Curriculum vitae
Personal information
Name: Ivo Pezlar
E-mail: moc.liamg[ta]ralzep.ovi
Current positions
2016–present - Postdoctoral reseacher (Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences)
2016–present - Research specialist (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Past positions
2017–2018 - Scientific Secretary (Institute of Philosophy, The Czech Academy of Sciences)
Education
2012–2016 - PhD (Philosophy), Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- PhD thesis: Investigations into Transparent Intensional Logic: A Rule-based Approach
2010–2012 - Master (Philosophy), Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- thesis: Is Nonmonotonic Logic a Logic? [in Czech]
2007–2010 - Bachelor (Philosophy), Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- thesis: Epistemic Logic and Logical Omniscience in the Framework of Modal Intensional Logic [in Czech]
Research interests
area of specialization: hyperintensional logic, proof theory, type theory, logical analysis of natural language, procedural semantics
area of competence: logic, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, formal semantics, philosophy of mind
Awards, fellowships and honours
2022 - AKTION Austria–Czech Republic one-month research scholarship, OeAD, Austria
2021 - Otto Wichterle Award for exceptionally outstanding, promising young scientists, Czech Academy of Sciences
2020 - Award for Popularization, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
2016 - Dean's Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement (Faculty of Arts), Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2015 - Rector's Award for the Best Students in Doctoral Programmes, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2014 - DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists, DAAD, Germany
Short research and study stays
2022 - Institute of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
2022 - Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universität Salzburg, Austria
2015 - IHPST (Institute for History and Philosophy of Sciences and Technology), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2015 - The Scandinavian Logic Society (SLS) Summer School in Logic 2015, University of Helsinki, Finland
2014 - WSI (Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Research projects
2022–2025 - “Logical Structure of Information Channels”, funded by Czech Science Foundation / GA ČR (research team member; principal investigator: Vít Punčochář)
2021–2025 - “Meaningful Formalism: Philosophy of Mathematics for Type Theory”, funded by Czech Academy of Sciences / Lumina Quaeruntur (research team member; principal investigator: Ansten Klev)
2019–2021 - “Hyperintensional Meaning, Type Theory and Logical Deduction”, funded by Czech Science Foundation / GA ČR (principal co-investigator)
2017–2019 - “A Logico-Philosophical Investigation of Identity”, funded by Czech Science Foundation / GA ČR (research team member; principal investigator Ansten Klev)
2016–2018 - “Semantic Notions, Paradoxes and Hyperintensional Logic Based on a Modern Ramified Type Theory”, funded by Czech Science Foundation / GA ČR (research team member; principal investigator Jiri Raclavsky)
2013–2015 - “Logic: A Systematic Framework for Development of Logic in Czech Republic and Conception of Logical Propedeutics for Interdisciplinary Studies”, co-funded by European Social Fund in the Czech Republic and Czech Republic Government budget / OPVK
2013–2014 - “Research Net of Theory and History of Science”, co-funded by European Social Fund in the Czech Republic and Czech Republic Government budget / OPVK
Organizing activities
2020 - Member of organizing committee of Filozofie za horizontem událostí (FZHU2020), Brno, Czech Republic
2018 - Member of program committee of DARIAH-CZ Workshop on Digital Humanities 2018, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 - Co-organizer of Philosophical Café: To and Fro (Physics and Modern Applications of Rationality), Prague, Czech Republic
2017 - Co-organizer of international conference CaL2017: Cognition and Language, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2014–2018 - Co-organizer of events of the Society for Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Czech Republic
2013–2014 - Co-organizer of series of events Workshop: A Technique of Philosophy, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2014 - Co-organizer of student conference Parallels between Science and Philosophy, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2013 - Co-organizer of student conference Science and Philosophy in Movies and Literature, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Teaching activities
2022 - Guest lecture – What Do Philosophy and Video Games Have in Common? Palacký University Olomouc
2020–2021 - Lecturer – Philosophy and Videogames, Masaryk University
Other professional activities
2019–present - Editor-in-chief of the journal Teorie vedy / Theory of Science
2019–present - Secretary of the international advisory board (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences)
2019 (January–September) - Co-investigator of LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ research infrastructure (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences)
2016–2018 - Partner coordinator for LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ research infrastructure (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences)
2010–present - Journal administrator of Open Journal Systems (Centre for Information Technologies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
2010–present - Layout editor of the journal Pro-Fil (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
2004–present - graphic and web designer (freelance)
2006–2013 – Copywriter, public relations assistant, promoter (Fleda club, Level B Production), Czech Republic
Popularization activities and media appearances
2022 - podcast: Věda na dosah [Science at your fingertips; in Czech]. (link)
2022 - interview: SCOOL! magazine [in Czech] (link)
2021 - podcast: Reportér [in Czech] (link)
2021 - interview: Universitas magazine [in Czech] (link)
2021 - interview: Czech News Agency [in Czech] (link)
2021 - blog post - DailyNous.com (“What Video Games to Play in a Philosophy Classroom?”) (English version, Czech version)
2020–present - philosophical cartoons (in Czech) on Facebook profile of the Institute of Philosophy. (link)