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Dr Stella González Arnal

Lda en Filosofia (Murcia), MA, PhD (Hull)

Widening Participation Contact, Lecturer 

Profile

Dr Stella Gonzalez-ArnalStella first came to Hull from Spain as an ERASMUS exchange. When she completed her first degree in Spain, she then returned to the UK to pursue her interests in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, and gender theory. Stella has taught philosophy at the Universities of Hull, Keele, and Leeds. In 2000 she won a research award from the Fundación Séneca in Spain. She is a member of the Society for Women in Philosophy.

Stella's research interests are in the fields of philosophy of mind, feminist epistemology, the philosophy of science, and developments in bio-technology. She has recently written papers on practical knowledge, tacit knowing, and rationality. She is currently editing a book entitled 'Embodied Selves' (forthcoming) with K.Lennon and G. Jagger which will be published by Palgrave.

Teaching

Stella has taught many undergraduate modules including:

  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Philosophy of Psychology
  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Gender Theory
  • Epistemology


Publications

Book

Embodied Selves (eds) S.Gonzalez-Arnal, G.Jagger, K.Lennon (Palgrave) (Fothcoming)

 

Articles

  • 'Contextualizing Rationality: Mature student carers and Higher Education in England' in Feminist Economics (2009), Vol.15, No1, pp.85-111. 
  • 'The Widening Participation Agenda: The Marginalized Place of Care' with R. Alsop and M. Kilkey in Gender and Education (2008), Vol.20, No6, November, pp 623-637. 
  • 'Non-Articulable Content and the Realm of Reasons' with a reply by John McDowell in Teorema (2006), Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 121-131 (special issue on the philosophy of J.McDowell).
  • 'Tacit Knowledge and Public Accounts' with S. A. Burwood in Journal of Philosophy of Education, (2003) Vol 37, No 3, pp. 377-391.
  • 'Rationality, Normativity and Practices. Towards a More Inclusive Concept of Reason' in Women. A Cultural Review,(2003), Vol.14, No 2, pp. 171-181.

Chapters in Books:

  • "Personal Identity and Transsexual Narratives"  in Embodied Selves (eds) S.Gonzalez-Arnal, G.Jagger, K.Lennon (Palgrave) (Forthcoming)
  • "Indigenous Knowledge, Patenting and the Biotechnology Industry" in M. Brannigan (ed), Cross-Cultural Biotechnology.(Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004), pp. 139-151.
  • "Is it Possible to overcome the Difficulties of Understanding Across Differences?" in F. Birules and I. Pena Aguado (eds), A Passion for Freedom. Action, Passion and Politics. Feminist Controversies (Barcelona: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Barcelona, 2004), pp. 134-139.