CV
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Constantin C. Brîncuşc.brincus@yahoo.com constantin.brincus@unibuc.ro
WORK EXPERIENCE
A. Teaching
20 Feb 20234- 17 June 2024
Assistant Professor of ”Logic and Scientific Reasoning” (BA), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (UB) (with Prof. dr. Mircea Dumitru)
1 Oct 2023 - 10 Feb 2024
Assistant Professor of Academic Ethics and Integrity (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest (Law, History, Political Sciences, Journalism and Communication Sciences).
Assistant Professor of "Culture, knowledge, and values" (MA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
Assistant Professor of "Philosophical Logic -Meaning, Existence, Truth" (BA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
Assistant Professor of "Introduction to Philosophy" (BA), Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest.
20 Feb 2023 - 17 June 2023
Assistant Professor of ”Logic and Scientific Reasoning” (BA), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (UB) (with Prof. dr. Mircea Dumitru)
Assistant Professor of ”Proof-Theory. A Logico-Philosophical Introduction” (BA, MA, PhD), Faculty of Philosophy (UB) (with Prof. dr. Mircea Dumitru)
1 Oct 2022 - 10 Feb 2023
Assistant Professor of Academic Ethics and Integrity (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest (Law, History, Political Sciences, Journalism and Communication Sciences).
Assistant Professor of "Culture, knowledge, and values" (MA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (UB)
Assistant Professor of "Philosophical Logic" (BA), Faculty of Philosophy, (UB).
Assistant Professor of "Introduction to Philosophy" (BA), Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, (UB).
Assistant Professor of "Critical Thinking and Academic Ethics" (BA), Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, (UB).
Assistant Professor of "Introduction to Cognitive Sciences" (BA), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, (UB).
1 Oct 2021 - 10 Feb 2022
Assistant Professor of Academic Ethics and Integrity (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest (Law, History, Political Sciences, Journalism and Communication Sciences).
Assistant Professor of "Culture, knowledge, and values" (MA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
Assistant Professor of "Philosophical Logic" (BA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
Assistant Professor of "Introduction to Philosophy" (BA), Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest.
1 Oct 2020 - 10 Feb 2021Assistant Professor of Academic Ethics and Integrity (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest (Law, History, Political Sciences, Journalism and Communication Sciences).Teaching assistant of Philosophical Logic (BA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
1 Oct 2019 - 10 Feb 2020 Teaching assistant of Modern and Philosophical Logic (BA), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.Assistant Professor of Academic Ethics and Integrity (BA & MA), Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest.
22 Feb - 30 Jun 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020Teaching assistant of Epistemology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
1 Oct 2018 - 10 Feb 2019Assistant Professor of ”Critical Thinking” (Faculty of Business and Administration (MA)), ”Argumentation Theory”, (Faculty of Philosophy,) University of Bucharest.Teaching assistant of ”Philosophical logic” (Faculty of Philosophy,) University of Bucharest.
1 October- 10 February 2016, 2017, 2018Assistant Professor of Critical Thinking, Faculty of Business and Administration (MA), University of Bucharest, (in collaboration)
22 February- 30 June 2016, 2017, 2018Assistant professor of Juridical Logic, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (in collaboration)Assistant professor of Epistemology and Cognition (MA), Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest (in collaboration)
22 Feb 2017–30 Jun 2017 Assistant professor of 'Modal Ontology', 'Theoretical Paradigms in the Logical Analysis of Language', Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
1 Oct 2013–30 Sep 2016Teaching assistant of Modern Logic; Philosophical Logic – Truth, Reference, Necessity; Philosophy of Logic; Epistemology; Metaphysics of Modality. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest.
30 Aug 2011–30 Aug 2014Teacher of Civic Culture, Logic, Argumentation and Communication, and Philosophy. Ion Creanga' National College, 'Tudor Vladimirescu' High School, 'Ion Neculce' National College , 'Nicolae Tonitza' High School, 'Dinu Lipatti' High School, Nicolae Titulescu Nr. 3 Secondary School, Geo Bogza Nr. 178 Secondary School, Corneliu Popescu Nr. 5 Secondary School, Bucharest.
B. Research
4 April 2022- Scientific Researcher, Romanian Academy, The Institute of Philosophy and Psychology, Department of Logic and Metaphysics.1 Sept 2020 - 31 Aug. 2022Postdoctoral Researcher in the project ”The Non-categoricity of Logic”, funded by UEFISCDI (PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-0901).
1 Oct 2017–31 Dec 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher in the project ”The Phenomenological Analysis of Axiomatic Mathematics”, funded by UEFISCDI-CNCS (PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0531) The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest,
7 Jun 2018 -15 Dec 2018Responsible for the implementation of academic ethics norms at the University of Bucharest. Project Quality, Integrity and Transparency (CNFIS-FDI-2018-0165)
12 Iul 2017 -15 Dec 2017Responsible for the implementation of academic ethics norms at the University of Bucharest. Project The Promotion of Academic Ethics and Deontology in UB (CNFIS-FDI-2017-0245)
1 Jun 2014–30 Sep 2015 Researcher within the project "Innovation and Development in the Patterning and Representation of Knowledge through PhD and Post-PhD Fellowships, POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133675", supported by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD), financed from the European Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under the contract number POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133675, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch.
1 Nov 2011 – 30 Oct 2012
Scholarship for Scientific Performance granted by the University of Bucharest. Project: ”The Status of The Laws of Physics”.
C. Administration
1 Oct 2015–PresentCoordinator of The European PhD-Net in Philosophy - A joint doctoral program of six European universities (University of Bergen, Bielefeld University, University of Bologna, University of Bucharest, University of Helsinki, and Uppsala University)10 Dec 2021 - PresentDocumentalist for the Office of Analysis and Training in Academic Integrity, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (România)
15 Nov 2017– 10 Dec 2021Documentalist for the Center of Actions, Resources, Training for Academic Integrity (CARFIA), University of Bucharest.
8 Feb 2017–15 Nov 2017Documentalist for The Ethics Committee of the University of Bucharest University of Bucharest, General Secretariat of the University - Ethics Committee, Bucharest (Romania)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1 Oct 2013–30 Sep 2016PhD Diploma in Logic and Theoretical Philosophy (Order Nr. 5895/28 November 2016 of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research) Doctoral School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania). (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
1 Oct 2014–30 Apr 2015 Certificate of Graduation in ”Foreign Policy and Diplomacy”. The Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Bucharest (Romania)
1 Sep 2013Certificate of Full Time Teacher Degree (Romanian: Definitivat). Order Nr. 4435/ 07.08.2013 of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research.
1 Oct 2011–1 Jul 2013 M.A. in Analytic Philosophy (in English) Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
1 Oct 2008–1 Jul 2011 B.A. in Philosophy (Theoretical Philosophy and Logic) Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
1 Aug 2008–1 Jul 2013 Certificates for Teaching Profession, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences – Teacher Training Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania)
15 Sep 2004–1 Jul 2008 Baccalaureate Diploma, Ecaterina Teodoroiu National College, Tirgu-Jiu (Romania)
15 Sept 2000 - 1 Jul 2004Certificate for the graduation of National Tests, Secondary School Peștișani, Gorj County (Romania)
15 Sept 1996 - 1 Jul 2000Diploma for the graduation of the Primary School Hobița, Gorj County (Romania)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Languages
RomanianEnglish French (reading & listening)Spanish (reading & listening)Italian (reading & listening)German (basic knowledge)Latin, Greek (philosophical terminology)Communication skills
Good listener and communicator, sociable, friendly, critical, analytical, systematic, and constructive.Organisational/managerial skills
Good organizational skills acquired as a student, teacher, and member of the Organizing Committees of the following conferences:▪ The main organizer of the CIVIS Program “Meanings and Understanding via Proofs. Logical and epistemological approaches”; together with Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona (Department of Logic of the Czech Academy of Sciences), and Thomas Piecha (University of Tuebingen). ▪Co-organizer of the “School of Integrity CARFIA” each year in Sinaia (since 2018), Romania; responsible for correspondence, program, and practical issues.▪Co-organizer of the Scientific Seminars of “The European PhD Net in Philosophy”- a joint doctoral program of six European universities (University of Bergen, Bielefeld University, University of Bologna, University of Bucharest, University of Helsinki, and Uppsala University); two seminars each year in one of the participating universities; responsible for the correspondence with the participants, for the program, and the official documents of the Net; - The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, Sixth Seminar, Bergen (Norway), May 3-4, 2024.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, Fifth Seminar, Bielefeld (Germany), October 20-21, 2023.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, Fourth Seminar, Bologna (Italy), May 5-6, 2023.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, Third Seminar, Bucharest (Romania), October 20-21, 2022.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, Second Seminar, Helsinki (Finland), May 6-7, 2022.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Cycle, First Seminar, Uppsala (Sweden), November 19-20, 2021.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, Sixth Seminar, Bielefeld (Germany), May 28-29, 2021 (online). - The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, Fifth Seminar, Bergen (Norway), October 5-6, 2020 (online).- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, Fourth Seminar, Bologna (Italy), May 7, 2020 (online).- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, Third Seminar, Uppsala (Sweden), October 4-5, 2019.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, Second Seminar, Bucharest (Romania), May 10-11, 2019.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Cycle, First Seminar, Helsinki (Finland), October 19-20, 2018.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Sixth Seminar, Bielefeld (Germany), April 27-28, 2018.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Fifth Seminar, Bergen (Norway), October 27-28, 2017.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Fourth Seminar, Bologna (Italy), April 7-8, 2017.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Third Seminar, Uppsala (Sweden), November 11-12, 2016.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, First Seminar, Helsinki (Finland), November 20-21, 2015.- The European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Business Meeting, Bologna (Italy), January 29-31, 2015▪ ECAP8 2014 -Eighth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Bucharest (Romania). Responsible for the administration of the official email of the Congress, for the correspondence with the participants, for the general program of the Congress, and for some practical issues; ▪ BCAP 2014 - Bucharest Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy 2014 - Logic and its philosophy, Bucharest (Romania)▪ BCAP 2013 - Bucharest Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy 2014 - New Directions in the Philosophy of Physics. Bucharest (Romania)Scientific works
Areas of Scientific Interests
Logic and its Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, and Argumentation Theory.A. Articles/ Book chapters"Categorical Quantification", Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, 2024 DOI 10.1017/bsl.2024.3
"Inferential Quantification and the ω-Rule". In Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona (Ed.) Perspectives on Deduction. An In-depth Overview of Contemporary Studies in the Philosophy, History and Formal Theory of Deduction, Synthese Series, Springer, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51406-7_16 (preprint)
"Carnap’s Writings on Semantics". In Christian Dambӧck, Georg Schiemer (Eds), Carnap Handbuch, Verlag J.B. Metzler. (forthcoming) (preprint)
"The Non-Categoricity of Logic (II). Multiple-Conclusions and Bilateralist Logics", Problems of Logic (Probleme de logică), XXVI, 2023, pp. 139-162 (In Romanian).
"The Non-Categoricity of Logic (I). The Problem of a Full Formalization", Problems of Logic (Probleme de logică), XXV, 2022, pp. 137-156 (In Romanian).
"Logical Maximalism in the Empirical Sciences". In: Parusniková Z., Merritt D. (eds) Karl Popper's Science and Philosophy. Springer, Cham., pp. 171-184 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67036-8_9
"Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?” Synthese. An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 198, pp. 7249–7256 (2021) DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02519-9
"Categoricity and Negation. A Note on Kripke’s Affirmativism", Logica 2018 Yearbook, eds. Igor Sedlar and Martin Blicha, College London Publications (2019), pp. 57-66. (with Iulian D. Toader)
"Philosophical Accounts of First-Order Logical Truths", Acta Analitica. An International Journal of Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition (2019), Volume 34, Issue 3, pp 369–383 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-019-00381-5
"What Makes Logical Truths True?", Logos & Episteme. An International Journal of Epistemology, VII, 3, 2016, pp. 249-272. DOI 10.5840/logos-episteme20167327
"The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach", in Meaning and Truth, edited by S. Costreie & M. Dumitru, Pro Universitaria Publishing House, 2015, pp. 11-37.
"A Carnapian Approach to Counterexamples to Modus Ponens", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 7, 2013, pp. 78-85. (with Iulian D. Toader).
B. Reviews
"Review: The Logical Writings of Karl Popper, edited by David Binder, Thomas Piecha, and Peter Schroeder-Heister, Trends in Logic (Studia Logica Library), Vol. 58, Springer, 2022", History and Philosophy of Logic, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2023.2199100
"Review: Carnap's Ideal of Explication and Naturalism, edited by Pierre Wagner; Palgrave Macmillan, 2012", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 8, 2014, pp. 65-68.
"Review: John P. Burgess, Philosophical Logic, Princeton University Press, 2009", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 7, 2013, pp. 90 -92.
C. Abstracts/Proceedings
"Are The Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, in PROOF-THEORETIC SEMANTICS Assessment and Future Perspectives. Proceedings of the Third Tubingen Conference on Proof-Theoretic Semantics, Edited by Thomas Piecha and Peter Schroeder-Heister, University of Tubingen, 2019, pp. 533-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-35319
"Non-normal Interpretations of Positive Logic". in Karl Popper and the Philosophy of Mathematics, Proceedings of the Conference held in Klagenfurt, 5 – 7 April 2018, Edited by Reinhard Neck, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt 2018, pp. 8-12 (with Iulian D. Toader)
Conferences
“Carnap’s Categoricity Problem. Then and Now”, Reconstructing Carnap. The Aufbau Project, a century later, University of Naples "Federico II“. May 23, 2024, Naples, Italy.
“Formal and Informal Concepts”, Romanian Academy, IFPAR, 14 December 2023
“Categorical Quantification”, 11th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Vienna, August 21-25, 2023.
“Open-ended Logical Inferentialism”, Meanings and Understanding via Proofs. Logical and epistemological approaches, CIVIS Summer School, University of Bucharest, 17-21 July 2023.
“The Ideal of Logical Completeness”, Romanian Academy, IFPAR, 16 February 2023.
”Model-Theoretic Inferentialism and Categoricity”, Proofs, arguments, and dialogues: history, epistemology and logic of justification practices, CIVIS Summer School, University of Tuebingen, 8-12 August 2022.
”How does an Inferentialist answer to Godel?”, Romanian Academy, IFPAR, 9 June 2022
”Inferential Quantification and the Omega Rule”, Perspectives on Categoricity, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, May 27, 2022.
”Is the Tractatus' Grundgedanke an Inferentialist Idea?”, Romanian Academy, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology, Bucharest, Romania, November 26-27, 2021.
“The Plurality of Logics: between Human Thinking and Formal Systems”, The East European Network for Philosophy of Science, Belgrade, Serbia, June 9-11, 2021
”How do we Know the Ethical and Integrity Reality of the Romanian Universities?”, School of Integrity Carfia, November 28, 2020
"Categoricity and Logical Revisionism", Second ALEF Workshop in Analytic Philosophy, Cluj-Napoca, 25 September 2020 (with I. Toader)
“Naturalizing Logic?”, Naturalism: From Logic to Phenomenology and Back Again, ICUB, University of Bucharest, 9 November 2019
“Karl R. Popper: Logical Writings”, Karl R. Popper Symposium, 16th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 5–10 August 2019
”Open-ended Quantification and Categoricity” , 16th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 5–10 August 2019
”Morality and Integrity. Between Rules and Character”, School of Integrity Carfia, Sinaia, Romania, August 1-3, 2019
“Open-ended Quantification and Non-standard Models”, LOGICA 2019, Hejnice Monastery, Czech Republic, 24 – 28 June 2019
“Open-ended Quantification and Alternative Models”, Workshop “Formal Logic and Philosophy of Science”, University of Salzburg, Austria, 4 May 2019
“Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, Proof-Theoretic Semantics Assessment and Future Perspectives, Third Tübingen Conference on Proof-Theoretic Semantics, Tübingen, Germany, 27–30 March 2019
"Categoricity and the Elimination of Negation", Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 November 2018 (with Iulian D. Toader)
“Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, Philosophical Perspectives. The 13th conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Novara, Italia, 4-7 September 2018
“Finitism and Phenomenology: The Benefits of a Fully Formalized Logic”, Axiomatic Mathematics and Phenomenology, IRH, University of Bucharest, 3-4 September 2018
”The Concept of Academic Integrity”, School of Integrity Carfia, Sinaia, Romania, August 1-3, 2018.
“On Human Nature. Rethinking the Humean Sensibility – Reason Correlation”, Humeanins: The 2nd Bucharest-Budapest Workshop in Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary, July 28-29, 2018 (with Mircea Flonta)
“Categoricity and the Elimination of Negation”, LOGICA 2018, Hejnice Monastery, Czech Republic, 18 – 22 June 2018 (with Iulian D. Toader)
“Formalism and Intuitionism: How Does Categoricity Mediate between Intuitive and Axiomatic Concepts?” ERGO. The First Edition of the Conference of Philosophy and Humanities. Forms, Formalism and Uniqueness, Cluj-Napoca, April 20-21, 2018
“Some Remarks on Logical Negation. Do we Really Need It?”, Research Seminar of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest , April 18, 2018. (Audio, in Romanian, here)
“Non-normal Interpretations of Positive Logic“, Symposium: Karl Popper and the Philosophy of Mathematics, Klagenfurt, Austria, April 5 – 7, 2018. (with Iulian D. Toader).
"Why is Logic Special? or What Might the Tortoise Have Said to Anti-exceptionalists?", The nature of the normative - ontology, semantics, logic, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, 16-17 October 2017, Villa Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic.
"The Reception of Hilbert's Axiomatic Method in Romania", 4th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Workshop "Hilbert in CEE", 3 October 2017, Brno, Czech Republic. (with Iulian D. Toader)
"What Does it Mean to Know a Moral Rule?", Bucharest-Oxford Workshop in Applied Ethics, 4th edition, part of Bucharest Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (BCAP 2017), June 13-14, 2017.
"The Necessity of Logical Connections", 'Meaning and Essence' Workshop, The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), 10 March 2017.
"A Metalogical Argument for Aristotle's Thesis", International Conference "2400 ARISTOTLE", Bucharest, November 25–26, 2016.
"Inferring to the best Explanation of First Order Logical Truths", European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Seminar, Bucharest, April 15-16.
"Inferring to the best Explanation of First Order Logical Truths", Half-Day Workshops, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, February 26, 2016.
"The Nature of Logical Principles" CELFIS International Seminar, November 25, 2015, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania. (A video, in Romanian, here.)
"Logical Truth", International Conference "Humanities and Social Sciences Today. Classical and Contemporary Issues", Romanian Academy, Iaşi Branch, 7-10 May 2015
"The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach ", 15th Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS) , August 3-8, 2015, Helsinki, Finland.
"The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach", CELFIS International Seminar, January 21, 2015, Bucharest, Romania.
"The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference", Special Workshop Meaning and Truth, January 17, 2015, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
"The Categoricity Problem at the Propositional Level: Is a Full Formalization of Classical Propositional Logic Possible?". Half-Day Workshops, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, 14 June 2013.
"The Methodological Role and the Ontological Status of Invariance (Symmetry) Principles", Unity and Diversity in Knowledge Society International Conference, Romanian Academy, Iasi, 27-30 September 2012.
"Kant and the Foundations of Science", National Student Conference, Filosofie si Modernitate: de ce (nu) (mai) suntem moderni? (English: Philosophy and Modernity: Why aren't we no longer in modernity?), in Romanian, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, 29-30 March 2012.