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.