Bernardo Andrade is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he received his Ph.D. from Emory University and his B.A. from Middlebury College. He specializes in phenomenological ethics and contemporary continental philosophy, with a focus on the work of French-Lithuanian philosopher Emmanuel Levinas.
Professor Andrade is currently working on his first book, Levinas’s Diachronic Thought: The Ethics of Deformalized Time, which argues that Levinas’s unique understanding of time is a necessary foundation for his ethical thought. His publications have explored thinkers as distinct as Levinas, Plotinus, and Peirce, and have appeared in such journals as Epoché, Archai, and Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. He was also a recipient of the Peirce Essay Prize.
Most recently, Professor Andrade has focused on introducing the work of 20th-century Brazilian phenomenologist Vicente Ferreira da Silva to English-speaking audiences. He is currently translating a series of conversational texts from Ferreira da Silva, including “Dialogue of the Sea,” “Dialogue of the Mountain,” and “Dialogue of Wonder.”
His teaching seeks to give students the confidence that they can navigate highly difficult texts and feel inspired rather than alienated by them. He combines close textual analysis with in-class activities, incorporating film, poetry, and other media to open up these challenging texts—to “make them sing.”
At Augsburg, he is involved with redesigning the philosophy major for the 21st century.
Education
Ph.D., Emory University (Philosophy)
M.A., Emory University (Philosophy)
B.A., Middlebury College (Philosophy)
Publications
“Levinas on Separation: Metaphysical, Semantic, Affective.” Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 28, no. 2 (2024): 429-452.
“Peirce’s Imaginative Community: On the Esthetic Grounds of Inquiry.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 58, no. 1 (2022): 1-21. *Winner of the Peirce Essay Prize.
“Freedom and Praxis in Plotinus’s Ennead VI.8.1-6.” Archai 30 (2020): e03031.
“Teleology and Nous in Plotinus’s Ennead VI.7.” Kriterion 61, no. 147 (2020): 609-632.