Jiri Benovsky
I am a 'scientific collaborator' at the University
of Fribourg (Switzerland) where I am also the coordinator
of the Swiss Doctoral School ProDoc and the Swiss Doctoral School CUSO. Since 2010, I also teach at the University of Neuchâtel.
I was also a visiting research fellow at the Institut Jean-Nicod (Paris, France) and I taught at the EHESS and ENS (Paris, France).

E-mail : jiri@benovsky.com

Office : 5246 Miséricorde
Department of Philosophy
University of Fribourg
Av. de l'Europe 20
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland


Research
My main interests are : the metaphysics of x, for most x; time and persistence through time; modality, possible worlds, counterpart theories; temporal and modal logics; vagueness, many-valued and fuzzy logics; personal identity; philosophy of mind; the self; methodology and meta-ontology; the philosophy of perception; temporal experience; aesthetics; the philosophy of photography and pictorial representation; the philosophy of music.

Selected publications
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    		•  'The bundle theory and the substratum theory : deadly enemies or twin brothers?', in Philosophical Studies, 2008, 141:175-190 (abstract : here)
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    		•  'Relational and substantival ontologies, and the nature and the role of primitives in ontological theories', in Erkenntnis, 2010, 73:1 (abstract : here)
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    		•  'Presentism and persistence', in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2009, 90:3 (abstract : here)
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    		•  'On (not) being in two places at the same time: an argument against endurantism', in American Philosophical Quarterly, 2009, 46:3 (abstract : here)
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    		•  'The relationist and substantivalist theories of time : foes or friends ?', in European Journal of Philosophy, 2011, Vol.19, n°4 (abstract : here)
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    		•  'Photographic Representation and Depiction of Temporal Extension', in Inquiry, 2012, Vol.55, No.2, 194–213 (abstract : here)
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