Mitia Rioux-Beaulne

Mitia Rioux-Beaulne is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Philosophy. Her research focuses on French Early Modern Philosophy, with an emphasis on figures such as Descartes, Malebranche, Diderot, and Rousseau. She explores themes related to the imagination as a mental faculty, epistemology, aesthetics, and historical progress. Her areas of expertise include the French Enlightenment, history of art, philosophy of history, and theater.

Her publications span topics like clandestine literature, the role of imagination in philosophical texts, and the interplay between fiction and epistemic truth in the works of Enlightenment thinkers. She primarily communicates via email at mriouxbe@uOttawa.ca and is conversant in both French and English.