Vasco Correia

Email: vasco.correia75@gmail.com

Bio note

Vasco Correia (Ph.D. Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2008) works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His research focuses on the effects of cognitive biases on argumentative reasoning, as well as on the means to counteract such biases in different contexts (debiasing). He is the author of the book La pensée irrationnelle (2016), as well as of a number of papers on the topics of irrationality, argumentation, ethics of belief, critical thinking, and debiasing.

Academic expertise and research interests

Argumentation theory

Epistemology

Philosophy of psychology                                                            

Publications​

Books

• Correia, V. (2016). La pensée irrationnelle. Editions Universitaires Européennes, Saarsbruck.
• Correia, V. (2010). La duperie de soi. Editions Universitaires Européennes, Saarsbruck.

Journal articles

• Correia, V. (2016) Contextual debiasing and critical thinking, Topoi, vol. 35, n. 1, pp. 1-9.
• Correia, V. (2014) “From Self-deception to self-control”, Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. XIV, nº 3, p. 309-323.
• Correia, V. (2012) “The Ethics of Argumentation”, Informal Logic, vol. 32, nº 2, p. 222-241.
• Correia, V. (2011) “Biases and fallacies”, Cogency, vol. 3, nº 1, p. 107-126.
• Correia, V. (2012) “L’irrationalité (est) naturelle: comment la réduire”, Archives de Philosophie du droit, nº 55, p. 165-177.
• Correia, V. (2010) “Limites da racionalidade”, Disputatio, vol. 3, nº 28, p. 275-291.
• Correia, V. (2007) “Une conception émotionnaliste de la self-deception”, Teorema, vol. 26, 3: 31-44.

Book Chapters

• Correia, V. (2017) Accountability breeds response-ability. In P. Brézillon, R. Turner & C. Penco (eds.) Modeling and Using Context, Springer.
• Correia, V. (2016) “Akrasia and self-control: The role of emotions in impulsive behaviour”. In S. Silva (ed.) Morality and emotion, New York: Routledge, p. 35-49.
• Correia, V. (2016) Arguments and decisions in contexts of uncertainty, In D. Mohammed & M. Lewinski (eds.), Argumentation and Reasoned action, vol 1, College Publications, pp. 367-379.
• Correia, V.  (2016) Duperie de soi, L’Encyclopédie Philosophique. http://encyclo-philo.fr/duperie-de-soi-a/
• Correia, V. (2015) “The Division of the Mind: Paradoxes and Puzzles”. In J. Fonseca & J. Gonçalves (eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on the Self, Frankfurt, New York, Peter Lang, pp. 147-165.
• Correia, V. (2014) “Duperie de soi, croyance et acceptation”. In J. Dutant, D. Fassio & A. Meyland, Liber Amicorum Pascal Engel, Université de Genève, pp. 334-365.
• Correia, V. (2014) “Biased argumentation and critical thinking”. In S. Oswald & T. Herman (Eds.) Rhetoric and Cognition: Theoretical perspectives and persuasive strategies, Bern, Peter Lang, pp. 89-110.
• Correia, V. (2011) “Limites da racionalidade, irracionalidade motivada e emoções”. In S. Miguens e S. Cadilha (eds.), Acção e ética, Lisboa, Colibri, p. 163-192.
• Correia, V. (2010) “Emotional Aspects of Neuroesthetics”. In Olga Pombo, Silvia Di Marco & Marco Pina (eds.), Neuroaesthetics: Can Science explain Art?, Fim de Século Editora, Lisboa, p. 119-138.
• Correia, V. (2010) “A intuição matemática em Jean Cavaillès”. In Duque, Caminero & Anton (eds.), Estudios de Lógica, Lenguaje y Epistemología, Fénix Editora, Sevilha, p. 107-118.
• Correia, V. (2008) “Cavaillès, Husserl e a Matemática dos Matemáticos”. In Jean Cavaillès, Sobre a Lógica e a Teoria da Ciência, Caderno de Filosofia das Ciências nº 5, Lisboa: CFCUL, p. 97-129.

Book Reviews

• Correia, V. (2013) Review of Van Eemeren & Garssen’s Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory, Cogency, vol. 5, nº 2. P. 173-192.