Dr Antony Hatzistavrou
MA (Athens) PhD (Edinburgh)
Lecturer
Profile
Antony works on ancient philosophy, legal and political
philosophy and philosophy of action. He is currently involved
in two main projects. The first focuses on the authority of experts
in Plato’s early dialogues. The second explores the epistemic
dimensions of political and legal authority. In collaboration with
Dr Tony Ward (School of Law University of Hull) he is directing the
Center for Experts and Institutions. He is a founding member of the
Yorkshire Network for Ancient Philosophy and the Research Group on
the Normativity of Law.
Antony has held research fellowships at the Universities of
Cambridge and Edinburgh and has taught at the Universities of
Cyprus, Leeds and Patras.
Teaching
Antony runs the Research Ethics module for the Graduate
School, offers seminars for the MRes in Philosophy and regularly
teaches on the following undergraduate courses: 27120 History of
Western Thought, 27234/5 Ancient Moral and Political Philosophy,
27236/7 Ancient Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind,
27238 Authority and Obligation, 27241 20th Century Philosophy and
Classics in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy.
Current PhD supervision
Mr Rocky Webb Epistocracy and Democracy
Selected Publications
Book
Ed. The Legacy of H.L.A. Hart: Legal, Political and Moral
Philosophy, co-edited with Matthew H. Kramer, Claire Grant and
Ben Colburn, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008.
Articles in journals
- 'Crito's Failure to Deliberate Socratically', Classical
Quarterly forthcoming.
- 'Motivation, Reconsideration and Exclusionary Reasons',
Ratio Juris, forthcoming autumn 2012
- 'Instrumental Rules and Motivation', Legal Theory, 12,
2006, 315-345.
- 'Socrates' Deliberative Authoritarianism', Oxford Studies
in Ancient Philosophy, 29, 2005, 75-113.
Chapters in edited books
- ‘Aristotle on Faction’ in M. Deslauriers and P. Destree (eds)
The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Politics, Cambridge
University Press (forthcoming).
- ‘Aristotle on the Political Life’ in J. Warren and F.
Sheffield, The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy,
Routledge (forthcoming).
- '"Correctness" and Poetic Knowledge: Choric Poetric in the
Laws' in P. Destree and F.G. Herrmann (eds) Plato and
the Poets, Mnemosyne Supplements 328, Brill, Leiden, 2011,
361-385.
- 'An Epistemic Account of the Internal Point of View' in M.
Friedman and R. Harrison (eds) Law and Philosophy, Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 2007, 209-237.
- 'Happiness and the Nature of Philosopher-Kings' in F. G.
Herrmann (ed.) New Essays on Plato, Classical Press of Wales,
Swansea, 2006, 95-123.
In Progress
Ancient Legal and Political Philosophy (commissioned by
Acumen).