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Curriculum Vitae
LOLITA BRONISLAVOVNA MAKEEVA
16 Novii Arbat, apt. # 32
Moscow, 119019, Russia
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
February 21, 1959
Kondopoga, Russian Federation
EDUCATION:
Higher School of Economics (December 2011) – Moscow, Russia
Doctor nauk in History of Philosophy
Doctorskaya dissertation: “The Problem of Realism and the Main Conceptions of
Relation between Language and Reality in the Analytic Philosophy of the 20th
Century”
Central European University (1993-94) - Budapest, Hungary
MA Program in Political Science
Master of Arts in Political Science, December 1995
Thesis: “The Objectivity of Value and the Liberal/Communitarian Controversy”
New York University (NYU) (1991-92) - New York, N.Y., USA
MA Program in Law, Philosophy, and Social theory
Master of Arts in Philosophy, January 1993
Thesis: “On Meaning of Proper names”
Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1988-1991) Moscow, Russia
Aspirantura
Kandidat nauk diploma (Ph.D.) in History of Philosophy, April, 1993
Kandidatskaya dissertation: “The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam: epistemology and
language analysis”
Moscow Lomonosov State University (1977-1982) - Moscow, Russia
Diploma with honors in Philosophy, June 1982
Thesis: “Practical Inference as a Model of Explanation and Understanding in
History”
EXPERIENCE:
Full-time:
Sept. 2004 Present
Higher School of Economics – 20 Myasnitzkaya, Moscow, Russia
Department of Philosophy, Chair of Ontology, Logic and Epistemology, assistant
professor
Courses: Logic, Inductive and Probability Logic, Philosophy and Methodology of
Science, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Ontology and Theory of Knowledge
August 1991August 2004
Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences -14 Volkhonka,
Moscow, 119842, Russia
History of Philosophy Department, scientific worker
• Conducted research and write papers on contemporary analytical philosophy
(philosophy of language, realism, political philosophy).
• Did translations of philosophical texts from English into Russian.
April 1985-Nov.
1988
Institute for Systems Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences - Moscow,
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Russia
Laboratory of system programming, junior scientific worker
• Maintained the library of program products
• Adapted some program products
Aug. 1982March 1985
Central Institute for Methodology of Design of the USSR Gosstroi - Moscow,
Russia
Junior scientific worker
• Participated in research project on automatisation of design
Part-time:
Sept.1997Present
Moscow Linguistic State University - Moscow, Russia
Department of Logic, assistant professor
• Deliver lectures and conduct seminars on logic
Sept. 1994Present
Moscow Academy of Economics and Law - Moscow, Russia
Department of Philosophy, assistant professor
• Deliver lectures and conduct seminars on logic
Sept.1983-June
1987
Moscow Electrotechnical Institute for Communications - Moscow, Russia
Philosophy Department, assistant
• Conducted seminars on Dialectical Materialism
Sept.1984-June
1985
Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering - Moscow Russia
Philosophy Department, assistant
• Conducted seminars on Dialectical Materialism
Fellowships:
1. Soros Foundation Fellowship for the New York University Program in Law,
Philosophy and Social Theory (1991-92)
2. Soros Foundation Scholarship for the Central University Political Science
Program (1993-94)
3. Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation Projects in 1997, 1998-1999,
2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2011-2012
4. HSE Scientific Foundation Individual Projects in 2006 (“Scientific Realism:
Approaches, Problems and Perspectives”), 2009 (”Realism in the Analytic
Philosophy of the 20th Century”)
5. HSE Center of Fundamental Research Projects in 2009 (“Ontology of Possible
Worlds”), 2011 (“The Problem of the Self: History and Modernity”).
Main interests:
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, History of Analytic Philosophy,
Realism, Political Philosophy
Languages:
Good English
Main
publications:
1. The Problem of Understanding and Explanation in the Analytical Philosophy//
Explanation and Understanding in Special Social Sciences. Ed. V.G.Fedotova,
Moscow: IPAS, 1989, pp. 151-170 (in Russian);
2. Notes On Teaching Philosophy in the USA// History of Philosophy
Yearbook - 1993. Ed. N.Motroshilova. Moscow: Nauka, 1994, pp. 329-337
(in Russian);
3. The Discussion on the Nature of Value in the Contemporary American
Philosophy// The USA on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Results, Problems,
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Perspectives. Ed. E.F.Yasikov. Moscow: The Moscow University Press, 1996,
pp.141-146 (in Russian);
4. The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam. Moscow: RAS Institute of Philosophy Press,
1996 (189 p., monograph in Russian);
5. The Semantic Ideas of Hilary Putnam // History of Philosophy. Moscow: RAS
Institute of Philosophy Press, 1997. No. 3, pp. 121-135 (in Russian);
6. The Objectivity of Values and the Problem of Realism // History of Philosophy.
RAS Institute of Philosophy Press, 1999. No. 5, pp. 80-94 (in Russian);
7. Language and Reality // Logos. 2006. No. 6, pp. 3—20 (in Russian);
8. The Philosophy of Egalitarian Liberalism in the USA: John Rawls and Ronald
Dworkin // History of Philosophy. RAS Institute of Philosophy Press, 2006. No.
12 pp. 45-62 (in Russian);
9. Scientific Realism and the Problem of Truth // History of Philosophy. RAS
Institute of Philosophy Press, 2006. No. 13, p. 3-25 (in Russian);
10. Michael Dummett About Realism // Historico-Philosophical Yearvook’2008.
Moscow: Nauka, 2008, pp. 352-370 (in Russian);
11. Can History of Philosophy Be Useful for Philosophy (John Passmore’s
Answer) // Historico-Philosophical Yearvook’2009. Moscow: Nauka, 2009, pp.
239-256 (in Russian);
12. Mental Realism: Arguments Pro and Contra // History of Philosophy. RAS
Institute of Philosophy Press, 2019. No. 15, pp. 83-101 (in Russian);
13. On Reference and Ontology // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. 2010.
No. 3, pp. 42-57;
14. Language, Ontology and Realism. Moscow: HSE Press, 2011 (310 p.,
monograph in Russian)
15. How Sounds Become Words? // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science.
2011. No. 2, pp. 140-154 (in Russian);
16. Scientific Realism, Truth, and the Underdetermination of Theories by
Empirical Data // Russian Studies in Philosophy, 2011. Т. 49. No. 3. pp. 58—71;
17. Possible Worlds: Metaphysics and Common Sense // Possible Worlds:
Semantics, Ontology, Metaphysics. Moscow: Canon+, 2011, pp. 58-71.
Main
translations
(from English
into Russian):
1. Contemporary Liberalism (Papers by I.Berlin, J.Waldron, J.Rawls,
R.Dworkin, W.Kymlicka, Ch.Taylor, M.Sandel). Moscow, ProgressTradition and the House of Intellectual Book, 1998, 248 p.
2. H.Putnam. Philosophy of Mind (Collection of Papers). Moscow, the
House of Intellectual Book, 1998, 234p. (my part of translation - 90 p.).
3. G.Borradori. The American Philosopher: Conversations with Quine,
Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, MacIntyre and Kuhn.
Moscow, the House of Intellectual Book, 1998, 202 p. (my part of
translation - 56 p.)
4. J.Passmore. A Hundred Years of Philosophy. Moscow, ProgressTradition, 1999, 492 p. (my part of translation – 180 p.)
5. J.Passmore. Recent Philosophers. Moscow, Idea-Press, 2002, 189 p.
6. J.Austin. Sense and Sensibilia // J.Austin. Selected Works. Moscow,
Idea-Press, 1999, 105 p.
7. R.Dworkin. Taking Rights Seriously. Moscow, ROSSPEN, 2004, 390 p.
(my part of translation – 190 p.)