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187Naturalism in question (edited book)Harvard University Press. 2004.This volume presents a group of leading thinkers who criticize scientific naturalism not in the name of some form of supernaturalism, but in order to defend a ...
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Introduction: Science, naturalism, and the problem of normativityIn Mario De Caro & David Macarthur (eds.), Naturalism and Normativity, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
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133Introduction - the nature of naturalismIn Mario De Caro & David Macarthur (eds.), Naturalism in question, Harvard University Press. pp. 1-20. 2004.The critical concern of the present volume is contemporary naturalism, both in its scientific version and as represented by newly emerging hopes for another, philosophically more liberal, naturalism.1 The papers collected here are state-of-the-art discussions that question the appeal, rational motivations, and presuppositions of scientific naturalism across a broad range of philosophical topics. As an alternative to scientific naturalism, we offer the outlines of a new non- reductive form of nat…Read more
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43IntroduzioneRivista di Estetica 44 3-5. 2010.“Naturalismo” è una parola che si dice in molti modi, almeno tanti quanti nella storia della filosofia e nel sentire comune sono i modi in cui si è parlato di “natura” e di espressioni simili. Oggi, il tema del naturalismo in filosofia e della cosiddetta naturalizzazione che una filosofia dovrebbe eventualmente attrezzare determinate nozioni e teorie è tornato prepotentemente alla ribalta della riflessione filosofica, sulla scia dei successi provenienti dalle scienze cognitive (linguistica, n...
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39The view from outside: On a distinctively cinematic achievementPhilosophy and Social Criticism 42 (2): 154-170. 2016.What aesthetic interest do we have in watching films? In a much debated paper, Roger Scruton argued that this interest typically comes down to the interest in the dramatic representations recorded by such films. Berys Gaut and Catharine Abell criticized Scruton’s argument by claiming that films can elicit an aesthetic interest also by virtue of their pictorial representation. In this article, we develop a different criticism of Scruton’s argument. In our view, a film can elicit an aesthetic inte…Read more
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Is liberal naturalism possible?In Mario De Caro & David Macarthur (eds.), Naturalism and Normativity, Cambridge University Press. pp. 69-86. 2010.
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Libertà e natura: la prospettiva di Ludwig WittgensteinPhilosophical News 1. 2010.Many philosophers have today a skeptic attitude toward the idea of free will, often because of arguments and evidence that come from neuroscience. Other philosophers claim however that no empirical evidence can shake our beliefs that we do enjoy free will and that, because of this, we are responsible for our choices and deeds. This article analyzes Wittgenstein’s view on the issue that went from the view advocated in the Tractatus to his later view that we are involved in two different perspecti…Read more
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Università degli Studi Roma TreDipartimento di Filosofia, Comunicazione e SpettacoloRegular Faculty
Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Interest
17th/18th Century Philosophy |