Stella Villarmea
| 2020-present |
Career University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid. |
| 2018-20 |
Marie S. Curie Fellow, University of Oxford. |
| 2017-20 |
Professor (Full) of Philosophy, Universidad de Alcalá. |
| 2004-17 |
Associate Professor in Philosophy, Universidad de Alcalá. |
| 1998-2004 |
Adjunct Professor in Philosophy, Universidad de Alcalá. |
| 1997-2000 |
Adjunct Professor in Philosophy, Saint Louis University. |
| 1998 |
Education Doctor of Philosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. |
| 1991 |
PhD Thesis, ‘Scepticism in Analytic Epistemology’, with Distinction Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. |
| 1992-93 | Graduate Exchange Student, University of Notre Dame, 1993-4 Graduate Exchange Student, University of California at Santa Barbara. |
Articles
| 2021 |
“A Philosophy of Birth: If you Want to Change the World, Change the Conversation”, Open Research Europe, 3 June 2021. |
| 2021 |
“Reasoning from the Uterus: Casanova, Women´s Agency, and Philosophy of Birth”, Hypatia, 36/1, 22-41. |
| 2021 |
“Philosophy of Birth: Unveiling the Stereotype”, The Project Repository Journal (PRj), 8/January, 60-63. |
| 2020 |
“Barriers to Establishing Shared Decision-Making in Childbirth: Unveiling Epistemic Stereotypes about Women in Labour”, with Brenda Kelly (1/2), Journal of Evaluation of Clinical Practice 26, 515–519. |
| 2013 |
“Conceptual Change and Emancipatory Practices: An Approach from Wittgenstein’s On Certainty”, Annales UMCS, 1/2013, 7-24. |
| 2010 |
“Another Turn on the Screw: Scepticism and Propositional Analysis”, Wittgenstein-Studien, Internationales Jahrbuch für Wittgenstein-Forschung, 1/2010, 221-242. |
| 1999 | “The Provocation of E. Levinas for Feminism”, The European Journal of Women’s Studies, 6/3, 291-304. |
Chapters
| 2020 |
“When a Uterus Enters the Room, Reason Goes Out the Window”, in C. Pickles y J. Herring (eds.), Women’s Birthing Bodies and the Law, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 63-78. |
| 2015 |
“On Obstetrical Controversies: Refocalization as Conceptual Innovation”, with Ibone Olza and Adela Recio, in Á. J. Perona (ed.): Normativity and Praxis, Milano, Mimesis International Editorial, 157-188. |
| 2009 |
"Rethinking the Origin: Birth and Human Value", in J. Yan and D. Schrader (eds.): Creating a Global Dialogue on Value Inquiry. Lewiston, NY, Edwin Mellen Press, 311-329. |
| 2006 |
“So you think you can tell sense from nonsense, real doubts from sceptical games”, in T. Rønnow-Rasmussen et al. (eds.): Homage à Wlodek―Philosophical Papers in Honour of Wlodek Rabinowicz. Lund UP. |
| 2005 | "Good, Freedom, and Happiness: A Kantian Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation", in E. de Sotelo (ed.): New Women of Spain: Social Political Studies of Feminist Thought. Münster, Lit Verlag, 244-256. |
| Areas of specialisation: Epistemology and Feminist Philosophy Fields of research: Philosophy of Birth I work in epistemology, philosophy of feminism, and metaphilosophy. I am interested on the philosophy of birth, i.e., how our notions of childbirth reflect our view of the human being. I have published on Wittgenstein and scepticism, Kant and Levinas, and feminist standpoint. I am interested in the moral and political justification of our beliefs, the relationship between knowledge and emancipatory action, and conceptual innovation. |
| Course Convenor, Option Tutor, and Dissertation Supervisor, Option course entitled “The Philosophy of Birth”, MSt in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 2020/21, 2021/22. |
| Tutor, Special Subject, Feminism and Philosophy, PHIL_BA, 2019/20. |
