Education and Academic Qualification

- 2011–2015: (Ph.D.) Theory and History of Science and Technology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Plzeň)

- 2009–2011: (Mgr.) Analytic Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Plzeň)

- 2006–2009: (Bc.) Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Plzeň)

- 2006: Cambridge First Certificate in English (Council of Europe Level B2), Pilsen (Plzeň)

Work Experience

- Since 01/2016: Department of Comenius' studies and Early Modern Intellectual History (postdoctoral fellow)

- Since 09/2015: Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (assistant professor)

- 03/2013–05/2015: Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Research Centre for the Theory and History of Science – project OP VK CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0138 (researcher on initialization position)

Lectures and Mentoring

- 2016/2017: Lecture and Seminar "Foundamentals of Philosophy"; Seminar "Modern Czech Philosophy" (in English language), Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

- 2015/2016: Seminar „Interpretation of Philosophical Texts"; seminar „Modern Czech Philosophy" (in English), Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

- 2012/2013: Lecture „Philosophy 2", Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

- 2012/2013: Seminar „Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy", Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Research Fields of Interest

- Late Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy, History of the Idea of Perfect Language, History of Natural Theology, History of Metaphors, Metaphorologie, Triadik, Raymond of Sabunde, Nicholas of Cusa, John Amos Comenius

Scholarships and Study Visits

- 01/2016–02/2016: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

- 09/2013–06/2014: fellowship at Freie Universität Berlin by prof. W. Schmidt-Biggemann (DAAD scholarship for Ph.D. students and young researchers)

Research Grants and International Projects

- SGS-2015-017 – Literary techniques in the Early Modern Scientific Discourse (team member)

- SVK1-2015-016 – Language of nature and language of science on the threshold of modern age (team member)

- SVK1-2014-011 – The Bible or Experience: Two Sources of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (team member)

- SVK1-2013-013 – Contra Aristotelem: Philosophy and Science in the Early Modern Europe (coordinator)

- SGS-2013-038 – Contra Aristotelem: Ancient and New Knowledge at the Dawn of Early Modern Age (coordinator)

- SGS-2012-038 – Libri mundi: Contribution to the Metaphorologie of Early Modern Age (team member)

- SVK2-2012-008 – World and the Book: Knowledge of Nature in the Early Modern Age (team member)

The Czech Science Foundation

- 2014–2018: Between Renaissance and Baroque: Philosophy and Knowledge in the Czech Lands within the Wider European Context, GB14-37038G (team member)

Bibliography

Monograph

- Trinus liber Dei: Komenského místo v dějinách metaforiky knihy. [Trinus liber Dei: The place of Comenius in the history of the book metaphor.] Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015. ISBN 978-807465139-7.
[Review: Lukavec, Jan. Literatura, 7. 1. 2016, http://iliteratura.cz/Clanek/35845/pavlas-petr-trinus-liber-dei-komenskeho-misto-v-dejinachmetaforiky-knihy.]

Selected Articles

- The Role of Protestantism in the Emergence of Modern Science: Critiques of Harrison's Hypothesis. Teorie vědy. [Theory of science.], 37 (2015), 2, p. 159–171.

- The Idea of Perfect Language in F. M. van Helmont and J. A. Comenius. Studia Comeniana et Historica, 43 (2013), 89–90, p. 286–305.

- Přírodní filosofie Tommasa Campanelly. [Tommaso Campanella’s Natural Philosophy.] Pro–Fil, 14 (2013), 2, p. 44–63.

- Boží knihy, kniha přírody a věcný jazyk u J. A. Komenského. [God’s Books, the Book of Nature and the Real Language in John Amos Comenius.] Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity, 4 (2012), p. 17–40.

- Teilhardova vědeckost jako otevřená otázka. [Teilhard’s Scientific Status as an Open Question.] Teologické texty: Časopis pro teoretické a praktické otázky teologie, 23 (2012), 4, p. 179–186.

- Teilhard, Monod a Dawkins aneb Není evolucionismus jako evolucionismus. [Teilhard, Monod and Dawkins or Evolutionism not Always the same.] Teologické texty: Časopis pro teoretické a praktické otázky teologie, 21 (2010), 4, p. 180–188.

Articles in edited Volumes

- The Book of the Mind: The Shift Towards the Subject in Patrizi and Comenius. In Nejeschleba, T. – Blum, P. R. (eds.). Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 2014, p. 343–358. ISBN 978-80-244- 4428-4.

Reviews

- Burton, S. J. G. The Hallowing of Logic: The Trinitarian Method of Richard Baxter's Methodus Theologiae. Brill: Leiden – Boston, 2012. 415 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-22640-1. Acta Comeniana, 29 (2016). [In preparation.]

- Příroda se nerada svléká. [Nature takes clothes off grudgingly.] (Review). Hadot, P. Závoj Isidin. [The Veil of Isis.] Praha: Vyšehrad, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7429-013-8. Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity, 2 (2012), p. 169– 172.

- Zápasníci s přírodou: vědci a ti druzí. [Wrestlers with Nature: Scientists and the Others.] (Review). Harrison, P. – Numbers, R. – Shank, M. (eds.). Wrestling with Nature: From Omens to Science. Chicago – London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Teorie vědy. [Theory of Science.], 35 (2013), 1, p. 154–161.

Translation

Sato, M. Vrozenost jako přirozenost u Descarta. Kuděj: Časopis pro kulturní dějiny, 2 (2012), p. 64–81. (Translated from the original text „Innateness as naturality in Descartes".)

Conferences, lectures, posters

- Kniha přírody. Příspěvek k dějinám jedné zbožné i kacířské metafory. Prague, Charles University, 4. 3. 2016.

- Kniha přírody a přirozená teologie (Možná přijde i Komenský...). Klatovy, Czech Christian Academy, HIFI club, 26. 11. 2015.

- Trinus liber Dei: Komenského místo v dějinách metaforiky „knihy přírody". Prague, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 15. 10. 2015.

- Soul as a Book in Patrizi and Comenius: A Contribution to the History of Metaphors. Conference „The Bible or Experience: Two Sources of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" – Pilsen, University of West Bohemia, 25. 9. 2014.

- Hledání řádu v knize světa: od přírodního symbolismu k moderní vědě? Conference „Letní filosofická škola 2014: Idea řádu v minulosti a současnosti" – Dub nad Moravou, 2. 7. 2014.

- The Book of Mind: The Turn to Subject in Patrizi and Comenius. Conference „Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance" – Olomouc, Palacký University, Corpus Christi Chapel, 26. 4. 2014.

- Breaking the Wall of Harrison's Hypothesis. Conference „Falling Walls Lab 2013" – Berlin, Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 8. 11. 2013.

- Kosmologie, proroctví a medicína u Tommasa Campanelly. Conference „Contra Aristotelem: Philosophy and Science in the Early Modern Age" – Pilsen, Austrian Library, 10. 9. 2013.

- Campanellova přírodněfilosofická poezie. Conference „Věda a filosofie ve filmu a literatuře" – Brno, Masaryk University, 23.–24. 5. 2013.

- Komenského Boží knihy ve světle Harrisonovy hypotézy. Conference „Komenský – myslitel harmonie" – Pardubice, University of Pardubice, 12.–13. 11. 2012.

- Mundus enim hic liber est: kniha světa u Komenského. Conference „The Book and the World: Knowledge of Nature in the Early Modern Age" – Pilsen, University of West Bohemia, 20. 9. 2012.

- Kniha a jazyk přírody mezi renesancí a novověkem. Conference „Poznávání přírody v proměnách filosofie a vědy" – Pilsen, University of West Bohemia, 14. 6. 2012.

- Filosofie vědy Teilharda de Chardin. Conference „Mladá filozofia: Povaha súčasnej filozofie a jej metódy" – Bratislava, The Slovak Academy of Sciences, 15.–16. 3. 2012.