International Contributions
International Research in and on Phenomenology: Recent Contributions
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Spring School – Making the Social World June 7-9, San Raffaele University, Milan Our Spring School has been an exciting opportunity to know each other’s research and to discuss a lot of inspiring ideas. Thanks to everybody, and a special thank to John Searle, who discussed every issue with us most of the time, in spite... »
Workshop internazionale all’Università di Torino. Fictional Entities and Other Social Objects and Paolo Bozzi Prize for Ontology
Workshop on Fictional Entities and Other Social Objects and Paolo Bozzi Prize for Ontology Università di Torino - Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia 26-27 Maggio 2011 Department of Philosophy, University of Turin Labont and PRIN 2008 Documentality Sponsors: ESAP, SIFA, Studio Nespolo Organizers: Carola Barbero, Maurizio Ferraris, Alberto Voltolini Venue: Sala Lauree May 26, morning 9:00-10:15 Kendall Walton (University of Michigan) Imagination, Fictionality,... »
Husserlian Pregnant Wholes as an Ontological Criterion for Individuals and Objects
Prajna-Vihara. Journal of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University of Bangkok, vol. 4, n. 2, 2003, pp. 67-92 1. Introduction The first part of this work intends to give a general survey of some theories current in the fields of ontology and mereology dealing with the well-known problem of whole-parts relations. Some hints about the philosophical consequences... »
Can Life Be a Criterion of Persistence Through Time? A Discussion of Some Ontological Thesis by Peter van Inwagen
Prajna-Vihara, The Journal of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University of Bangkok, vol. 5, 2, 2004, pp. 27-47 This work is centered upon some of the principal ontological topics to be found in the major texts by Peter van Inwagen. Almost all his philosophical works falls into about four general areas. 1. The problem of free... »
A. Damasio, ‘Self comes to mind’ (2010)
Defending Damasio and Jaynes against Block and Gopnik, December 6, 2010 My readers might have noticed that Antonio Damasio’s new book Self Comes to Mind has been under attack by Ned Block at the New York Times Book Review and by Allison Gopnik over at Slate. Block and Gopnik level the exact same argument against... »
Neuroethical Perspective in Legal Issues. Philosophical Considerations and Brain Studies
Considering the growing attention concerning the employment of neuroscientific researches in legal issues, I suggest some ethical considerations about this topic mapping the fields named “neuroethics”. In particular, I try to shed light on an Italian Criminal Court Decision where an Algerian citizen, owing to a dispute with a group of Colombian guys, killed... »
Milano Winter School. The Special session of January 27 on video
La mente fenomenologica | The Phenomenological Mind 26-27-28 Gennaio | January 2010 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele - Dibit 1- Via Olgettina, 58 - Milano From the omonimous book of Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi (Routledge 2008; Cortina Editore 2009) An initiative of the Research Centre in Phenomenology and Sciences of the Person at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of... »
Winter School Milano 2010, January 27 Roberta De Monticelli - parts I/II
La mente fenomenologica | The Phenomenological Mind 26-27-28 Gennaio | January 2010 From the omonimous book of Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi (Routledge 2008; Cortina Editore 2009) Phenomenology today: a good travel mate for analytic philosophers? Roberta De Monticelli, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano Download the talk also in Pdf format. Download the whole video session in Mp4 format (199 MB... »
Winter School Milano 2010, January 27 Dan Zahavi - parts I/II/III
La mente fenomenologica | The Phenomenological Mind 26-27-28 Gennaio | January 2010 From the omonimous book of Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi (Routledge 2008; Cortina Editore 2009) Empathy, embodiment and interpersonal understanding Dan Zahavi, University of Copenhagen Download the whole video session in Mp4 format (442 MB compressed). Winter School Milano 2010 Dan Zahavi part IPhenomenology Lab | MySpace Video... »
Winter School Milano 2010, January 27 Michele Di Francesco - parts I/II/III
La mente fenomenologica | The Phenomenological Mind 26-27-28 Gennaio | January 2010 From the omonimous book of Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi (Routledge 2008; Cortina Editore 2009) Self and Brain Michele Di Francesco, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano Download the whole video session in Mp4 format (432 MB compressed). Download the whole audio session in Mp3 format (47 MB compressed). Winter... »