•  73
    Riassunto: Le relazioni e l’irrelativo
    Chiasmi International 5 85-85. 2003.
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    The Flesh Between
    Chiasmi International 18 49-61. 2016.
    In this paper I aim to discuss an essay written by the French psychoanalyst André Green on occasion of the publication in 1964 of The Visible and the Invisible, in order to frame it within the context of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy for the sake of letting emerge both the critical importance and some structural issues implied in Green’s reading.Green’s study clearly points out that the question concerning Merleau-Ponty’s notion of “flesh” represents a fundamental theme for psychoanalysis, in conne…Read more
  •  78
    Relations and the Irrelative
    Chiasmi International 5 65-83. 2003.
  •  109
    In this paper the complex phenomenon of pain is discussed and analysed along different theoretical paths: cognitivism, hermeneutics, phenomenology. The neuro-cognitive approach is exemplified through Paul and Patricia Churchland’s writings; then H.-G. Gadamer’s hermeneutical approach is evaluated. While apparently opposite, they share a common assumption, namely that the body is basically to be conceived of as not really different from the Cartesian Res extensa. Some problems thus arise: in part…Read more
  •  48
    Riassunto: Natura, negatività, evento
    Chiasmi International 11 183-183. 2009.
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    Naturalizing Phenomenology, and the Nature of Phenomena
    Chiasmi International 14 131-142. 2012.
    La naturalisation de la phénoménologie et la nature des phénomènesLe projet de naturalisation de la phénoménologie est né comme une tentative d’intégrer réciproquement les neurosciences et la philosophie phénoménologique. Les principaux représentants de ce projet, Jean Petitot et Francisco Varela, ont étés inspirés par Merleau-Ponty en tant que référence philosophique permettant de développer de façon féconde ce point de vue. Cependant, les deux auteurs ne semblent pas assumer jusqu’au bout les …Read more