Maria Svedberg
Course Coordinator at Department of Philosophy; Administration
- E-mail:
- maria.svedberg@filosofi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 H
- Postal address:
- Box 627
751 26 UPPSALA
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- E-mail:
- maria.svedberg@filosofi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 H
- Postal address:
- Box 627
751 26 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
PhD, Research Fellow/Lecturer
From May 2017 to June 2021, I'm the Principal investigator on the project, 'Power over the past and the laws of nature: implications for moral responsibility', with my colleague at Uppsala Erik Carlson. The project is funded by the Swedish Research Council.
During the fall of 2017 I am a visiting research fellow at The University of Manchester.
Keywords
- determinism
- free will
- moral responsibility
Biography
Research interests: Free will and moral responsibility
Philosophical interests: Metaphysics, ethics and decision theory.
Academic Background
- Principal Investigator for the project Power over the Past and the Laws of Nature: Implications for Moral Responsibility, Uppsala University, May 2017‒April 2020.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Riverside, July 2016‒April 2017.
- Lecturer (fixed-term position), Stockholm University, January 2016‒June 2016.
- Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer (fixed-term position), Stockholm University, April 2015‒December 2015.
- Ph.D. in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University, March 2015.
- Lecturer (fixed-term position), Stockholm University, July 2014‒December 2014.
- Ph.D. Fellow, Stockholm University, October 2007‒December 2013.
- M.A. in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University, August 2007.
- Lecturer/instructor, Stockholm University, December 2006‒September 2007.
International Research Visits
- Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manchester, August 2017‒
- Visiting Graduate Student, University of California Riverside, February 2012‒July 2012.
- Visiting Graduate Student, Florida State University, March 2011‒May 2011.
Publications
- "Consequentialism and Free Will: The Conditional Analysis Resuscitated" (with Torbjörn Tännsjö). The Harvard Review of Philosophy XXIV (2017): 23‒41.
- "Bibliometric Analysis of Two Subdomains in Philosophy: Free Will and Sorites" (with Per Ahlgren, Peter Pagin and Olle Persson). Scientometrics 103 (2015): 47‒73.
- The Consequence Argument: An Essay on an Argument for the Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism. Doctoral Thesis in Practical Philosophy. Stockholm: Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, 2014.
- Recension av Thomas Pink 'Kort om fri vilja'. Filosofisk tidskrift, 2012/3.
- ”John Perrys invändning mot konsekvensargumentet”. Filosofisk tidskrift, 2008/4.
Teaching
Stockholm University- Applied Ethics (2006)
- Argumentation, Semantics and Logic* (2007‒2014)
- Freedom of the Will* (2008‒2010)
- Metaethics II* (2014‒2015)
- Metaethics I* (2015‒2016)
- The History of Philosophy* (2016)
- Free Will and Moral Responsibility* (2016)
- Normative Ethics: Future Generations* (2017)
- Ethics* (2014‒2015)
- Metaethics II* (2014)
- Metaethics I* (2016)
- Metaphysics* (2017‒)
- Critical Thinking* (2018‒)
*Lecturer
Conference Presentations (selection)
"Consequentialism and Free Will: The Conditional Analysis Resuscitated" at:
- The 68th New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society Annual Meeting (2017), University of New Mexico
- Women in Philosophy: Philosophy in Action (2017), Uppsala University
"David Lewis’s Local Miracle Compatibilism" at:
- The British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Conference (2012), University of Edinburgh
- The Graduate Philosophy Conference on Free Will (2012), Florida State University
- The Society for Exact Philosophy Conference (2012), Ohio State University
- The 16th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference (2012), University of Oxford
"The Relevance of the Consequence Argument" at:
- The 15th Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference (2011), University of Oxford
Invited Talks
"Free Will and Determinism: David Lewis’s Local Miracle Compatibilism" at:
- The Colloquium at California State University Long Beach, April 26, 2012.
"Alternative Pasts and Practical Reasoning" at:
- The Stockholm June Workshop in Philosophy, June 3, 2014.
"Consequentialism and Free Will: The Conditional Analysis Resuscitated" at:
- The Royal Institute of Philosophy Colloquium, Manchester Metropolitan University, October 12, 2017.
Publications
Selection of publications
Recent publications
- Nihil Obstat (2020)
- Consequentialism and Free Will (2017)
- Bibliometric analysis of two subdomains in philosophy: free will and sorites (2015)
- The Consequence Argument (2014)
- Recension av Kort om fri vilja av Thomas Pink (2012)
All publications
Articles
- Nihil Obstat (2020)
- Consequentialism and Free Will (2017)
- Bibliometric analysis of two subdomains in philosophy: free will and sorites (2015)
- Recension av Kort om fri vilja av Thomas Pink (2012)
- John Perrys invändning mot konsekvensargumentet (2008)