philosophical Psychology.
I've successfully defended my dissertation, which was awarded summa cum laude. Many thanks to my committee!