Dina Mendonça, Ph.D

Dina Mendonça, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem and a senior research fellow at the Instituto de Filosofia da Nova at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She holds a master’s degree in philosophy for children from Montclair State University in New Jersey, where she studied with Matthew Lipman, and a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Her dissertation, The Anatomy of Experience: An Analysis of Dewey’s Concept of Experience, examined John Dewey’s philosophy of experience.

Mendonça’s current work focuses on a pragmatic analysis of emotion, treating emotions as dynamic and situational occurrences. Her research, informed by Deweyan thought, seeks to clarify different approaches to emotions and related topics. She is developing a bibliography and research database on the philosophy of emotion. Her areas of specialization include the philosophy of emotions, philosophy for children and pragmatism.

Education

University of South Carolina
Ph.D., Philosophy
1997 - 2003

Montclair State University
Master in Philosophy of Education, Philosophy for Children
1994 - 1996

Catholic University of Lisbon
Licenciatura, Philosophy
1989 - 1993