Rafael Augusto Coelho Do Nascimento

PhD Philosophy

Biography

Background

[Science and Philosophy] Master of Cognitive Science for the University of Lisbon, PhD researcher/candidate based at the University of Edinburgh, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Rafael investigates the origin of reflective reasoning and awareness, having also done an internship at the Sackler Center for Consciousness Science (University of Sussex), where he worked in Neuroscience using Virtual Reality.

[Literature] Has three books published: Se a Lua Viesse de Manhã (2010), O Livro da Intranquilidade (2012) and Fragmentos de Verdade (2016), the first being a collection of short stories and poems, the second a novel and the third a set of thoughts, excerpts and maxims of mainly psychological content.

[Music] Musically, known as Lau God Dog, has published an album, Meio Cão Meio Deus (2018) and the singles Assim Fala Zaratustra (2019), Entre o Preto e o Branco (2019), O Meu Cão (2020) and Por Mim (2021).

Qualifications

  • Philosophy PhD

    • 2020 to 2023 | University of Edinburgh (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences)

    • Supervisors: Alistair Isaac and Tillmann Vierkant

  • Cognitive Science MSc

    • 2012 to 2016 | University of Lisbon (Faculties of Medicine, Science, Letters and Psychology)

    • Supervisors: João Branquinho and Hélder Coelho

    • Project: The unconscious-conscious relationship in the production of conscious thought

  • Portuguese and Lusophone Studies BA

    • 2009 to 2012 | University of Lisbon (Faculty of Letters)

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • University Of Edinburgh

    • 2020 to 2023 | PhD Candidate/Researcher (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences)

    • Supervisor: Alistair Isaac and Tillmann Vierkant

    • Project: How did the abilities associated with S2 emerge from S1’s pre-existing components? A Functional Mechanism for Reflexive Thinking.

  • University of Sussex

    • 2017 | Intern (Sackler Centre For Consciousness Science)

    • Supervisors: Keisuke Suzuki and Anil Seth.

Current project grants

PhD Scholarship - Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Project: How did the abilities associated with S2 emerge from S1’s pre-existing components? A Functional Mechanism for Reflexive Thinking.
- Funding Agency: Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
- Host Institution: University of Edinburgh - School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
- 2020 to 2023 | Research Grant
- GRANT_NUMBER: SFRH/BD/147432/2019

Past project grants

Erasmus+ Internship Grant
- Funding Agency: University of Lisbon
- Host Institution: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science (University of Sussex)
- 2017-03 to 2017-06 | Grant
- GRANT_NUMBER: 2201/PT/2017

Sensorimotor contingency modulates breakthrough of virtual 3D objects during a breaking continuous flash suppression paradigm

A relação inconsciente-consciente na produção do pensamento consciente

Fragmentos de Verdade

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