Gkatzaras Thanassis

EDUCATION

• 2014: PhD in History and Philosophy of Sciences and Technology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens & National Technical University of Athens (Thesis title: The First Principles of the Sensible World in Plato’s Philosophy).

• Oct. 2009 – Jun. 2010: Recognized Student at the University of Oxford, Department of Philosophy.

• 2006: Master of History and Philosophy of Sciences and Technology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens & National Technical University of Athens.

• 2003: Bachelor of History and Archaeology, University of Ioannina.

HONORS / SCHOLARSHIPS

• 2015: Best Thesis Prize in Philosophy in Modern Greek for the years 2013 and 2014 (John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, and Critica: A Greek Online Journal for Philosophical Reviews).

• 2008-2011: 3-year PhD research Scholarship (National Technical University of Athens).

PROJECTS

• 2023: ‘Learn Aristotelian Logic’: The project is led by Researcher Thanassis Gkatzaras from the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy (RCGP) at the Academy of Athens and Prof. Phoebe Koundouri from the Athens University of Economics and Business. The software is designed by Thanassis Gkatzaras (collaborating members: Director of Research Doukas Kapantais, acting Director of the RCGP, and emeritus Director of Research Maria Protopapa, former Director of the RCGP)  and developed by Webelous.com. Its academic material is based on the project  PRAN (Aristotle’s Prior Analytics) led by Doukas Kapantais and Assoc. Prof. George Karamanolis (University of Vienna). It is funded by the ERC Water Futures Project at the Athens University of Economics and Business (Principal Investigator: Prof. Phoebe Koundouri). The software is hosted by “Athena” Research Center.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2014 – : Research Assistant in the Project ‘Aristotle’s Prior Analytics A’ (PRAN), Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens (Project Leaders: Doukas Kapantais, Research Director and acting Director of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens and Assoc. Prof. George Karamanolis, University of Vienna).

• 2017 – : Research Assistant in the Project ‘The Fragments of Cleanthes the Stoic’, Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens (Project Leader: Maria Protopapa, emeritus Researcher and former Director of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens).

• 2007 – 2009: Research Assistant in the Project ‘The Problems of Geometrical Entities and Geometrical Foundation: Examining their Appearance and Influence in the Euclidian Geometrical Optics Model’, National & Technical University of Athens (Project Leader: emeritus Prof. V. Karasmanis, N.T.U.A.).

SELECTED PUBLICATIOS

• forthcoming: ‘The distinction between philosophers and sight–lovers: Socrates’ first line of argument in Rep. 5, 476a1–d6’, Elenchos. (Accepted: 15 July 2023)

• 2023: ‘Plato’s Republic 515a5: Prisoners Like Us’, Méthexis, Vol. 35, pp. 156-166.

• 2018: ‘The Divisions II-IV in Plato’s Sophist 223b-224e’ (in Greek with an English

summary), ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ: Yearbook of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens, Vol. 48 (I), pp. 105-138.

• 2017: ‘The Form of the Good in Plato’s Timaeus’, Plato Journal: The Journal of the

International Plato Society, Vol. 17, pp. 71-83.

• 2015: ‘Causation and First Principles in the Phaedo’ (in Greek with an English

summary), Deucalion 31, pp. 11-46.

• 2011: ‘Impressions of the Aristotelian Theory of Demonstrative Knowledge in

Euclidean Geometrical Optics’ (in Greek with an English summary, co-written with

Paraskevi Batsouli and Orestis Karasmanis), Signum 1, pp. 99-116.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 2022 – 2023: Ancient Greek Philosophy and Science (MA) (distance learning) – Department of Languages and Literature, University of Nicosia (co-teachers: Prof. Christos Panayides, Dr. Petros Bouras-Vallianatos).

• 2019 – 2020: Ancient Greek Philosophy (BA) – Classical Modern Philosophy (BA), Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cyprus.

• 2017 – 2018 (spring semesters): Ancient Greek Philosophy (BA), Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina.

• 2017 (winter semester): Ancient Greek Philosophy (MA), Philosophy and History of Science Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (co-teaching with Prof. Vassilis Karasmanis).

• 2014 – 2018 (winter semesters): Introduction to Philosophy (BA), School of Mechanical Engineering, National & Technical University of Athens.

• 2014 – 2017 (spring semesters): Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge (BA), School of Civil Engineering, National & Technical University of Athens (co-teaching with Dr. Spyros Stelios).