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Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi

Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy

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Contact Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi

Office Hours: MonÌý11-13, Gordon House G04

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Virtue Ethics, Moral Psychology. I work especially on Aristotle's ethics and philosophy of mind, but I have broad interests in other ancient philosophical traditions. I also enjoy exploring the relevance of ancient views for contemporary philosophy of mind and ethics. I am interested in supervising students working in any of these areas.

Bio: I joined Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in 2018 after completing my graduate studies at the University of Oxford and two postdocs at Ìýin Geneva and at the in Jerusalem. I am a member ofÌýÌýtheÌýÌýand of the .


Publications

Book

  • Ethics for Rational Animals.ÌýThe Moral Psychology at the Basis of Aristotle’s Ethics. OUP 2024. .

Papers and chapters

  • ‘Harmonia, Melos and Rhythmos. Aristotle on musical education.’ÌýAncient Philosophy 36 (2):409-424, 2016.ÌýÌý
  • ‘Aristotle on the structure of akratic action.’ÌýPhronesis 63(3): 229-256, 2018.ÌýÌý
  • ‘Enmattered virtues.’ÌýMetaphysics 1 (1): 63-74, 2018.Ìý (Open Access)
  • ‘Aristotle's peculiarly human psychology.’ InÌýAristotle's Anthropology, eds. N. Kreft and G. Keil, CUP 2019.
  • ‘Elements of biology in Aristotle's political science.’ InÌýCambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Biology, ed. S. Connell, CUP 2021.
  • ‘Aristotle on attention.’ Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 103 (4): 602-633, 2021.
  • ‘Aristotle on the affective powers of colour and pictures.’ InÌýEntretiens sur l'Antiquité classique, 66 (Genève: Fondation Hardt), ed. K. Ierodiakonou, 2020. .

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