LEONARDO MOAURO
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Hello! My name is Leonardo Moauro. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the 'Human Abilities' Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin). I have a PhD in philosophy from UC San Diego with a dissertation entitled Perfection and Desire in Spinoza's Theory of Value.
My research focuses on metaethics, moral psychology, and metaphysics in early modern European philosophy, with an emphasis on Spinoza's thought. In metaethics, I am interested in antirealist conceptions of normativity. My dissertation explores the theory of value supporting Spinoza’s perfectionist ethics, arguing that it is best seen as antirealist rather than realist. In moral psychology, I research accounts of agency and free will. I am especially interested in views of freedom as self-determination, and how theorists conceive of non-rational influences on the will arising from passions, habit, and custom in relation to this. Lastly, in metaphysics, I work on recent idealist readings of Spinoza’s metaphysics. I aim to develop a novel interpretation that locates idealism specifically in Spinoza’s account of the structure of finite things. Aside from philosophy, I enjoy long-distance running, fiction, playing piano, watching soccer, and introducing friends to grappa (with very mixed results). |
LEONARDO MOAURO
