Adrian Nita

Institutul de Filosofie si Psihologie , , Constantin Radulescu-Motru, , al Academiei Romane, Bucuresti, Romania

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Born: 1964

Interests: philosophy, logic, philosophical logic, modern philosophy

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Name: ADRIAN NITA

Date of birth: the 29th of July 1964

E-mail: nitaadrianus@yahoo.com



Educational background

2003 PhD, University of Poitiers (France)

2003 PhD, University of Bucharest.

1997-1998 University of Poitiers (France): postgraduate study (MA). Specialisation: history of philosophy. Degree received: Master of Philosophy.

1995-1996 University of Bucharest: postgraduate study (MA). Specialisation: theoretical philosophy. Degree received: Master of Philosophy.

1990-1995 Student at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy.

1978-1982 Student at "Tudor Vladimirescu" High School, Craiova.

1970-1978 Primary school at Cernatesti.



Grants

June-November 2002 University of Poitiers (France)

July-December 1997 University of Poitiers (France).

June-July 1996 New College Oxford (Great Britain).

March-May 1995 Institute für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie München (Germany).



Employment

Since 2005 Lecturer (invited) at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu.

2003-2005 Assoc. Professor (invited) at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu.

Since 2001 Assoc. Professor (invited) at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy.

1996-2002 Assistant Lecturer, Romanian-American University, Bucharest.

Since 1995 - Researcher, Institute of Philosophy of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.

-In the board of the ,,Revue roumaine de philosophie" and ,,Revista de filosofie" (,,Journal of Philosophie")



Publications

1. Books:

Adrian Nita, Leibniz, Bucharest, Paideia, 1998.

Adrian Nita, Metodologie (Metodology), Bucharest, Ars Docendi, 2005.

Adrian Nita, Timp si idealism. Metafizica timpului la Kant si Leibniz (Time and idealism. The metaphysics of Time at Kant and Leibniz), Bucharest, Paideia, 2005.

Adrian Nita, Desertul interogatiilor (The desert of interrogations), Pitesti, Paralela 45 (forthcoming).

Adrian Nita (coord.), Natura timpului (The Nature of Time), Giurgiu, Pelican, 2006.

2. Translations:


E. Gilson, Tomismul (The Thomism), Humanitas, Bucharest, 2001.

G.W.Leibniz, Scrieri filosofice (Philosophical Works) (translation, introduction and notes), All, Bucharest, 2001.



3. Book chapters:

Adrian Nita, Several dictionary entries in Ion Ianosi (ed.), Dictionarul operelor filosofice romanesti (Dictionary of the Romanian philosophical works), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1997, pp. 78-80, 139-140, 231-233, 237-239.

Adrian Nita, Compunere si continuitate (Composition and continuity), in M. Flonta (ed.), Descartes-Leibniz. Ascensiunea si posteritatea rationalismului clasic (Descartes-Leibniz. Ascension and posterity of classical rationalism), Ed. Universal Dalsi, Bucharest, 1998, pp. 148-155.

Adrian Nita, Timp sacru si eternitate (Sacred time and eternity), in C. Mircea, R. Lazu (eds.), Orizontul sacru (Sacred horizon), Ed. Polirom, Iasi, 1998, pp. 159-165.

Adrian Nita, Persoana si identitatea personala (The person and personal identity), in Al. Baumgarten (ed.), Ingerul si persoana (Angel and person), Ed. Charmides, Bistrita, 2000, pp. 82-86.

Adrian Nita, Trigemenea lui Brancusi (Trigemenea of Brancusi) in I. Pogorilovscki (coord.), Brancusi, artist-filosof (Brancusi, artist-philosopher), Targu-Jiu, Editura Fundatiei ,,Constantin Brancusi", 2001, pp. 111-115.

Adrian Nita, Posibilitate si existenta (The possibility and the existence), in I. Tanasescu (ed.), Argumentul ontologic (The ontological argument), Pelican, Giurgiu, 2003.


Adrian Nita, Existenta si realitate la Kant (Existence and reality in Kant), in Al Boboc, NI Maris (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale, vol. XII, Editura Academiei, Bucuresti, 2004, pp. 483-503.

Adrian Nita, Intentionalitate si obiecte nonexistente (Intentionality and nonexistent objects), in Cristian Ciocan, Dan Lazea (coord.), Intentionalitatea de la Plotin la Levinas, Editura Universitatii Bucuresti, Bucuresti, 2005, pp. 63-70.

Adrian Nita, Despre predicatie (On predication), in Al. Boboc, NI Maris (coord.), Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale, vol XIII, Editura Academiei, Bucuresti, 2005, pp. 120-140.

Adrian Nita, Structura timpului la Merleau-Ponty (The structure of Time at Merleau-Ponty), in Cristian Ciocan (coord.), Memorie si temporalitate, Bucuresti (in curs de aparitie).

Adrian Nita, Timp si memorie la Merleau-Ponty (Time and memory at Merleau-Ponty), in Al Boboc, NI Maris (coord.), Studii de fenomenologie, Editura Academiei, Bucuresti (in curs de aparitie).

Adrian Nita, Despre posibilitatea calatoriei in timp (On time travel), in Adrian Nita (coord.), Natura timpului, Pelican, Giurgiu, 2006, pp. 187-196.

Adrian Nita, Despre natura timpului (On the nature of Time), in Adrian Nita (ed.), Natura timpului (Nature of Time), Pelican, Giurgiu, 2006, pp. 5-18.

Adrian Nita, How composed can a composed substance be? in H. Breger, J. Herbst, S. Erdner (hrsg), Einheit in der Vielheit. VIII Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress, Hartmann GmbH, Hannover, 2006, pp. 715-720.

Adrian Nita, Preface, in Desire Nolen, La critique de Kant et la metaphysique de Leibniz, Paris, L`Harmattan, 2006.


4. Papers published in philosophical journals:

Unele semnificatii filosofice ale utopiilor sociale (Some philosophical meanings of social utopias), Revista de filosofie, XXXIX, 5, 1992, pp. 503-505.

Sensurile termenului Logos in dialogul Parmenide (The meanings of the term logos in the dialogue Parmenide), Revista de filosofie, XLI, 3, 1994, pp. 309-315.

Teoria leibniziana a spatiului si timpului (The Leibniz`s theory of space and time), Saeculum, I (III), 3-4 (12), 1995, pp. 16-21.

Posibilitate si identitate la Aristotel si Leibniz (Possibility and identity in Aristotle and Leibniz), Revista de filosofie, XLIII, 1-2, 1996, pp. 5-8.

Filosofia mintii (Mind philosophy), Saeculum, II (IV), 1-4 (16), 1996, pp. 167-169.

Reabilitarea individualului (Rehabilitation of the individual), Revista de filosofie, XLIV, 4, 1997, pp. 401-407.

Zur Lage der Philosophie in Rumä nien (On the state of philosophy in Romania), Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 3/1999, pp. 82-83.

Symposium " Mind and Consciousness" , Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 4/1999.

Tematica modernitatii si tematica nationala la C. Noica (The theme of modernity and the theme of national in Noica' s philosophy), Revista de filosofie, 5-6/2000, pp. 487-493.

On mental causation, Revue roumaine, LV (CL), 375-376, 2000, pp. 159-166.

Le paradigme antique du temps (The antique paradigm of time), Revue roumaine de philosophie, vol. 44/2000, pp. 395-400.

Abordarea naturalist-biologica a constiintei (The naturalist-biologist approach of the consciousness), Academica, tome XIII, 16-17, 2003.

Teoria naturalista a constiintei (The naturalistic theory of the consciousness), Revista de filosofie, 3-4, 2003.

Leibniz. Argumentele existentei lui Dumnezeu (Leibniz. Arguments of the existence of God), Saeculum, III (V), 1, 2004, pp. 25-35.

Timp si continuitate (Time and continuity), Academica, XIV, may 2004, no. 163, pp. 37-39.

Liberté et causalité chez Kant et Leibniz (Freedom and causality in Kant and Leibniz), Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 48, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 29-43



Argumentele existentei lui Dumnezeu in filosofia lui Leibniz (The arguments of existence of God), Saeculum, serie noua, anul III (V), nr. 2 (18), 2004, pp. 5-12.

Despre existenta obiectelor nonexistente (On the existence of nonexistent objects), Noema, vol. III, nr. 1, 2004.

Ontologia structurala si ontologia analitica (Structural ontology and analitical ontology), Revista de filosofie, anul LI, nr. 3-4, 2004, pp. 515-520.

Libertate si intentionalitate la Merleau-Ponty (Freedom and intentionality at Merleau-Ponty), Revista de filosofie, anul LII, nr. 1-2, 2005, pp. 79-86.

Modelul functional al imaginatiei (The functional model of imagination), Academica, serie noua, nr. 35, anul XL, pp. 45-48, februarie 2005.

Russell and Merleau-Ponty on Freedom, Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 49, nr. 1- 2, 2005, pp. 207-211.

Individuatia la Blaga (Individuation at Blaga), Revista de filosofie, anul LIII, nr. 1-2, 2006.

Individuation chez Blaga, Revue roumaine de philosophie, tome 50, nr. 1-2, 2006.





5. Articles in cultural journals:

Contemporanul, Observator cultural, Timpul, Cultura, Cuvantul, Altitudini, Academica s.a.



Presentations

On "logos" in Parmenide, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 15-16 June 1993.

Possibility and identity in Aristotle and Leibniz, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 9-11 November 1994.

Leibniz. How is the continuity of phenomena possible?, " Leibniz-Descartes" symposium, Cluj-Napoca, 13 December 1996.

Existence and quantification, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 5 May 1997.

Existence as a predicate, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 5-10 July 1997.

Sacred time and eternity, symposium "Sacred" , Timisoara, 16-18 April 1998.

Philosophies of Power, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 12 May 1998.

The ontological argument and the cosmological argument, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 6-12 July 1998.

On the mecanisms of power, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 5 May 1999.

Topological Structure of time, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Cluj, 21-25 July 1999.

On mental causation, symposium "Mind and Consciousness" , Black Sea University, Mangalia, 7-11 September 1999.

On mental causation, symposium CRIFTS, Romanian Academy, 13 Octomber 1999.

On personal identity, symposium "Person and loneliness of angels" , Bistrita, 20 November 1999.

On the theory of the minimal state, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 7 May 2000.

The ontological argument revisited, Bistrita, 18 November 2000.

A new look on the ontological argument, Institute of Philosophy, Bucharest, 10 December 2000.

On the rule of law in Fr. Hayek' s work, symposium of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, 4 mai 2001.

Le modèle possibiliste du monde (The possibilist model of the world), VII Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress, Berlin, 10-15 September 2001.

Cauzalité par liberté chez Emmanuel Kant (Causality through freedom at Kant), symposium ,,Spaces of freedom in the Modern Thought", ARCHES, New Europe College, 10 mai 2002.

Soundness and Pressuposition, The XIIth Congress of Logic, Methodology and the Philosophy of Science, Oviedo, 7-13 August 2003.

Liberté et causalité (Freedom and Causality), The XXIInd World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul, 10-17 August 2003.

Towards an holist theory of consciousness, Romanian Academy, CRIFST, 4 September 2003

Identité et individuation chez Leibniz (Identity and individuation at Leibniz), International summer school, Macea, 30 August-14 September 2003.

Time and imagination, symposium Kant-2004, Romanian Academy, 11-12 June 2004.

Freedom at Merleau-Ponty, Romanian Society for Phenomenology, 1 June 2004.

Intentionality and nonexistent objects, symposium ,,Intentionality : history and perspectives", Romanian Society for Phenomenology, 21-22 September 2004.

Meinong's theory of the nonexistent object, symposium ,,The austriac philosophy", Faculty of Philosophy and Institute of Philosophy, 23-24 September 2004.

On the existence of nonexistent objects, symposium CRIFST, Romanian Academy, 14-15 Octomber 2004.



Despre posibilitatea calatoriei in timp (On time travel), simpozionul ,,Natura timpului'', Universitatea ,,Lucian Blaga'' Sibiu, 20 mai 2005.

Forme substantielle et substance corporelle, the 5th seminar on early modern philosophy, The Great Instauration : Science, Philosophy and the Reformation of Knowledge in 17th Century, Bran, 2-7 iulie 2005.

On time travel, 28th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel (Austria), 7-13 august 2005.

Individuatia la Blaga (Individuation at Blaga), simpozionul ,,110 ani de la nasterea lui Lucian Blaga. Confluente culturale in perspectiva filosofica, Academia Romana, 15-16 septembrie 2005.

Structura timpului la Merleau-Ponty (The structure of Time at Merleau-Ponty), Societatea Romana de Fenomenologie, Bucuresti, 19-21 septembrie 2005.

Identitatea personala si continuitatea spatio-temporala (Personal identity and the spatio-temporal continuity), simpozionul ,,Identitate si individuatie", ULB, 13 mai 2006.

How composed can a composed substance be?, VIIIth International Leibniz Congress, Hannover, 24-29 iulie 2006.

Possibility and existence. The ontological argument in Leibniz and Kant, The Second Southeast European Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Ankara, 22 August-25 August 2006.

Research interests

Metaphysics (existence, possible, time, mind-philosophy, consciousness)

Logics (philosophical logic, methodology, erotetic logic, free logic)

Leibniz

Kant

Teaching

2005-2006 Ontology and Theory of knowledge at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy.
2004-2005 Logic and theory of argumentation and Theory of knowledge at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy.

2003-2004 Philosophy of Time at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucurest (see a time-bibliography).

2003-2004 Methodology at the ,,Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Department of Philosophy (see a bibliography).

2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004-2005 Leibniz at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

Selected publications:
• Adrian Nita. Preface. In Desire Nolen, La critique de Kant et la metaphysique de Leibniz. L`Harmattan, Paris, 2006.
• Adrian Nita. How composed can a composed substance be?. In H. Breger, J. Herbst, S. Erdner (hrsg), VIII Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress, pp. 715-720. Hartmann GmbH, 2006.
• Adrian Nita. On time travel. In The XXVIIIth International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel. 2005.
• Adrian Nita. Liberte et causalite. In The XXIInd World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul. 2003.
• Adrian Nita. Soundness and Pressuposition. In The XIIth Congress of Logic, Methodology and the Philosophy of Science. 2003.
• Adrian Nita. Le modele possibiliste du temps. In Hans Poser (hrsg. ), Nihil sine ratione, Berlin, pp. 903-906. 2001.
• Adrian Nita. Zur Lage der Philosophie in Rumaenien. Zeitschrift fuer Philosophie, nr. 3, pp. 82-83, 1999.
• Adrian Nita. Leibniz. Paideia, 1998.
• Adrian Nita. Timp sacru si eternitate. In C. Mircea, R. Lazu (coord. ), Orizontul sacru, Polirom, Iasi, pp. 159-165. Polirom, 1998.

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