Valerie Tiberius
Valerie Tiberius | |
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| Institutions | University of Minnesota, Franklin and Marshall College, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Main interests | Ethics, moral psychology, well-being, wisdom[1] |
Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, an institution she has been affiliated with since 1998.[2][3] She has published numerous reviewed papers, as well as two books - The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits and Deliberation about the Good: Justifying What We Value.[3] Much of her work has taken a practical, empirical approach to philosophical questions, trying to show how these disciplines can improve the world for the better.[2]
Education and career
Tiberius received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1990, before going on to receive a master's and doctorate in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 and 1997, respectively.[3] Her doctoral thesis was titled Deliberation About the Good,[3] which later became the basis for her first book.[3] After receiving her doctorate, Tiberius accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College, before accepting an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1998.[3] She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004, and to full Professor in 2011.[3]
Research areas
Tiberius's work has focused on ethics and moral psychology, with a special interest in applying Humean principles to modern philosophical questions.[2] Much of her work is centered at the junction of practical philosophy and practical psychology, examining how both disciplines can meaningfully improve lives.[2] Much of her work takes a non-traditional empirical approach to traditional philosophical questions.[2]
Publications
Tiberius has published a number of peer-reviewed papers, as well as three books - The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with our Limits, Deliberation about the Good: Justifying What We Value, and Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction.[3] She is currently working on a fourth book, Well-Being as Value Fulfillment, and has also contributed numerous other book chapters, introductions, and other articles.[2]
The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with our Limits
Tiberius's second book, The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits, attempts to bridge the gap between theoretical philosophy and day-to-day life, providing an explanation for why anyone should care about issues of ethical inquiry.[4] She does so by bringing a Humean approach to the ideas of reflective values and reflective virtues.[4] The viewpoint Tiberius presents represents a novel synthesis of ancient philosophy with modern phenomenology and cognitive psychology. Tiberius's volume is one of the first attempts - ever - to deal with the implications of introspection illusion, the adaptive unconscious, affective forecasting, and their implications for modern ethical theory.[5]
References
- ^ "Prof Valerie Tiberius : Philosophy : University of Minnesota". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f DesAutels, Peggy. "Valerie Tiberius: November 2013". Highlighted Philosophers. American Philosophical Association. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Tiberius, Valerie. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Minnesota.
- ^ a b Stubbart Wilson, Pamela (20 November 2009). "Valerie Tiberius, The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits". The Journal of Value Inquiry. 44 (1): 123–126. doi:10.1007/s10790-009-9193-5.
- ^ Raibley, Jason (April 1, 2010). "Tiberius, Valerie. The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with Our Limits. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 (Review)". Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy.