Marco Aurelio Alves is Associate Professor at the Federal University of Sao Joao del-Rei, Brazil, and is a faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Philosophy at the Federal University of Sao Joao del-Rei and the Federal University of Ouro Preto.
B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
His research focuses on philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics.
He is currently the coordinator of the Research Group on Philosophy of Mind and Information, affiliated to the National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy (ANPOF), Brazil.
GEMA (Research Group on the Philosophy of Animal Minds) is a research group dedicated to contemporary philosophical and scientific debates concerning the mental capacities of non-human animals. Our objective is to promote original research in Brazil and stimulate discussion in this rapidly expanding field worldwide.
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Cognition, Language, Enactivism and Affectivity
CLEA started as a single research group that remains active.
It was founded in May of 2020 with the purpose of uniting researchers from all over the country around related themes and interests.
Despite contemplating a wide spectrum of theoretical positions and inclinations, the group assumes that cognitive, linguistic and affective processes cannot be understood outside the agent’s situated activities in their (physical and social) environment.
The main proposals and activities of the group are 1) to encourage the study, debate and academic production around these themes; and 2) to establish a support and debate group on works in progress and new proposals....
