Dr. Peter Larsen

Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Webmaster (Department of Philosophy and The Plato Centre)

Email: larsenp@tcd.ie

Dissertation: Plato's Theory of Perception

Areas of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy (particularly Plato and Aristotle), Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Mind

Education

Ph.D. (Philosophy) Trinity College Dublin

M.Litt. (Philosophy) Trinity College Dublin

B.A. (Philosophy) American University

Publications

"Evaluating the Impact of Menu Labeling on Food Choices and Intake" (American Journal of Public Health, February 2010, vol 100, no. 2)

Conference Presentations

"Plato and Indirect Perception" delivered at the 35th annual Ancient Philosophy Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, 24 March 2012.

"Protagoreanism and Perception: Some reflections on Theaetetus 161–171" delivered at the Trinity–UCD Graduate Philosophy Symposium on Plato's Protagoras, October 2009.

"Plato on the Ethics of Drinking: Some observations on Gorgias 496c6–497d8" delivered at the Trinity–UCD Graduate Philosophy Symposium on Plato's Gorgias, November 2008.