Ana Escher

Research group: LanCog

I received my Ph.D. in normative Philosophy from the University of Lisbon (2023) as a FCT doctoral fellow with the thesis, Language Related Indeterminacy in the Law.

Currently a FCT Junior Researcher in the Langcog Project Indeterminacy in Science I am also a fellow of the Lisbon Legal Theory Group and a collaborating researcher at the University of Lisbon School of Law (IDPCC). I held previous assistant teaching positions in the fields of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Language.

My research mainly focuses on the interplay between philosophy of language and normative philosophy. I am particularly drawn to the nature of indeterminacy, the analysis and interplay of traditional indeterminacy phenomena (say, vagueness, open texture, generality) and the connection between indeterminacy and the problem of rule following.

I am also interested in metaphysics, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.

More information about my work can be found at:

Personal Webpage:  https://ulisboa.academia.edu/AnaEscher

Email: anaescher@campus.ul.pt

Selected Publications

“Normativity Naturalized? Some Thoughts on Bruno Celanos Pre-Conventions”; Milano Law Review, July 2024, https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/milanlawreview/article/view/24208

“The Nature and Value of Vagueness in the Law”; Book Review (Jurisprudence); January 2022; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20403313.2021.2015181

When it is Vague What is Vague: Identifying Vagueness in Legal Interpretation and Scientific Knowledge, Springer; September 2019; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18671-5_7