Director
Claudio Paolucci is Associate Professor of Semiotics and Philosophy of Language at the Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies of the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), where he is also the coordinator of the PhD Programme in Philosophy, Science, Cognition and Semiotics.
Since 2014, he has been the scientific coordinator of the International Centre for Humanities "Umberto Eco". Since 2012, he has been the Secretary of the Italian Society of Philosophy of Language. He is currently the Principal Investigator of two European Projects (NeMo Project and Fakespotting Project).
His research is focused on Semiotics, Philosophy of language, Semantics, Theory of Cognition and Cognitive Sciences, Semiotics of Audiovisual Languages, Theory of Enunciation and Subjectivity, Enculturation, Social cognition and Disabilities (with a special focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders).
Books authored:
Paolucci, C., (2021), Cognitive Semiotics. Integrating Signs, Minds, Meaning and Cognition, Berlin and New York: Springer.
Paolucci, C., (2020), Persona. Soggettività nel linguaggio e semiotica dell’enunciazione, Milano: Bompiani.
Paolucci, C., (2017), Umberto Eco. Tra ordine e avventura, Milano: Feltrinelli.
Paolucci, C., (2010), Strutturalismo e interpretazione, Milano: Bompiani.
Founding Member
Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence Department of Philosophy University of Memphis (Memphis, USA). Professorial Fellow in Philosophy, SOLA, University of Wollongong, (Wollongong, Australia).
Professor Gallagher was the recipient of the Humboldt Foundation's first Anneliese Maier Research Award (2012-2018). From 2007-2015 he held a secondary appointment as Research Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), and has been also Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen (2010-15), of Philosophy at the University of Durham (UK) (2013-16), and of Health Sciences at the University of Tromsø, Norway (2013-19). Professor Gallagher is also a founding editor, and continues as a co-editor-in-chief of «Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences», an interdisciplinary journal published by Springer (Google Metrics).
His research interests include phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, philosophical psychology, embodiment, intersubjectivity, hermeneutics, and the philosophy of time. He is currently one of the most influential exponents of the enactivist approach to mind, synthesising phenomenological philosophy with cognitive science.
Books authored:
Gallagher, S. (2020), Action and Interaction, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gallagher, S. (2017), Enactivist Interventions: Rethinking the Mind, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gallagher, S., Janz, B., Reinerman, L., Bockelman, P., and Trempler, J., (2015), A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder: Towards a Non-reductionist Cognitive Science, London: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Gallagher, S. (2012), Phenomenology, London: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Gallagher, S. and Zahavi, D. (2008), The Phenomenological Mind, London: Routledge.
Gallagher, S. (2008), Brainstorming: Views and Interviews on the Mind, Exeter: Imprint Academic
Gallagher, S. (2005), How the Body Shapes the Mind, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Gallagher, S. (1998), The Inordinance of Time, Evanston: Northwestern University Press
Gallagher, S. (1992), Hermeneutics and Education, Albany: State University of New York Press
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Senior Professor of Philosophical Psychology at University of Wollongong (Wollongong, Australia), Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, and Head of the School of the School of Liberal Arts. Daniel Hutto’s research focuses primarily on issues in philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science from an enactive and, at root, non-representational conception of cognition.
Professor Hutto is member of Australian Association of Philosophy Member (2014 - ), American Philosophical Association, Behavioural and Brain Sciences Association Associate, British Philosophical Association, Australian Association of Philosophy Convener of Philosophy in the Community (2016-2018), British Wittgenstein Society Treasurer (2008-2013), British Philosophical Association Treasurer (2003-2008).
Books authored:
Hutto, D., Myin, E., (2017), Evolving Enactivism: Basic Minds Meet Content, Cambridge, London: MIT Press.
Hutto, D., Myin, E., (2013), Radicalizing Enactivism: Basic Minds Without Content, Cambridge, London: MIT Press.
Hutto, D., (2008), Folk psychological narratives: The sociocultural basis of understanding reasons, Cambridge, London: MIT Press.
Hutto, D., (2003), Wittgenstein and the End of Philosophy: Neither Theory nor Therapy, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hutto, D., (2000), Beyond Physicalism, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Hutto, D., (1999), The Presence of Mind, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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Full Professor of Psychobiology, Department of Medicine & Surgery, Unit of Neuroscience at University of Parma (Parma, Italy), Full Professor of Experimental Aesthetics, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study at University of London (London, UK), Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Dept. of Art History and Archeology at Columbia University (New York, USA). Is the Principal Investigator of Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Parma.
Professor Gallese is member of the Italian Society of Physiology, of the Italian Society of Neuropsychology, of the European Brain and Behavior Society and of the International Neuropsychological Symposium. He is also member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals Social and «Affective Cognitive Neuroscience», «Cognitive Neuroscience», «Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B», «Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences», «Biological Theory», «Sistemi Intelligenti».
Neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese’s research focuses on the cognitive role of the sensory-motor system in non-human primates and humans. His current research interests include the study of the neural mechanisms at the basis of intentional understanding, empathy, aesthetic experience, and the investigation of the neural bases of Autism and Schizophrenia.
Books authored:
Gallese, V., Guerra, M. (2015), Lo Schermo Empatico. Cinema e Neuroscienze, Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Ammaniti, M., Gallese, V. (2014), La nascita della intersoggettività. Lo sviluppo del Sé tra Psicodinamica e Neurobiologia, Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Stamenov, N. I., Gallese, V. (2002), Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
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Associate Professor in Cognitive Archaeology at University of Oxford (Oxford, UK) and Principal Investigator of HANDMADE: Understanding Creative Gesture in Pottery Making (European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant). Lambros Malafouris teaches undergraduate tutorials in Archaeology and Anthropology (both at prelims and finals), is co-Director of Studies for undergraduates at Hertford College (Oxford, UK), and teaches the module on cognitive archaeology on the MSc Archaeology course.
His research focuses on the interaction between cognition and material culture, exploring the effects of materiality in human cognitive life (both past and present), being the main exponent and creator of Material Engagement Theory (MET), which enhances the theory of the extended mind and the crucial role of interactions with material artifacts for cognitive development and cognitive operations.
Books authored:
Koukouti, M. D., Malafouris, L., (2020), An Anthropological Guide to the Art and Philosophy of Mirror Gazing, London: Bloomsbury Publishing
Malafouris, L., (2013), How Things Shape the Mind. A Theory of Material Engagement, Cambridge, London: MIT Press
Founding Member
Fausto Caruana is a Contract Professor of Philosophy of Science, Department DUSIC (Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries), University of Parma (Parma, Italy). He works at the Institute of Neuroscience of the National Research Council (CNR), Parma. Caruana is specialized in social, cognitive and affective neuroscience. His studies focus on the neural and the psychological mechanisms underlying emotions, empathy, mirror neurons and motor cognition.
Books authored:
Caruana F., Testa I., eds. (2020), Habits. Pragmatist Approaches From Cognitive Neuroscience To Social Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Caruana, F., (2019): Il Cervello Empatico. Dalla Teoria Della Mente Al Meccanismo Mirror, Hachette.
Caruana F., Viola, M., (2018), Come Funzionano Le Emozioni. Da Darwin Alle Neuroscienze, Il Mulino: Bologna.
Caruana F., Borghi, A., (2016), Il Cervello In Azione, Il Mulino: Bologna.
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Catherine Legg is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia), Faculty of Arts and Education, SHSS Arts & Education Department. Her research focuses on Peirce’s Pragmatism and, from a pragmatist perspective, on logic, philosophies of mind, language and epistemology. She is also interested in automated knowledge representation (“formal ontology”). Since 2001, she has published several articles in scientific journals and chapters in edited books, and has taken part in numerous conferences.