M. Folescu

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Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, 2019–present

Humboldt Research Fellow at the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, August, 2022–July 2023

Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, UK, February–July, 2022

APA Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, UK, Fall 2017

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri, 2013–2019

Areas of Specialization

Historical Philosophy of Language and Mind, Aesthetics

Areas of Competence

Logic, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Action Theory

Education

• Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Southern California, 2007–2013
• M.A. Art History, Western University, Canada, 2003–2005
• M.A. Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania, 2002–2003
• B.A. Art History, National University of Fine Arts, Romania, 1998–2002

Publications

Journal Articles

Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd on the Role of Proofs in Our Knowledge of First Principles. Noûs. 56(2) (2022): 473-493.

Folescu, M. Perception As A Multi-Stage Process: A Reidian Account. Journal of Scottish Philosophy. 19(1) (2021): 57-74.

Folescu, M. Using Benevolent Affections To Learn Our Duty. Mind. 127(506) (2018): 467-489.

Folescu, M. Remembering Events: A Reidean Account of (Episodic) Memory. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 97(2) (2018): 304-321.

Folescu, M. Thomas Reid's View of Memorial Conception. Journal of Scottish Philosophy 16(3) (2018): 211-226.

Folescu, M. Thinking About Different Nonexistents Of The Same Kind. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 93(3) (2016): 627-649.

Folescu, M. Perceiving Bodies Immediately: Thomas Reid's Insight. History of Philosophy Quarterly 32(1) (2015): 19-36.

Book Chapters

Folescu, M. Relinquishing Control: What Romanian De Se Attitude Reports Teach Us About Immunity To Error Through Misidentification. In Alessandro Capone, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, and Alessandra Falzone (Eds.), Indirect Reports and Pragmatics in the World Languages (p. 299-313). Springer International Publishing, 2019.

Folescu, M. Perceptual and Imaginative Conception: The Distinction Reid Missed. In Todd Buras and Rebecca Copenhaver (eds.), Mind, Knowledge, and Value: Essays in Honor of Reid's Tercentenary. Mind Occasional Series (p. 52-74). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Folescu, M., James Higginbotham. Two Takes on the De Se.In Simon Prosser and François Recanati (eds.), Immunity to Error Through Misidentification: New Essays (p. 46-62). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Encyclopedia Articles

Peter Markie and M. Folescu. Rationalism vs. Empiricism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rationalism-empiricism/

Folescu, M. Reid's Philosophy of Mind. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. www.iep.utm.edu/reidmind

Work in Progress

• Folescu, M. and Tieying Zhou. Reid and Shepherd on Beauty and the Subjectivity of Taste (under review)
• Folescu, M. Thinking Through The Past: Reid On The Epistemic Value Of Memory (book manuscript, in preparation). For a descriptive table of contents, click here.
• Folescu, M. On Two Kinds of Photographs: Distinguishing between Documentaries and Photographic Works of Fiction. (draft available upon request)
• Folescu, M. Thomas Reid on Powers and Capacities. Commissioned for Powers and Abilities in Early Modern Philosophy, Sebastian Bender and Dominik Perler (eds.), New York: Routledge.
• Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd's Epistemology. Commissioned for the third edition of the lackwell Companion to Epistemology, Kurt Sylvan (ed.), Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Presentations

Folescu, M. & Zhou, T. Reid and Shepherd on Beauty and the Subjectivity of Taste
Workshop on Shepherd's Philosophy, Paris-Nanterre, November 2022 (invited)
Colloquium Series, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, November 2022 (invited)
Early Modern Philosophy Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin, November 2022 (invited)
Philosophy Seminar, University College Dublin, November 2022 (invited)

Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd's Philosophy
Work in progress talk, The Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities Edinburgh UK, July 2022 (invited)

Folescu, M. Some remarks on Mary Shepherd's Essays on the Perception of an External Universe
Early Modern Philosophy Workshop, St Andrews, UK, June 2022 (invited)

Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd on the Role of Proofs in Our Knowledge of First Principles
University College London —Philosophy Department Research Talk, UK, March 2022 (invited)

Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd on the Role of Proofs in Our Knowledge of the External World
The Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop Series, organized by Jen Foster (USC) and Cassie Finley (University of Iowa), January 2021 (invited)

Folescu, M. Perception as a Multi-stage Process: A Reidian Account
ECAP 10 —The Tenth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Utrecht, Netherlands, August 2020 (delivered online)

Folescu, M. Mary Shepherd on Our Knowledge of Ourselves and of the External World.
Early Modern Virtual Workshop, organized by Anat Schechtman, University of Wisconsin, July 2020 (invited)
Berlin-Hamburg Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy, Humboldt University, Berlin, June 2020 (delivered in May 2022)
Dutch Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, August 2020 (delivered online)

Folescu, M. Some Remarks on Mary Shepherd's Views on the Perception of the External World
APA — Eastern, Philadelphia, January 2020 (invited)

Folescu, M. Some Remarks on Reid's View of Memorial Conception
Philosophy Club Talk, University of St. Andrews, October 2017 (invited)
Work in progress talk, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Edinburgh, UK, September 2017 (invited)

Folescu, M. Perception As A Two-Stage Process: A Reidean Account
Margaret Wilson Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, June 2016
HOPOS 11, Minneapolis, MN, June 2016

Folescu, M. Reid on Remembering Events
APA — Central, St. Louis, Feb 2015
The British Society for the History of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, May 2014

Folescu, M. Benevolent Affections and Moral Agents in Reid's Action Theory
Sentiment and Reason in Early Modern Ethics, State University of New York Buffalo, March 2014

Folescu, M. The Role of Sympathy in Reid's Action Theory
APA — Pacific, San Francisco, March 2013
Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy Spring Conference, Princeton, March 2012

Folescu, M. Reid on the Objects of Perception
Margaret Wilson Conference, Dartmouth College, NH, June 2012

Folescu, M. Reid's Account of Perception as a Two-Stage Process
The Early Modern Circle at Caltech, Pasadena, Oct 2011
Conceptual Content — History and Prospects, University of Cambridge, UK, Sep 2011

Folescu, M. The Peculiar Photographic Character of Documentaries
APA — Pacific, San Diego, April 2011
American Society for Aesthetics — Pacific, Pacific Grove, April 2010

Folescu, M. Some Remarks on Reid's Theory of Imagination
South Central Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Texas A & M University, College Station, Nov 2010
Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, July 2010

Folescu, M. An Inconsistency in Reid's Construal of the Power of Conception
The British Society for the History of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen and University of Glasgow, March 2010

Folescu, M. Hume's Law Is (Still) Standing
Second Buenos Aires Metaethics Workshop, Centro de Estudios Filosoficos y Fenomenologicos Avanzado, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 2009

Comments

Sandra Lindblom. The Epistemic Humility in Mary Shepherd's Anti-Humean Theory of Causality: Exploring its Kantian Origin.
Extending New Narratives Monthly Works-in-progress Seminar for Early Career Researchers, A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Partners initiative; November 2020

Jessica Adkins. Aesthetic Value of Anatomical Displays of Plastinated Bodies. APA – Eastern, January 2019

Alcia Hall. Bridging The Gap Between Well-being Research and Policy. APA – Pacific, March 2016

Lewis Powell. Reid vs. Hume on the Objects of Belief. APA – Central, March 2016

Bryan Pickel. Rigidification and Attitudes. Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference # 13: Reference and Referring, Washington State University, Pullman WA and University of Idaho, Moscow ID, May 2010

Brian Laetz and Joshua J. Johnston. "On Fantasy." American Society for Aesthetics — Pacific, Pacific Grove, April 2007

Honors, Fellowships, and Grants

• 2022–2023Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (€38,040)
• 2021–2022University of Missouri Research Board Award ($25,000)
• 2021–2022University of Missouri Research Council Research Grant ($10,000)
• 2021–2022Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh ($1,400)
• 2018The Journal of the History of Philosophy Masterclass
• 2017–2018The American Philosophical Aassociation Edinburgh Fellowship: residential fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
• 2017–2018University of Missouri Research Council Research Grant ($10,000)
• 2015Mentee; The Mentoring Project for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy
• 2015University of Missouri Research Board Award ($20,000)
• 2012USC Michael McCann Award for Excellence in the History of Philosophy
• 2012Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association International Scholarship
• 2011British Society for the History of Philosophy Graduate Student Essay Prize, for Reid on the Objects of Perception (£500 GBP)

Teaching Experience

At the University of Missouri, Columbia

• Elementary Logic: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2017
• Modern Philosophy: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015 (WI), Fall 2014
• Topics in Modern Philosophy (Graduate Seminar): Fall 2019
• The Empiricists (Graduate Seminar): Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2014
• Introduction to Philosophy: Spring 2021 (H), Spring 2020, Spring 2019 (H), Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2015 (H), Fall 2014 (H)
• Philosophy of Film: Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2014

Guest Lectures

• Aesthetics; November 8, Fall 2013. Instructor: Philip Robbins
• Aesthetics and the Film; November 30, Fall 2011. Instructor: George M. Wilson
• British Empiricism; December 2, Fall 2010. Instructor: James Van Cleve

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Philosophical Association (member since 2007)
• International Association of Art Critics — AICA (member since 2002)
• 2021 APA Central Division Program Committee — member
• 2017 APA Central Division Program Committee — member
• Reviewer for: Edinburgh University Press, History of Philosophy Quarterly, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Nous, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Polish Journal of Philosophy, Research Foundation Flanders — FWO, Routledge

Service

• 2019-2020Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Revision of Standards for Promotion and Tenure Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri
• 2019-2020Member of CORE 42 Faculty Discipline Review Group for Philosophy and Religion A state-wide Initiative for Missouri
• 2018-2019Creator of the Newsletter for the Department of Philosophy University of Missouri
• 2018-2019Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee of the Department of Philosophy University of Missouri
• 2018-2019Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Journal and Press Assessment Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri
• 2017-2018Member of the Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy University of Missouri
• 2016-2017Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee of the Department of Philosophy University of Missouri
• 2015Organizer of the Spring 2015 Kline Workshop (MU Department of Philosophy): Philosophy and Science in The British Empiricist Tradition
• 2015Mentor; Job Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy
• 2014-2015Member of the Placement Committee of the Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri
• 2013-2014Member of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Future of the Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri

Graduate Supervision

• Argon Gruber — MA Research paper supervisor (2021)
• Tianqin Ren — MA Research paper supervisor (in progress)
• Tieying Zhou — MA Research paper supervisor (2020); PhD proposal supervisor (2021); chair of the PhD dissertation committee (in progress)
• Seokman Kang — MA Research paper second reader (2014)
• David Swerling — MA Thesis second reader (2014)
• Phillip Zema — PhD proposal second reader (2014) and co-chair of the PhD dissertation committee (2016)

Languages

• English (bilingual proficiency)
• French (reading: professional working proficiency)
• Italian (reading: professional working proficiency)
• Romanian (native proficiency)

References

Available upon request.