Curriculum Vitae
Formal name: Jónatan Sólon Magnússon
Current position
- Since October 2024
University Assistant (PhD candidate)
Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Education
- 2024 – present
PhD in Philosophy
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
- 2021 – 2023
MA in Ancient Philosophy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thesis: “The Intelligible Hylomorphism: An Approach to Plotinus’s Ontology”.
Supervisor: Prof. Peter Adamson. Second reader: Dr. Marina Schwark.
Coursework included Aristotle’s Metaphysics, modal logic, Plato’s Euthydemus and Seventh Letter, Cicero’s De natura deorum, and Plotinus’s On the Genera of Being 2 (Enn. VI.2).
- 2017 – 2020
BSc in Mathematics
Københavns Universitet
Thesis: “Domain Expansion and Rule-Following: An Analysis of Domain Expansion in Mathematics”.
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mikkel W. Johansen.
- 2015 – 2020
BA in Philosophy
Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland)
Thesis: “The Limit of Goodness: Matter as Non-Being and Evil Itself in Plotinus’s Philosophy”.
Supervisor: Prof. Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson (University of Oslo). Second reader: Prof. Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson.
http://hdl.handle.net/1946/35136
Teaching
- 2024 – present
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Foundations of Philosophy, taught in each of the past three semesters.
https://studienhandbuch.jku.at/133601?id=133601&lang=en - WS 2022/23
LMU München (part-time lecturer)
Seminar on Plotinus’s concept of prime sensible matter as evil itself (Enneads I.8 and II.4).
- Spring 2017
Háskóli Íslands (part-time lecturer and assistant to Prof. Erlendur Jónsson)
Lectures and exercises in formal logic.
- 2021 – 2024
Siðmennt, the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association
Lecturer in critical thinking, ethics, theories of justice, human rights, and political theory for young people.
Other professional experience
- 2015 – 2024
Advisor and Editor, Reykjavík Economics ehf. and Intellecon ehf., Reykjavík
Research, analysis, editing and translation for public and private clients, including Icelandic ministries and the Central Bank of Iceland.
Languages
| Language | Level (CEFR) |
|---|---|
| Icelandic | Native |
| English | C2 |
| Danish | C1–C2 |
| German | C1 |
| Ancient Greek (reading) | C1 |
| Swedish (reading) | C1 |
| Norwegian (reading) | C1 |
| Spanish (reading/writing) | B1 |
Skills
LaTeX · Python · F# · Java · Adobe InDesign · Microsoft Office