Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal information
dr. C. Ierna has a double training in philosophy and cognitive artificial intelligence. He is interested is interested in the complex interplay between philosophy, psychology, and mathematics in the 19th century, and the related theories of consciousness and mind, particularly symbolic intentionality and the idea of universal computation.
His publications mainly regard authors from the School of Brentano (Franz Brentano, Edmund Husserl, Christian von Ehrenfels, etc.), the development of Gestalt psychology, semiotics, the theory of manifolds (Mannigfaltigkeitslehre), and in a broader sense the idea of philosophy as science, the mathematical foundations of science, and the mechanization of the mind.
He has given public lectures, courses, and scientific presentations on various topics, including the value of the humanities, the mechanisation of man, the history and foundations of the sciences, the philosophy of time, paradoxes, Ada Lovelace and thinking machines.
He has given public lectures, courses, and scientific presentations on various topics, including the value of the humanities, the mechanisation of man, the history and foundations of the sciences, the philosophy of time, paradoxes, Ada Lovelace and thinking machines.
Grants
- 2020 - Comenius Fellowship research grant (€50k), NRO, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- 2019 - PI, EU Horizon 2020 programme (€250k), international consortium HERMES (Hybrid Enhanced Regenerative Medicine Systems, FETPROACT-2018-2020 GA n.824164), Radboud University Nijmegen. More information
- 2012 - VENI research grant (€250k), NWO, Utrecht University. More information
- 2009 - Postdoctoral research grant (~€150k), FWO – Vlaanderen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
- 2004 - Doctoral research grant (~€150k), FWO – Vlaanderen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Teaching
Last three years:
2020-2021 Modern Philosophy:Body & Mind (English, MA, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
2020-2021 Modern Philosophy (English, BA1, VU)
2019-2020 Modern Philosophy:Body & Mind (English, MA, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
2019-2020 Modern Philosophy (English, BA1, VU)
2019-2020 Philosophy of Mind (Dutch, BA2, Leiden University)
2018-2019 Modern Philosophy (English, BA1, VU)
2018-2019 Modern Philosophy (Dutch, BA1, VU)
2018-2019 History of Philosophy II: Augustine to Hume (Dutch, BA1, with K. Algra, UU)
2018-2019 Modern Philosophy (Dutch, pre-master, Radboud University)
2018-2019 Philosophy of Language (Dutch, BA2, Leiden University)
2018-2019 Introduction to Logic (English, BA1, Leiden University)
Ancillary activities
- Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen | Nijmegen | Medewerker | 2018-10-01 - present
- Universiteit Leiden | Leiden | Medewerker | 2018-10-01 - present
- Universiteit Utrecht | Utrecht | Medewerker | 2018-11-01 - present
Ancillary activities are updated daily
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Phenomenology and Austrian philosophy
Ierna, C., Aug 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy. De Santis, D., Hopkins, B. & Majolino, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 98-110 13 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Synoptic Scheme of the Phenomenological Movement
Ierna, C., Aug 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy. De Santis, D., Hopkins, B. & Majolino, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 809-812 4 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Thinking the Impossible: The Gestalt of a Round Square
Ierna, C., 2020, Psychological Themes in the School of Alexius Meinong. Dewalque, A. & Raspa, V. (eds.). De Gruyter, p. 47-60 14 p. (Meinong Studies; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Christian von Ehrenfels
Ierna, C. & Rollinger, R., 12 Dec 2019, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Zalta, E. N. (ed.). Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), Stanford University, 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic › peer-review
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De Crisis en de crisis
Ierna, C., 1 Sep 2019, In: De uil van Minerva. 31, 4, p. 228-233 6 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic
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Reverse Engineering the Canon
Carlo Ierna (Speaker)
12 Dec 2020Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Diversiteit in de filosofie
Carlo Ierna (Speaker)
25 Sep 2020Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
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Symposium "Student Perspectives on Canon Reform"
Carlo Ierna (Organiser)
8 Dec 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic
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Comenius (External organisation)
Carlo Ierna (Member)
1 Jul 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Activity: Membership › Academic
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Brentano, HERMES, and the “extended” mind
Carlo Ierna (Speaker)
15 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Prizes
Press / Media
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Hoe herschrijf je de canon van de filosofie?
13/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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‘Women were seen as too irrational to be philosophers’
2/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Financiële ratrace ondermijnt wetenschappelijk onderwijs
6/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Draaideurdocent: 3 banen, en nóg geen hypotheek
20/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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“Verdeling eerste en tweede geldstroom staat ter discussie” #WOinActie gaat niet alleen om geld
14/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities