Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi

Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy

Office Hours: Mon 11-13, Gordon House G04

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Virtue Ethics, Moral Psychology. I work especially on Aristotle's ethics and philosophy of mind, but I have broad interests in other ancient philosophical traditions. I also enjoy exploring the relevance of ancient views for contemporary philosophy of mind and ethics. I am interested in supervising students working in any of these areas.

Bio: I joined UCL in 2018 after completing my graduate studies at the University of Oxford and two postdocs at Thumos in Geneva and at the Polonsky Academy in Jerusalem. I am a member of the London Centre for Ancient Philosophy (L-CAP) and of the Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy.

Publications

Book

Ethics for Rational Animals. The Moral Psychology at the Basis of Aristotle’s Ethics. OUP 2024. Published version.

Papers and chapters

‘Harmonia, Melos and Rhythmos. Aristotle on musical education.’ Ancient Philosophy 36 (2):409-424, 2016. Published version
‘Aristotle on the structure of akratic action.’ Phronesis 63(3): 229-256, 2018. Published version
‘Enmattered virtues.’ Metaphysics 1 (1): 63-74, 2018. Published version (Open Access)
‘Aristotle's peculiarly human psychology.’ In Aristotle's Anthropology, eds. N. Kreft and G. Keil, CUP 2019. Published version
‘Elements of biology in Aristotle's political science.’ In Cambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Biology, ed. S. Connell, CUP 2021. Published version
‘Aristotle on attention.’ Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 103 (4): 602-633, 2021.
‘Aristotle on the affective powers of colour and pictures.’ In Entretiens sur l'Antiquité classique, 66 (Genève: Fondation Hardt), ed. K. Ierodiakonou, 2020. Published version.

Penultimate drafts available for download on Philpapers