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Mariana Almeida Pereira

Current: Philosophy PhD at University of Coimbra (thesis topic: deconstruction of carnophallogocentric subjectivity)
Philosophy MA at University of Porto (2021)
Philosophy BA at University of Porto (2019)

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Research paper thumbnail of Arguing for Vegetarianism: (symbolic) ingestion and the (inevitable) absent referent — intersecting Jacques Derrida and Carol J. Adams

Between the Species, 2022

In this paper I draw together the notion of the absent referent as proposed by Carol J. Adams, an... more In this paper I draw together the notion of the absent referent as proposed by Carol J. Adams, and the notions of literal and symbolical sacrifice by eating the other — or ingestion — advanced by Jacques Derrida, to characterize how animals are commonly perceived, which ultimately forbids productive arguments for vegetarianism. I discuss animals as being literally and definitionally absent referents, and I argue, informed by Derrida’s philosophy, that it is impossible to aim at turning them into present referents without reinforcing symbolic ingestion by linking symbolic ingestion to epistemic appropriation or conceptualization. With this, I highlight the ethical importance of discussing symbolic ingestion in animal philosophy.

Research paper thumbnail of Instrução e Corrupção Moral pela Literatura: engajamento emocional e o valor epistémico da arte narrativa

Revista Filosófica de Coimbra, 2022

Pretende-se auscultar a possibilidade de instrução moral pela literatura. Defender-se-á que a art... more Pretende-se auscultar a possibilidade de instrução moral pela literatura. Defender-se-á que a arte narrativa é capaz de instruir moralmente pois 1) proporciona um tipo de conhecimento não-proposicional que permite o acesso a novas perspetivas, e 2) é capaz de cultivar e refinar os valores e as práticas morais dos leitores, através do engajamento emocional. Tentar-se-á mostrar que o poder inverso — o poder de corromper moralmente — não se verifica (ou não se verifica tão facilmente): apelar-se-á à resistência imaginativa humana que parece impedir que o Homem exporte perspetivas morais que violentam o seu próprio posicionamento axiológico.

Book Reviews by Mariana Almeida Pereira

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the Anthropological Difference

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Arguing for Vegetarianism: (symbolic) ingestion and the (inevitable) absent referent — intersecting Jacques Derrida and Carol J. Adams

Between the Species, 2022

In this paper I draw together the notion of the absent referent as proposed by Carol J. Adams, an... more In this paper I draw together the notion of the absent referent as proposed by Carol J. Adams, and the notions of literal and symbolical sacrifice by eating the other — or ingestion — advanced by Jacques Derrida, to characterize how animals are commonly perceived, which ultimately forbids productive arguments for vegetarianism. I discuss animals as being literally and definitionally absent referents, and I argue, informed by Derrida’s philosophy, that it is impossible to aim at turning them into present referents without reinforcing symbolic ingestion by linking symbolic ingestion to epistemic appropriation or conceptualization. With this, I highlight the ethical importance of discussing symbolic ingestion in animal philosophy.

Research paper thumbnail of Instrução e Corrupção Moral pela Literatura: engajamento emocional e o valor epistémico da arte narrativa

Revista Filosófica de Coimbra, 2022

Pretende-se auscultar a possibilidade de instrução moral pela literatura. Defender-se-á que a art... more Pretende-se auscultar a possibilidade de instrução moral pela literatura. Defender-se-á que a arte narrativa é capaz de instruir moralmente pois 1) proporciona um tipo de conhecimento não-proposicional que permite o acesso a novas perspetivas, e 2) é capaz de cultivar e refinar os valores e as práticas morais dos leitores, através do engajamento emocional. Tentar-se-á mostrar que o poder inverso — o poder de corromper moralmente — não se verifica (ou não se verifica tão facilmente): apelar-se-á à resistência imaginativa humana que parece impedir que o Homem exporte perspetivas morais que violentam o seu próprio posicionamento axiológico.

Research paper thumbnail of Beyond the Anthropological Difference

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2021

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