International Journal of Advances in Philosophy

International Journal of Advances in Philosophy is an open-access, peer-reviewed, international journal.

Maria Leonor Lamas de Oliveira Xavier

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Advances in Philosophy

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, Portugal

Research Areas

Medieval Philosophy, Theology, Metaphysics

Education

1981Philosophy DegreeUniversity of Lisbon
1986Philosophy MastersUniversity of Lisbon
1994Philosophy DoctorateUniversity of Lisbon
2011Aggregation ExamsUniversity of Lisbon

Experience

Since 1982Philosophy Teacher (Since 1982)
Since 2011Associate Professor with Aggregation in the Department of Philosophy of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (Since 2011)
Since 2012Director of the Philosophy Course (1st Study Cycle) of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (Since 2012)
Since 2015Director of Department of Philosophy of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (Since 2015)

Membership

Member of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Philosophy (SIEPM), since 1987
Member of the Center of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL), since 1994
Member of the Scientific Society of the Catholic Portuguese University, since 2013
Member of the Scientific Commission of the Nursing Doctorate of the University of Lisbon, since 2014
Member of the Latin-American Network of Medieval Philosophy (RLFM), since 2014

Publications: Journals

[1]  «Do pensável e do impensável na filosofia do Argumento Anselmiano», Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. Philosophy and Spirituality in the Middle Ages, T. 64 (Braga, 2008), fasc.1, pp.275-296. ISBN: 978-989-8078-25-4
[2]  «A Questão do Argumento Anselmiano» (Lecture in Medieval Philosophy held on the 18th of January 2011, during examinations to the title of Professor with Aggregation of the University of Lisbon), Philosophica, 37 (Lisbon, 2011), pp.241-270. ISSN: 0872-4784
[3]  «Anselm and Dualism Reconsidered», International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development, Vol.3 (December 2015) Nr. 2, pp.1-8. ISSN: 2333-5750 (Print), 2333-5769 (Online)
[4]  «Anselm’s Metaphysics in the Lineage of Parmenides: nihil est per nihil», Philosophy Study, Vol.6 (August 2016) Nº.8, pp.472-478. ISSN: 2159-5313 (Print), 2159-5321 (Online)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  «Christologie et Théodicée dans le Cur Deus Homo de saint Anselme», in Paul Gilbert (Coord.), Helmut Kohlenberger (Coord.), Elmar Salmann (Ed.), Cur Deus Homo. Atti del Congresso Anselmiano Internazionale, Roma 21-23 maggio 1998 (Studia Anselmiana, 128), Rome, Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, 1999, pp.503-514.
[2]  «Anselme et Bonaventure. Au sujet de l’argument du Proslogion», in José F. Meirinhos (Ed.), Itinéraires de la Raison. Études de philosophie médiévale offertes à Maria Cândida Pacheco, Textes et Études du Moyen Âge, 32, Louvain la Neuve, Fédération Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales, 2005, pp.127 145.
[3]  «The Believer’s Faith and the Philosopher’s Distrust», in José Miranda Justo e Elisabete M. de Sousa, Kierkegaard in Lisbon. Contemporary Readings of Repetition, Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments and the 1843 and 1844 Upbuilding Discourses, Lisboa, CFUL e Autores, 2012, pp.51-56.
[4]  «O Medievalista, a nobreza do medieval e o Doctor Discretus», in Maria Leonor L.O. Xavier (Coord.), Francisco da Gama Caeiro. A Presença 20 anos depois, Lisbon, FCT / CFUL, 2014, pp.125-140.