Harry Alanen

I am a DPhil candidate in Philosophy in my last year. My dissertation is on Aristotle's philosophy of action, and it is supervised by Prof. Ursula Coope. More specifically my thesis is on Aristotle's ontology of change and action, agency and patiency, the causation and explanation of action, and Aristotle's account of self-movers. For a more in-depth overview of my dissertation and future research interests please see the research section of my personal home page.

During my time on the DPhil I initiated and co-organized the "Mind, Nature, and Morality"-conference at the University of Helsinki, many of the presentations there will be published in Martina Reuter's & Frans Svensson's (eds.) forthcoming Mind, Body, And Morality : New Perspectives on Descartes and Spinoza (Routledge), which I also worked on as an assistant to the editors. I also was one of the organizers of the 19th Oxford Graduate Conference in Philosophy, and I've helped organize regular faculty seminars like the Ockham Society, DPhil Seminar, and the Jowett Society.

During January to April 2017 I was a Visiting Assistant in Research at Yale University, and in July 2018 I was a Visiting Doctoral Fellow of the Humboldt Project at the University of Leipzig. Before starting the DPhil I completed the MSt in Ancient Philosophy here at Oxford, and prior to that, a BA in Philosophy at the University of Helsinki—my home town.