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Cover of my next book on Hegel: Hegel's Theory of Self-Conscious Life
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Tomasello answers questions about language acquisition, cognitive skills, cooperative dispositions, joint attention and human cultural evolution
Research Interests: Cognitive Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy Of Language, Social Philosophy, Evolutionary Anthropology, and 6 morePhilosophy of Social Science, Social Ontology, Cognitive Linguistics, Social Philosophy (Philosophy), Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language and communication, and Philosophy of Language and Mind
L'articolo delinea una comparazione che il pensiero filosofico di Wittgenstein e le riflessioni attorno al ruolo dell'arte da parte dell'artista M. Lai. Ne consegue una straordinaria affinità per quanto concerne le questioni del rapporto... more
L'articolo delinea una comparazione che il pensiero filosofico di Wittgenstein e le riflessioni attorno al ruolo dell'arte da parte dell'artista M. Lai. Ne consegue una straordinaria affinità per quanto concerne le questioni del rapporto tra linguaggi espressivi, comunità, creatività e gioco.
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In this contribution I intend to tackle the connection between Marx’s and Wittgenstein’s thoughts from the point of view of their conception of social practices, explanation, meaning and use and to highlight that both thinkers aim at... more
In this contribution I intend to tackle the connection between Marx’s and Wittgenstein’s thoughts from the point of view of their conception of social practices, explanation, meaning and use and to highlight that both thinkers aim at transforming the role of philosophy into an instrument for the diagnosis of human organization of the communitarian and productive life. I will firstly give an account of Marx’s conception about the relation between labor and production and I will highlight that the former represents for him the concrete practical meaning through which one should explain both social and individual wealth. Secondly, I will emphasize that Wittgenstein also conceives of the meaning as something that can be explained through its use and the human person cannot be estranged by her rule following. Eventually, I will defend the idea that for both Marx and Wittgenstein enormous confusions and misconceptions arise when one disregards this concrete practical dimension, which jeopardize the philosophical task to account for the real conditions under which the practical life is set up.
Research Interests: Philosophy of Action, Marxism, Marxist Economics, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Karl Marx, and 11 morePhilosophy of Social Science, Social Ontology, Wittgenstein, Later Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy, Marxism (Political Science), Rule-Following, Philosophy of Language (esp. Wittgenstein, Rule-following, and the Normativity of Meaning), Marxismo, Philosophy and Economy, and Ludwig Wittgenstein
In this contribution I deal with a novel theory of trust by accounting for its importance in the improvement of pre-existent institutions. I maintain that it can be useful as a social tool if it increases cooperative firmness and unity.... more
In this contribution I deal with a novel theory of trust by accounting for its importance in the improvement of pre-existent institutions. I maintain that it can be useful as a social tool if it increases cooperative firmness and unity. However, I also point out that it can be exploited if the individual member is not in the condition of exerting a critical and autonomous trust towards the institutions. Eventually, I claim that, in order to incentivize critical trust, we necessitate to institutionalize it and to make it able to strengthen the other institutions by fostering what I call practices of trust. Practices of trust are those practices enhancing the critical and aware participation to the social context. Key Words: aware trust, practices of trust, improvement of the institutional context, social practices, social commitment. 1. Premessa Il nesso fiducia-istituzioni è imprescindibile per comprendere la fondatezza, permanenza e sviluppo di quest'ultime, considerato che la fiducia non è solamente un fattore di coesione interno alle istituzioni, ma si identifica anche con l'approvazione di coloro che si possono definire gli utenti di una specifica istituzione. Il nesso va al di là del mero fe-nomeno sociologico poiché ha un carattere fondativo delle prassi sociali ed esplicativo della cooperazione e può quindi essere analizzato attraverso un approccio filosofico. Comprendere questo fenomeno consente di capire come gli indivi-dui organizzino il proprio agire in maniera sociale, normativa ed istituzionalizzata e come nel corso del tempo rivedano e modifichino l'assetto cooperativo. Inoltre, non solo il binomio fiducia-istituzioni è necessario perché ci siano attività collaborative, anche i due concetti singolarmente analizzati risultano importanti. Infatti, mentre il binomio spiega la dinamica interpersonale che si sviluppa tra singoli individui ed istituzioni, i due concetti considerati singolarmente hanno un ruolo fondamentale nella coesione sociale tra individui. Si può ad esempio avere fiducia nei confronti di una persona anche al di fuori di un rapporto istituzionalizzato e, sulla base di questa fiducia, costituire attività cooperative occasionali. A livello istituzionale, si può collaborare con persone (ad esempio colleghi) ed istituzioni su cui non si ripone piena fiducia ma con cui è però necessario interagire. Tuttavia il nesso fiducia-istituzioni è necessario perché si
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La recente diffusione del Virus Corona (Covid-19) ha sconvolto e prevedibilmente continuerà a mutare la società umana, cambiandone prevedibilmente la storia ed il senso della sua civilizzazione. Non v'è dubbio che questo evento, oltre... more
La recente diffusione del Virus Corona (Covid-19) ha sconvolto e prevedibilmente continuerà a mutare la società umana, cambiandone prevedibilmente la storia ed il senso della sua civilizzazione. Non v'è dubbio che questo evento, oltre agli aspetti prettamente biologici e molecolari, avrà un profondo impatto sulla nostra specie che è una forma di vita naturale che si organizza nei termini di cultura, identità, storia e civiltà. Al pari delle guerre mondiali e dello sviluppo tecnologico, la diffusione epidemiologica di questo tipo di virus pone delle serie domande di natura filosofica e politica attorno alla definizione del ruolo della nostra specie all'interno di questo pianeta.
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A commentary about Pettit theory about social regularities
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It is not ever clear the relation between the institutions of a state or of a community and the individuals who are part of that community. The institutions have the task to mediate the instances of the individuals by institutions like... more
It is not ever clear the relation between the institutions of a state or of a community and the individuals who are part of that community. The institutions have the task to mediate the instances of the individuals by institutions like laws, norms, moral and culture, whose existence depends from the common acceptance of their authority. However it is possible to observe a dialectic relation between groups and institutions. The aim of the paper is to explain what happens if the norms lose their function to mediate the instances of the members of a community. That occurs for example when norms are not more topical and when they need to be changed and
innovated. But what happens when rules are not more effective in the mediation of the We?
innovated. But what happens when rules are not more effective in the mediation of the We?
Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Hegel, Collective Intentionality, G.W.F. Hegel, John R. Searle, and 3 moreThe Hegelian Recognition / The Dialectic of Master and Slave Relationship, Evolution of sociality, and Phenomenology/Post-Phenomenology, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Early Frankfurt School and Walter Benjamin, Marx and Western Marxism, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Literatureocial and
In the passages of Phenomenology of spirit titled, B. Self-consciousness, Hegel (1807) supplies us with the theory of the duplication (Verdoppelung) of Self- consciousness, which allows the dissolution of individuality in a context of a... more
In the passages of Phenomenology of spirit titled, B.
Self-consciousness, Hegel (1807) supplies us with the
theory of the duplication (Verdoppelung) of Self-
consciousness, which allows the dissolution of
individuality in a context of a reciprocal relationship
with another individuality, i.e., another Self-
consciousness. This relationship arises from an original
relationship to an external object, i.e., desire (Begierde)
and develops in institutional reality by the independence
from the desire self. In this contribution, my aim is to
explain Hegel’s principle of desire-independence and
compare it to the quite similar Searle’s (2010) proposal
that Status Functions Declarations [SFD] must be
desire-independent. The lordship-bondage relationship
reveals a recognitive structure in which individuals’
independence vanishes in the institutional reality
Self-consciousness, Hegel (1807) supplies us with the
theory of the duplication (Verdoppelung) of Self-
consciousness, which allows the dissolution of
individuality in a context of a reciprocal relationship
with another individuality, i.e., another Self-
consciousness. This relationship arises from an original
relationship to an external object, i.e., desire (Begierde)
and develops in institutional reality by the independence
from the desire self. In this contribution, my aim is to
explain Hegel’s principle of desire-independence and
compare it to the quite similar Searle’s (2010) proposal
that Status Functions Declarations [SFD] must be
desire-independent. The lordship-bondage relationship
reveals a recognitive structure in which individuals’
independence vanishes in the institutional reality
Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Social Philosophy, Institutional Theory, Hegel, Intentionality, and 12 moreSocial Ontology, Collective Intentionality, G.W.F. Hegel, Institutions (Political Science), Young Hegelians, Phenomenology of Spirit, John R. Searle, Cooperation, The Hegelian Recognition / The Dialectic of Master and Slave Relationship, John Searle, Social Reality, and Phenomenology/Post-Phenomenology, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Early Frankfurt School and Walter Benjamin, Marx and Western Marxism, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Literatureocial and
La libertà è la condizione individuale in cui la volontà agente non è dissociata dal suo agire, credere, pensare e provare emozioni. Essa è quindi una condizione personale o soggettiva in cui il contesto sociale e naturale non rappresenta... more
La libertà è la condizione individuale in cui la volontà agente non è dissociata dal suo agire, credere, pensare e provare emozioni. Essa è quindi una condizione personale o soggettiva in cui il contesto sociale e naturale non rappresenta una interferenza rispetto all’agire, credere, pensare e provare emozioni. La questione della libertà è interconnessa al problema delle prassi cooperative siano esse occasionali o istituzionali, fondamentalmente perché l’agente, integrato in queste attività, non le determina in maniera autocratica ma in maniera partecipata, cioè nel contesto della cooperazione stessa
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INTENTIONALITY Abstract: In this article I will address the question concerning the relation between Self-consciousness and Intentionality. I will argue that the concept of intentionality is mystifying if treated as isolated mental stance... more
INTENTIONALITY Abstract: In this article I will address the question concerning the relation between Self-consciousness and Intentionality. I will argue that the concept of intentionality is mystifying if treated as isolated mental stance because this requires a sort of non-observational knowledge that does not fit with the observational aspects of the intentionality like directness and interaction with an environment. I will further analyze basic forms of intentionality in intentional systems and agents in order to investigate the link between intentions and interaction with the environment. Through this investigation will emerge the particular form of interaction of the human beings that underlies specific competences like recognition and evaluation of norms that are organized in the way of the self-consciousness.
Research Interests: Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy Of Language, Second Language Acquisition, and 14 moreNatural Language Processing, Mindfulness, Theory of Mind, Embodied Mind and Cognition, Artificial Life, Self Consciousness, Metaphysics of Mind, Extended Mind, Intentionality, Social Ontology, Collective Intentionality, Mind Mapping, Artificial Neural Networks, and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
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The article tackles the theoretical and historic connection between these three thinkers and explains their common conception of practice. It argues also that this conception was developed by Gramsci and acquired by Wittgenstein through... more
The article tackles the theoretical and historic connection between these three thinkers and explains their common conception of practice. It argues also that this conception was developed by Gramsci and acquired by Wittgenstein through the mediation of Sraffa
Research Interests: Economics, Development Economics, Political Economy, Wittgenstein, Later Wittgenstein, and 11 moreGramsci, Social Practice, Antonio Gramsci, Gramsci and Cultural Hegemony, Cooperation, Neo-Gramscianism, Gramscian Studies, Collaborative Practice, Science and education in Gramsci, Piero Sraffa, and Ludwig Wittgenstein and Antonio Gramsci
The article addresses the theoretical affinities between the Hegelian conception of spirit the recent neo-pragmatism
Research Interests: Pragmatism, German Idealism, Hegel, Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty, and 7 moreG.W.F. Hegel, Inferentialism, Pragmatism (Philosophy), American Pragmatism, Robert Brandom, Pragmatismo, and Robert Brandom, American Pragmatism, Jurgen Habermas, (Post-)Analytic Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy Of Language, Hermeneutics, German Idealism, and Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language and Communication
In this lecture I intend to point out the role and the tasks of the architecture in the modern western societies. As we live in societies subjected to rising social control and approbation due to both the huge process of acculturation and... more
In this lecture I intend to point out the role and the tasks of the architecture in the modern western societies. As we live in societies subjected to rising social control and approbation due to both the huge process of acculturation and the role of the media, the architect is no more one artist on the service of a single sovereign or prince like, for example, in the Renaissance. He is rather embedded in collective practices that are normally unified and coordinated by unitary and institutionalized organisms like states, cities or international organizations. Therefore he works within a social enterprise that is collectively acknowledged and evaluated.
In order to understand his role we have hence to deal firstly with a social dimension, which is properly a normative dimension, i.e. a space in which both moral and esthetic canons are collectively examined and approved. However, as in modern societies this collective dimension is superseded by institutionalized organizations such as cities and states, the modern architect faces social interests that are endorsed by already institutionalized organisms. His work is therefore subjected to an approbation that is determined by the historical identity of such organisms and he has to confront his genius with this fact. The esthetic work is determined by the “ideology” that underlies the institutional design and transformations of a state or a city.
With this lecture I aim to explain the role of the architect in this kind of relational environment without disregarding his leading nature of artist.
In order to understand his role we have hence to deal firstly with a social dimension, which is properly a normative dimension, i.e. a space in which both moral and esthetic canons are collectively examined and approved. However, as in modern societies this collective dimension is superseded by institutionalized organizations such as cities and states, the modern architect faces social interests that are endorsed by already institutionalized organisms. His work is therefore subjected to an approbation that is determined by the historical identity of such organisms and he has to confront his genius with this fact. The esthetic work is determined by the “ideology” that underlies the institutional design and transformations of a state or a city.
With this lecture I aim to explain the role of the architect in this kind of relational environment without disregarding his leading nature of artist.
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Talk held at UC, Berkeley in May 2013
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In the book On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense Nietzsche highlights the power of the language in understanding the reality by creating it. Language is explained as a creative activity shaping truth and comprehension of the world... more
In the book On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense Nietzsche highlights the power of the language in understanding the reality by creating it. Language is explained as a creative activity shaping truth and comprehension of the world whereas the principle of correspondence meaning-reality is considered as relict of the metaphysic. In this point there are many historic connections with the recent developments in the analytic philosophy. Rorty has the merit to have pointed out that Nietzsche shares many ideas with Davidson because both consider the truth as a human creative and linguistic act rather than a adaequatio rei et intellectus. In the article I intend particularly to deal with Nietzsche ́s and Davidson ́s theories about language, meaning, truth and interpretation and I will show the intrinsic bound between knowledge and culture.