Professor Maria Alvarez

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Professor of Philosophy

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Before coming to King’s, Maria Alvarez was a lecturer at the University of Southampton, having previously taught at the Universities of Oxford and Reading.

Research interests and PhD supervision

Philosophy of action, including the metaphysics and explanation of actions
Reasons for action, normativity
Agent causation, agential powers
Abilities, choice, freedom and moral responsibility

Teaching

Philosophy of Mind and Action
Ethics
Metaethics

Expertise and public engagement

‘The Philosopher’s Arms: Weakness of Will’, BBC radio4 Programme (Nov 15). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rxn59

Publications

False Beliefs and the Reasons We Don't Have 01 January 2018
'Are Character Traits Dispositions?' 24 August 2017
Desires, Dispositions and the Explanation of Action 27 July 2017
[Book Review] Scott Sehon, Free Will and Action Explanation: A Non-causal, Compatibilist Account 01 July 2017
When Ignorance is No Excuse 22 June 2017
Philosophy of Action 1945-2015 29 March 2017
Acting for Aesthetic Reasons 01 March 2017
Wittgenstein on Action and the Will 01 December 2016
Reasons for action, acting for reasons, and rationality 25 January 2016
*'Reasons for Action: Justification, Motivation, Explanation' 01 January 2016

Professor Maria Alvarez

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