Автобиография на Марина Бакалова
CURRICULUM VITAE
Marina Bakalova
Current Affiliation
• Associate Professor of philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy and Sociology (IPS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2013)
• Scientific Secretary of IPS, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2020)
Contact Information
• E-mail: marina.bakalova@gmail.com
• Tel. : + 359 877 59 80 92
• Address: 9b Janko Sakuzov Bul., vh. A, et. 4, ap. 11, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria
Academic Degrees
• Ph. D. in Philosophy, 2011, Department of Philosophy, Central European University. “Knowledge as Success from Ability”. Supervisor: Katalin Farkas, External readers: John Greco and Nenad Miscevic. (in English)
• Ph. D. in Philosophy, 2005, Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. “Human Rationality: Perspectives from Cognitive Science”. Supervisor: Ivan Ganev, External reader: Luben Sivilov (in Bulgarian)
• M. Sc. in Philosophy, 1999, Sofia University. “Epistemological and Metaphysical Dimensions of Personal Identity”. Supervisor: Aleksandar Andonov (in Bulgarian)
Current Research Interests
• Epistemology: implicit knowledge, self-knowledge.
• Philosophy and Epistemology of Music: Can we gain non-trivial knowledge by listening to music?
• Philosophy of Mind: perception
PUBLICATIONS
• Books:
Bakalova, M. (2011). Do we know anything about the external world? Issues from contemporary philosophy and epistemology of perception. Sofia: Zvezdi. (in Bulgarian)
• Articles:
Bakalova, Marina (forthcoming) “The Epistemic Value of Music” Organon F.
Bakalova, Marina. On the Myth of the Given: approaches to our epistemic trust. Dialogue on Faith and Reason, 2019, ISBN:978-954-322-938-3
Бакалова, Марина. Защо оптималната сигурност на знанието не е добра идея. Пътища на познанието, 2019
Бакалова, Марина.. Какво да правим в ситуации на несъгласие между равностойни опоненти?. 2018
Bakalova, Marina.. Setting Whitehead’s “Usable Ideas” in a Philosophical Framework for Human and Machine Learning. 2018
Бакалова, Марина (2017) „Хилъри Пътнам за литературата, морала и социалните науки“, Философски алтернативи, 1.
Бакалова, Марина (2016) „Парадокси на реализма в аналитичната онтология на изкуството“, Nota Bene 33.
Bakalova, Marina (2016) “Evidence vs. Virtues in Epistemic Disagreement” Organon F , 23 (1) : 72-82.
Bakalova, M. /co-author/ (2015) Breaking Down Barriers from Education to Employment, The Journey towards Inclusion for Vulnerable Groups, Joachim Schroeder (ed.) (Partnership “Integration of vulnerable groups, focused on transition from school to work”) Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 117-136, 203-208, 291-306, 319-343, 345-352, 355-360.
Бакалова, Марина (2013) "Възраждане на интелектуалните добродетели в съвременната епистемология" Философски алтернативи 6: 35-47
Bakalova, Marina (2011) “Ontology of Ability: A defense of counterfactual analysis of ability” in: Petrov, Vesselin (Ed. and preface). Ontological Landscapes: Recent Thought on Conceptual Interfaces Between Science and Philosophy. Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt/Landcaster, 2011, pp. 169-183.
Bakalova, Marina (2008) “Externalizing Internalism: A Defence of Epistemic Compatibilism” in: Being and Knowledge in Postmetaphysical Context. (Proceedings of the International conference on ontology and epistemology, Sofia, 2007). IAF, Wien.
Bakalova, Marina (2008) “Knowledge as Apt Mental State” in The Philosophy of Security in an Unsecure World: Proceedings of XXV Varna International Philosophical School June 1st-3rd 2008. pp.117-125 IPhR-BAS, Sofia.
Bakalova, Marina (2007) “A Disjunctivist Answer to the Problem of Subjective Indistinguishability” in The Proceedings of XXIV International Varna Summer School “Philosophy Bridging Civilizations and Cultures: Universal, Regional, National Values in United Europe, June 1st-3rd 2006 IPhR-BAS, Sofia.
Бакалова, Марина (2005) „Теории за оправдаването в аналитичната епистемология”, в Онтологико-епистемологични оптики в събитието на съвременността, Виртуален център за музика, култура и научни изследвания, 146-159.
Бакалова, Марина (2004) “Как се оцелява в среда от аналитични философи” Аргумент - Студентски философски весник, Философски факултет към ЮЗУ “Н. Рилски” Брой 1, стр. 4.
Бакалова, Марина (2002) “Епистемология и ситуирано действие.”, сп. Философия година Х, брой 2, Министерство на образованието и науката, София, стр. 3-9.
Бакалова, Марина (2002) “Традиционна и натурализирана епистемология”, Философски четения, Арбанаси, ЛИК: София, стр. 133-149.
Bakalova, Marina (2001) “Epistemological Aspects of Personal Identity.” in Philosophy between Two Centuries – Proceedings of XXI Varna International Philosophical School, Institute for Philosophical Research to Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, рр. 205-208.
Bakalova, Marina and Kujumdjieff, Theodor (2001) “Metaphors: Concept Families in Context.”: in Pre-proceedings of 24th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechesel, рр. 12-18.
Бакалова, Марина (2001) “Ментални репрезентации ли са понятията?”, сп. Философия, година Х, брой 2, Министерство на образованието и науката, София, стр. 59-64.
BOOK REVIEWS
Bakalova, Marina (2014) Book Review: “Ryszard Kucha & Henryk Cudak (Eds.) (2013): European ideas in the work of famous educationalists. Internationalization, globalization and their impact on education. Łódź (Poland): Wydawnictwo Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Studia i Monografie, Nr. 41). (558 pages; ISBN 978-83-62016-61-0);Ryszard Kucha & Sławomir Cudak (Eds.) (2013): The old and new thinking about education. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Studia i Monografie, Nr. 42). (516 pages; ISBN 978-83-62916-62-7);Ryszard Kucha & Henryk Cudak (Eds.) (2013): European ideas in the pedagogical thought:From national to supranational points of view. Some totalitarian aspects. Łódź: WydawnictwoSpoł” in International Dialogues on Education, Volume 1, Number 2, ISSN 2198-5988, ISBN 978-83-62016-61-0), pp.47-50
Marina Bakalova (2012) Book Review: Vesselin Petrov, Process Philosophical Reading of the Dilemma of Continuity – Discreteness. Sofia: ETO Publishers, 2012 (Book Review) in ChromatikonVIII Yearbook of Philosophy in Process, Michel Weber et de Ronny Desmet (eds.) Les Éditions Chromatika, 2012
Марина Бакалова (2007) “Онтологията на 20 век”- рецензия на книга в Le Monde Diplomatique, септември 2007, стр.30.
Marina Bakalova (2005) “Sosa and His Critics”, book review, Croatian Journal of Philosophy. 13, pp.176-180. ISSN 1333-1108
SELECTED TALKS
“Learning Self-Awareness: Lessons from Social Robotics” at IEEE International Conference of Automatics And Informatics’2020 (ICAI’20), 1-3 October 2020 (online)
“Beyond Wittgenstein’s Musical Formalism” at 130 years Ludwig Wittgenstein: 1889-2019 16-17 October 2019, Sofia University
“Има ли музикалната изразност познавателна стойност?” семинар в ИИОЗ, БАН
The Epistemic Value of Knowledge27.11.2019 - 28.11.2019 at Principia Paedagogica III, ULiege, 28.11, 2019
Musical Expression and Implicit Knowledge Philosophy Nowadays: Cultural, educational, scientific policies in the European countries and the countries in the Black sea region (for 150th Anniversary of the BAS), 02 - 06 September, Varna, Bulgaria
How to use Whitehead’s ideas of education? International workshop in Sofia19.06.2018 - 20.06.2018
Encoding Artistic Meaning:
Intermodal Congruence vs. Strong Metaphor, talk in Bratislava, SAS, 01.11.2018
What can we learn from music? Principia Pedagogicae II, ULiege, 27.11,2018
27.11.2018 - 29.11.2018
Модалната заблуда по отношение на епистемичния принцип за безопасността01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
Проблемът за релевантните алтернативи по отношение на рутинното епистемично условие за сигурност04.11.2017 - 04.11.2017
Exploring the Potential of the Competence Theory of Education Principia Pedagogicae I, ULiege 22.11.2017 - 23.11.2017
How to Avoid the Modal Fallacy of Epistamic Safety ECAP9 21.08.2017 - 26.08.2017
Marina Bakalova "Pretended Truth and Its Truth Makers",
Philosophy of Language (I): Semantics of Fictional Discourse, forthcoming on 20-21 October 2016 at SAS, Bratislava.
Marina Bakalova “Varieties of Epistemic Luck”, workshop At the Interface of Mind and Reality, 7-8 June 2016 at ISSK, BAS, Sofia.
Марина Бакалова „Въведение в аналитичната онтология на изкуството: част I и II“ поредица от лекции Въведение в аналитичната философия на БОАФ, ноември и декември 2015 г., Зала 1, СУ „св. Климент Охридски“.
Marina Bakalova “A Dual Ability Theory of Perception” The Epistemology of Perception Conference 25.9. - 26.9.2014 at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Marina Bakalova “The Over-hospitality Problem for John Greco’s (Different) Virtue Epistemology” 18 april 2012, invited lecture at the Slovakian Academy of Sciences.
Marina Bakalova “The Opacity Problem Revised” 23 June 2012, Dynamic Being, at ISSK, BAS.
Marina Bakalova “Ability View of Knowledge (Ryle’s Turn)” – Theoretical Philosophical Forum, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, March 2009.
Marina Bakalova “Defining Knowledge in Full Generality” Philosophy Graduate Conference at CEU, Budapest 2008.
Marina Bakalova “Should We Opt for Reliablist Foundationalism?” Mental Phenomena Series “Philosophy of Language, Perception and Emotion” в IUC, Dubrovnik, 10 – 16 September 2007.
TRANSLATIONS, EDITORIAL WORK, TEACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Translations
Co-translator of Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2009 Труд, София.
Brogaard, Berit’s “Can Virtue Reliabilism Explain the Value of Knowledge?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 36 (2006) 335-354. in Философски Алтернативи 2008/ (3)
Editorial work
Member of the editorial board of Balkan Journal of Philosophy
Teaching
A course on Foundations of Cognitive Science at the MA program in Philosophy of Mind and Language at Sofia University (since 2005)
Marina Bakalova
Current Affiliation
• Associate Professor of philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy and Sociology (IPS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2013)
• Scientific Secretary of IPS, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2020)
Contact Information
• E-mail: marina.bakalova@gmail.com
• Tel. : + 359 877 59 80 92
• Address: 9b Janko Sakuzov Bul., vh. A, et. 4, ap. 11, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria
Academic Degrees
• Ph. D. in Philosophy, 2011, Department of Philosophy, Central European University. “Knowledge as Success from Ability”. Supervisor: Katalin Farkas, External readers: John Greco and Nenad Miscevic. (in English)
• Ph. D. in Philosophy, 2005, Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. “Human Rationality: Perspectives from Cognitive Science”. Supervisor: Ivan Ganev, External reader: Luben Sivilov (in Bulgarian)
• M. Sc. in Philosophy, 1999, Sofia University. “Epistemological and Metaphysical Dimensions of Personal Identity”. Supervisor: Aleksandar Andonov (in Bulgarian)
Current Research Interests
• Epistemology: implicit knowledge, self-knowledge.
• Philosophy and Epistemology of Music: Can we gain non-trivial knowledge by listening to music?
• Philosophy of Mind: perception
PUBLICATIONS
• Books:
Bakalova, M. (2011). Do we know anything about the external world? Issues from contemporary philosophy and epistemology of perception. Sofia: Zvezdi. (in Bulgarian)
• Articles:
Bakalova, Marina (forthcoming) “The Epistemic Value of Music” Organon F.
Bakalova, Marina. On the Myth of the Given: approaches to our epistemic trust. Dialogue on Faith and Reason, 2019, ISBN:978-954-322-938-3
Бакалова, Марина. Защо оптималната сигурност на знанието не е добра идея. Пътища на познанието, 2019
Бакалова, Марина.. Какво да правим в ситуации на несъгласие между равностойни опоненти?. 2018
Bakalova, Marina.. Setting Whitehead’s “Usable Ideas” in a Philosophical Framework for Human and Machine Learning. 2018
Бакалова, Марина (2017) „Хилъри Пътнам за литературата, морала и социалните науки“, Философски алтернативи, 1.
Бакалова, Марина (2016) „Парадокси на реализма в аналитичната онтология на изкуството“, Nota Bene 33.
Bakalova, Marina (2016) “Evidence vs. Virtues in Epistemic Disagreement” Organon F , 23 (1) : 72-82.
Bakalova, M. /co-author/ (2015) Breaking Down Barriers from Education to Employment, The Journey towards Inclusion for Vulnerable Groups, Joachim Schroeder (ed.) (Partnership “Integration of vulnerable groups, focused on transition from school to work”) Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 117-136, 203-208, 291-306, 319-343, 345-352, 355-360.
Бакалова, Марина (2013) "Възраждане на интелектуалните добродетели в съвременната епистемология" Философски алтернативи 6: 35-47
Bakalova, Marina (2011) “Ontology of Ability: A defense of counterfactual analysis of ability” in: Petrov, Vesselin (Ed. and preface). Ontological Landscapes: Recent Thought on Conceptual Interfaces Between Science and Philosophy. Ontos Verlag, Frankfurt/Landcaster, 2011, pp. 169-183.
Bakalova, Marina (2008) “Externalizing Internalism: A Defence of Epistemic Compatibilism” in: Being and Knowledge in Postmetaphysical Context. (Proceedings of the International conference on ontology and epistemology, Sofia, 2007). IAF, Wien.
Bakalova, Marina (2008) “Knowledge as Apt Mental State” in The Philosophy of Security in an Unsecure World: Proceedings of XXV Varna International Philosophical School June 1st-3rd 2008. pp.117-125 IPhR-BAS, Sofia.
Bakalova, Marina (2007) “A Disjunctivist Answer to the Problem of Subjective Indistinguishability” in The Proceedings of XXIV International Varna Summer School “Philosophy Bridging Civilizations and Cultures: Universal, Regional, National Values in United Europe, June 1st-3rd 2006 IPhR-BAS, Sofia.
Бакалова, Марина (2005) „Теории за оправдаването в аналитичната епистемология”, в Онтологико-епистемологични оптики в събитието на съвременността, Виртуален център за музика, култура и научни изследвания, 146-159.
Бакалова, Марина (2004) “Как се оцелява в среда от аналитични философи” Аргумент - Студентски философски весник, Философски факултет към ЮЗУ “Н. Рилски” Брой 1, стр. 4.
Бакалова, Марина (2002) “Епистемология и ситуирано действие.”, сп. Философия година Х, брой 2, Министерство на образованието и науката, София, стр. 3-9.
Бакалова, Марина (2002) “Традиционна и натурализирана епистемология”, Философски четения, Арбанаси, ЛИК: София, стр. 133-149.
Bakalova, Marina (2001) “Epistemological Aspects of Personal Identity.” in Philosophy between Two Centuries – Proceedings of XXI Varna International Philosophical School, Institute for Philosophical Research to Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, рр. 205-208.
Bakalova, Marina and Kujumdjieff, Theodor (2001) “Metaphors: Concept Families in Context.”: in Pre-proceedings of 24th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechesel, рр. 12-18.
Бакалова, Марина (2001) “Ментални репрезентации ли са понятията?”, сп. Философия, година Х, брой 2, Министерство на образованието и науката, София, стр. 59-64.
BOOK REVIEWS
Bakalova, Marina (2014) Book Review: “Ryszard Kucha & Henryk Cudak (Eds.) (2013): European ideas in the work of famous educationalists. Internationalization, globalization and their impact on education. Łódź (Poland): Wydawnictwo Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Studia i Monografie, Nr. 41). (558 pages; ISBN 978-83-62016-61-0);Ryszard Kucha & Sławomir Cudak (Eds.) (2013): The old and new thinking about education. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Społecznej Akademii Nauk (Studia i Monografie, Nr. 42). (516 pages; ISBN 978-83-62916-62-7);Ryszard Kucha & Henryk Cudak (Eds.) (2013): European ideas in the pedagogical thought:From national to supranational points of view. Some totalitarian aspects. Łódź: WydawnictwoSpoł” in International Dialogues on Education, Volume 1, Number 2, ISSN 2198-5988, ISBN 978-83-62016-61-0), pp.47-50
Marina Bakalova (2012) Book Review: Vesselin Petrov, Process Philosophical Reading of the Dilemma of Continuity – Discreteness. Sofia: ETO Publishers, 2012 (Book Review) in ChromatikonVIII Yearbook of Philosophy in Process, Michel Weber et de Ronny Desmet (eds.) Les Éditions Chromatika, 2012
Марина Бакалова (2007) “Онтологията на 20 век”- рецензия на книга в Le Monde Diplomatique, септември 2007, стр.30.
Marina Bakalova (2005) “Sosa and His Critics”, book review, Croatian Journal of Philosophy. 13, pp.176-180. ISSN 1333-1108
SELECTED TALKS
“Learning Self-Awareness: Lessons from Social Robotics” at IEEE International Conference of Automatics And Informatics’2020 (ICAI’20), 1-3 October 2020 (online)
“Beyond Wittgenstein’s Musical Formalism” at 130 years Ludwig Wittgenstein: 1889-2019 16-17 October 2019, Sofia University
“Има ли музикалната изразност познавателна стойност?” семинар в ИИОЗ, БАН
The Epistemic Value of Knowledge27.11.2019 - 28.11.2019 at Principia Paedagogica III, ULiege, 28.11, 2019
Musical Expression and Implicit Knowledge Philosophy Nowadays: Cultural, educational, scientific policies in the European countries and the countries in the Black sea region (for 150th Anniversary of the BAS), 02 - 06 September, Varna, Bulgaria
How to use Whitehead’s ideas of education? International workshop in Sofia19.06.2018 - 20.06.2018
Encoding Artistic Meaning:
Intermodal Congruence vs. Strong Metaphor, talk in Bratislava, SAS, 01.11.2018
What can we learn from music? Principia Pedagogicae II, ULiege, 27.11,2018
27.11.2018 - 29.11.2018
Модалната заблуда по отношение на епистемичния принцип за безопасността01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
Проблемът за релевантните алтернативи по отношение на рутинното епистемично условие за сигурност04.11.2017 - 04.11.2017
Exploring the Potential of the Competence Theory of Education Principia Pedagogicae I, ULiege 22.11.2017 - 23.11.2017
How to Avoid the Modal Fallacy of Epistamic Safety ECAP9 21.08.2017 - 26.08.2017
Marina Bakalova "Pretended Truth and Its Truth Makers",
Philosophy of Language (I): Semantics of Fictional Discourse, forthcoming on 20-21 October 2016 at SAS, Bratislava.
Marina Bakalova “Varieties of Epistemic Luck”, workshop At the Interface of Mind and Reality, 7-8 June 2016 at ISSK, BAS, Sofia.
Марина Бакалова „Въведение в аналитичната онтология на изкуството: част I и II“ поредица от лекции Въведение в аналитичната философия на БОАФ, ноември и декември 2015 г., Зала 1, СУ „св. Климент Охридски“.
Marina Bakalova “A Dual Ability Theory of Perception” The Epistemology of Perception Conference 25.9. - 26.9.2014 at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Marina Bakalova “The Over-hospitality Problem for John Greco’s (Different) Virtue Epistemology” 18 april 2012, invited lecture at the Slovakian Academy of Sciences.
Marina Bakalova “The Opacity Problem Revised” 23 June 2012, Dynamic Being, at ISSK, BAS.
Marina Bakalova “Ability View of Knowledge (Ryle’s Turn)” – Theoretical Philosophical Forum, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, March 2009.
Marina Bakalova “Defining Knowledge in Full Generality” Philosophy Graduate Conference at CEU, Budapest 2008.
Marina Bakalova “Should We Opt for Reliablist Foundationalism?” Mental Phenomena Series “Philosophy of Language, Perception and Emotion” в IUC, Dubrovnik, 10 – 16 September 2007.
TRANSLATIONS, EDITORIAL WORK, TEACHING AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Translations
Co-translator of Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2009 Труд, София.
Brogaard, Berit’s “Can Virtue Reliabilism Explain the Value of Knowledge?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 36 (2006) 335-354. in Философски Алтернативи 2008/ (3)
Editorial work
Member of the editorial board of Balkan Journal of Philosophy
Teaching
A course on Foundations of Cognitive Science at the MA program in Philosophy of Mind and Language at Sofia University (since 2005)