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Alessandra Tanesini

Professor Alessandra Tanesini

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I am part of the School's Philosophy research group.

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Research

My current work lies at the intersection of ethics, the philosophy of language, and epistemology and focuses on epistemic vice, silencing, prejudice and ignorance. My latest book is The Mismeasure of the Self: A Study in Vice Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 2021).

 Research interests

  • virtue  and vice epistemology
  • social epistemology
  • epistemic injustice and the epistemology of ignorance
  • silencing
  • anger and affective polarization

Biography

I did my undergraduate work at Bologna University (Italy) and gained my PhD on Quine at the University of Hull (UK). In the meantime I studied and taught for a couple of years at Syracuse University (US) before coming to Cardiff in 1992. 

In 1996 I was a Visiting Senior Lecturer in School of Philosophy (General Philosophy) at the University of Sydney, and in 1997 I was Visiting Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Georgetown University (US).

Supervisions

I am available to supervise PhD students on topic related to

  • Social epistemology
  • Virtue and vice Epistemology
  • Epistemic injustice
  • The epistemology of ignorance
  • Feminist Philosophy

News articles

A new interdisciplinary research project is examining the role of personal values in intellectual humility within online political debate.

How can we use values to increase humility among political partisans?

19 October 2023

A new interdisciplinary research project is examining the role of personal values in intellectual humility within online political debate.

A new study finds that if people are asked to reflect on their life values before engaging in discussions, debates are more harmonious.

Why reflecting on your values before opening your mouth makes for happier relationships

07 February 2023

A new study finds that if people are asked to reflect on their life values before engaging in discussions, debates are more harmonious.

A day of public philosophical debate at the heart of Welsh government

Values and Virtues for a Challenging World

09 August 2022

A day of public philosophical debate at the heart of Welsh government

How to break hard-wired habits of arrogance and polarisation in debate

Raising the bar above the shouting match

25 October 2017

How to break hard-wired habits of arrogance and polarisation in debate

How can we reduce arrogant behaviour in political debate and public discourse?

Eliminating the shouting match

24 February 2017

How can we reduce arrogant behaviour in political debate and public discourse?

The Aristotelian Society and Mind Association Joint Session is one of three major philosophy conferences Cardiff University will host this July

UK’s largest Philosophy conference comes to Cardiff University

24 June 2016

The Aristotelian Society and Mind Association Joint Session is one of three major philosophy conferences Cardiff University will host this July

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