John Zeimbekis

Associate Professor

zeimbekis@upatras.gr

John Zeimbekis on Google Scholar

Education

  • Β.Α. (Hons.), Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin.
  • PhD., Philosophy, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
  • Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania.

Selected publications

  • Zeimbekis, J. (2023). “Perceptual warrant and internal access”, Philosophical Studies 180, 2023: pp. 191-206.
  • Casati, R., Kulvicki, J. and Zeimbekis, J. (2022). “Borgesian maps”, Analytic Philosophy 63, Issue 2, 2022: pp. 90-98.
  • Zeimbekis, J. (2021) “Malleability or cognitive effects on recognition?”, Proceedings of the Philosophy of Brains Book Symposium on D. Stokes, Thinking and Perceiving, September 2021. URL = <https://philosophyofbrains.com/2021/ 09/30/john-zeimbekis-malleability-or-cognitive-effects-on-recognition.aspx>
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Pictorial experience and perceptual activity”, in J. Pelletier and A. Voltolini, Pictorial Experience, New York: Routledge, Routledge Research in Aesthetics, 2019; pp. 93-124.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “La Beauté”, Petit Traité des Valeurs, Ed. J. Deonna and E. Tieffenbach, Paris: Ithaque, Collection Science et Métaphysique, 2018; pp. 50-60.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Perceiving facial emotions: late visual effects?”, extended invited comment on D. E. Gatzia, “Cognitive penetration and top-down modulation in visual perception”, Minds Online, Sept. 2016.
  • Zeimbekis, J. and Raftopoulos, A., The Cognitive Penetrability of Perception: New Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Seeing, visualizing and believing”, in Zeimbekis and Raftopoulos, The Cognitive Penetrability of Perception, Oxford University Press, 2015; pp. 298-327.
  • Raftopoulos, A. and Zeimbekis, J., “Cognitive Penetrability: An Overview”, in The Cognitive Penetrability of Perception, Oxford University Press, 2015; pp. 1-56.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Why digital pictures are not notational representations”, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 73.4, 2015: pp. 449-453.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Color and cognitive penetrability“, Philosophical Studies 165.1, 2013: 167-175
  • «Η δείξη τύπων στην αντίληψη και στην πράξη», Δευκαλίων 29/1-2, 2012: 167-175.
  • Ζεϊμπέκης, Ι., “Γεγονότα και αξίες στην αισθητική”, πρακτικά του διεθνούς συνεδρίου Κοσμάς Ψυχοπαίδης, Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, επιμ. Β. Τσινόρεμα, υπό έκδοση.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Digital pictures, sampling, and vagueness: the ontology of digital pictures”, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 70.1, 2012: 43-53. (Ηλ. έκδοση εδώ.)
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Thought experiments and mental simulations”, in K. Ierodiakonou & S. Roux, Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts, Leiden: Brill. 193-215. (Εκδοχή προ διορθώσεων εδώ.)
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Pictures and singular thought”, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 68.1, 2010: 11-21. (Ηλ. έκδ.)
  • Ζεϊμπέκης, Ι., «Ο αντιληπτικός ρεαλισμός και η εξαγωγή αντιληπτικών ερμηνειών», Νόησις 6, 2010: 117-125 (ειδικό τεύχος αφιερωμένο στη γνωσιακή διαπερατότητα της αντίληψης, επιμ. Κ. Παγωνδιώτης και Β. Κιντή).
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Phenomenal and objective size”, Noûs 43.2, 2009: 346-362. (Ηλ. έκδ. εδώ· εκδοχή προ διορθώσεων εδώ.)
  • Zeimbekis, J., Qu’est-ce qu’un jugement esthétique?, Παρίσι, Vrin, 2006 (κεφάλαια 1 & 2 εδώ).
  • Dorsch, F., Stejskal, J., and Zeimbekis, J., Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics, vol. 3, 2011.
  • Ζεϊμπέκης, Ι., «Μίμηση και θεωρία της προσομοίωσης», Χρονικά Αισθητικής 45, 2009: 291-307.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Le statut épistémique des photographies”, inS. Darsel & R. Pouivet, Ce que l’art nous apprend, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2008. 127-139.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Art, representation et fiction: un état des lieux”, Critique 720, 2007: 268-281.
  • Zeimbekis, J., Dictionnaire d’Esthétique, Paris: Armand Colin, 2007. Λήμματα“Représentation”, “Référence”, “Attitude esthétique”, “Jugement esthétique”, “Conduite esthétique”, “Satisfaction esthétique”.
  • Ζεϊμπέκης, Ι., “Υπάρχουν αισθητικές αξίες;”, Δευκαλίων 25.1, 2007: 79-95.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Qu’est-ce que l’esthétique analytique?”, in M. Ouelbani, La philosophie analytique dans tous ses états, Presses Universitaires de Tunis, 2007. 43-58.
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Propositional attitudes in fiction”British Journal of Aesthetics, 44.3, 2004: 261-276. (Ηλ. έκδ.)
  • Zeimbekis, J., “Propriétés esthétiques et évaluation”, Revue Francophone d’Esthétique, 2003.1: 25-47.
  • Zeimbekis, J., Approches du problème du sens en esthétique, διδακτορική διατριβή, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Παρίσι, 2000.

Under evaluation

Other publications (selection)

Research interests

  • Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind
  • Especially Metaphysics of qualities; Vagueness; Contents of perception; Reference (mental and linguistic); Ontology and psychology of fiction; Depiction; Metaphysics and epistemology of value.

Funded Research Projects

  • Fulbright Greece research scholar 2016.
  • Chercheur délégué au CNRS, 24-month research grant from the French National Research Foundation (CNRS), 2011-2013 (interrupted in 2012 to take up my current position).
  • Coordinator 50%, Regional Research Program (Cluster 14 Rhône-Alpes, France) “Reference, concepts and cognition”. Partners: Laboratoire Psychologie et Neurocognition, University of Grenoble; Centre PLC, University of Grenoble; Consciousness and Self-Conciousness Research Centre, University of Warwick. 2009-2012.
  • Researcher, Regional Research Program (Cluster 14 Rhône-Alpes, France)“Philosophie et Sciences Cognitives” (University of Lyon, University of Grenoble, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon).2002-2006.
  • Congé de recherche et reconversion thématique, University of Grenoble, 6 months, 2010(competitive research grant).
  • Crédit temps recherche,University of Grenoble, 6 months, 2004(competitive research grant).
  • Post-doctoral researcher (12 months) at the University of PennsylvaniaHumanities Forum, 2000-2001.

Academic Distinctions

  • Visiting Professor, Institut Jean Nicod, Centre National de la Recherhce Scientifique and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Spring 2018.
  • Visiting scholar, Department of Philosophy, New York University (Spring Term 2016)
  • Invited researcher, Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, 12 months (2011-2012).
  • Andrew F. Mellon Foundation postdoctoral fellow in philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2000-2001.
  • Treasurer of the European Society for Aesthetics, 2012-2018.

Courses

Office hours

  • Wednesday 12.00-14.00
  • Thursday 15.00-17.00