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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • PhD Student at Edinburgh University. My PhD is in Philoso...
  • BA Oxford, MA MSc Paris, PhD (in progress) Edinburgh
  • From London
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To visit amazing places. To meet great people.

ABOUT ME

I've been very lucky with the cities in which I've lived, and the people that I've met. London, Paris, Edinburgh.

I did a BA in philosophy and french at Oxford. Did a year abroad in Paris at the Sorbonne (Where I studied Sartre, phenomenology, and got introduced to cognitive science). Then I went back to Paris a year later, after finishing my degree, to do Master's in philosophy and cognitive science. Now I'm doing a PhD in philosophy of cognitive science in Edinburgh.

I love pubs. And chatting to people into the early hours...

PHILOSOPHY

I live a low-consumption lifestyle. I don't value *things*. I value experiences and the sharing of experiences.

Interests

Multidisciplinary. I am interested by everything. Philosophy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Politics, Economics, Environmentalism, Cinema (especially european cinema), Painting, Sculpture, Ballet, Opera (less than ballet), Cheese, Wine etc...

I also swing dance. I can do aerials (that means in can make a girl do a backflip over my shoulder. It's all very safe as long as she tucks in her legs at the right time)

  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • swing dancing
  • wine
  • cheese
  • pub crawls
  • politics
  • movies
  • painting
  • opera
  • rock climbing
  • economics
  • logic
  • psychology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many. Too varied. Listing endlessly would achieve nothing.

My favourite song of all time, however, is Naive Melody by Talking Heads.
My favourite movie of all time is, La Grande Illusion
My favourite book of all time is probably Gulliver's Travels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmmm. Either:
Rock-climbing in Yosemite National Park
Or:
Seeing the Angel Falls, Venezuela.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you French, English, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematical Logic, How to clap loudly with one hand (seriously), and Swing Dancing (8-count Lindy and Charleston).

Countries I’ve Visited

Chile, Denmark, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom

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