Desidério Murcho


Desidério Murcho is a Portuguese philosopher, professor, and writer.
Desidério Murcho got his BA in philosophy in 1992 from Lisbon University and his MA in 2000 from the same university. He is pursuing a PhD in philosophy at the King's College London since 2000.
He is founding member of the Centro para o Ensino da Filosofia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia.
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.
He has worked in the training of secondary education philosophy teachers in Portugal.

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He is co-author of A Arte de Pensar .
He edits, together with Guilherme Valente, the Filosofia Aberta series from Gradiva.
He translated several philosophy works.
He organized with João Branquinho the Enciclopédia de Termos Lógico-Filosóficos .
He published articles and reviews in the Revista Filosófica de Coimbra and in Philosophica.