Desidério Murcho (born 18 May 1965) is a Portuguese philosopher, professor, and writer. Desidério Murcho got his BA in philosophy in 1992 from

Lisbon University The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former University of Lisbon (1911� ...

and his MA in 2000 from the same university. He is pursuing a PhD in philosophy at the

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

since 2000. He is founding member of the ''Centro para o Ensino da Filosofia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia'' (Center For the Teaching of Philosophy of the Portuguese Philosophy Society). He was the director of the online journal ''Crítica''. He wrote a column in the ''Os Meus Livros'' magazine and wrote a weekly chronicle in the '' Público'' daily paper. He was ''managing editor'' of the ''Disputatio'' journal.''Disputatio'': ''International Journal of Philosophy''
/ref> He has worked in the training of secondary education philosophy teachers in Portugal.

Publications

Author of: * ''Essencialismo Naturalizado'' (Angelus Novus, 2002) * ''A Natureza da Filosofia e o seu Ensino'' (Plátano, 2002) * ''O Lugar da Lógica na Filosofia'' (Plátano, 2003) * ''Pensar Outra Vez: Filosofia, Valor e Verdade'' (Quasi, 2006). He is co-author of ''A Arte de Pensar'' (for the 10th and 11th grades) (Didáctica Editora, 2003 and 2004). He edits, together with Guilherme Valente, the ''Filosofia Aberta'' series from Gradiva. He translated several philosophy works (including ''Logics'', by

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, and ''The Last Word'', by

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). He organized with João Branquinho the ''Enciclopédia de Termos Lógico-Filosóficos'' (''Encyclopedia of Logical and Philosophical Terms'') (Gradiva, 2001; Martins Fontes, 2006). He published articles and reviews in the ''Revista Filosófica de Coimbra'' (''Coimbra Philosophical Journal'') and in ''Philosophica''.

References

Portuguese philosophers 21st-century Portuguese male writers 1965 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Portuguese male non-fiction writers {{portugal-philosopher-stub