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9Bayesian Practical InferenceFoundations of Science 1-17. forthcoming.In this essay, we will try to provide a formal analysis of practical inference, attentive to the various phases in which it is articulated, and being so capable of explaining both the logical conclusiveness of the inference and the probabilistic nature of its conclusion. An innovative purpose of this article is to show how the final deliberation leading to action—the ultimate practical judgment—takes place according to a logic consistent with the use of Bayes’ theorem. This is why we refer to Ba…Read more
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3Der naturalistische Fehlschluß in der naturalistischen EthikHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 6 (1): 219-235. 2003.
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73Hylomorphism: a Critical AnalysisActa Analytica 34 (3): 345-361. 2019.In this essay, I examine those versions of hylomorphism that attribute to form a very strong explicative role. According to them, form is both the source of new emergent powers and expression of the finalist structure of organisms. The main aim of this essay is to show that these two aspects do not holdup because the form only exercises a structural function, but does not exert an autonomous explanatory function. The form only allows the material components to develop those powers that are not m…Read more
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13Mental Causation and Nonreductive Physicalism, an Unhappy Marriage?In Alessandro Giordani & Ciro de Florio (eds.), From Arithmetic to Metaphysics: A Path Through Philosophical Logic, De Gruyter. pp. 89-102. 2018.
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22Introduction: Ethics with Ontology. A Debate on Ethical Non-naturalismTopoi 37 (4): 533-535. 2018.
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42Essentialism and Nonnaturalist Normative SupervenienceTopoi 37 (4): 631-643. 2018.In this essay I defend a kind of nonnaturalist normative supervenience, grounded in the essences of things. Essentialist theories, in fact, give us the tools to treat the nexus of normative supervenience as a nexus of metaphysical necessity, holding between the normative and the natural. In this context, essentialist grounding provides an explanation of normative supervenience that allows us to keep together both supervenience and nonnaturalism. Moreover, to achieve this significant result, I do…Read more
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Essenza e valore. Sulla struttura della conoscenza in Max SchelerVerifiche: Rivista Trimestrale di Scienze Umane 12 (4): 411-457. 1983.
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11PrefaceIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 1-2. 2014.
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6The ContributorsIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 209-210. 2014.
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6Table of ContentsIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. 2014.
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4Name IndexIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 199-202. 2014.
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5Subject IndexIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 203-208. 2014.
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24Mental Causation for Mind-Body DualistsHumana Mente 8 (29). 2015.Interactive dualism is notorious for supporting genuine and autonomous mental causation that is allegedly impossible for its confliction with basic principles of physics. The purpose of this essay is to show the invalidity of this commonplace view, by arguing to the contrary in three different steps. First, I will deal with the objection about the non-scientific character of interactive dualism, as it is conceived of in present-day philosophy of mind. Second, I will illustrate and critically exa…Read more
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85Analytic Philosophy Without Naturalism (edited book)Routledge. 2005.In recent years numerous attempts have been made by analytic philosophers to _naturalize _various different domains of philosophical inquiry. All of these attempts have had the common goal of rendering these areas of philosophy amenable to empirical methods, with the intention of securing for them the supposedly objective status and broad intellectual appeal currently associated with such approaches. This volume brings together internationally recognised analytic philosophers, including Alvin Pl…Read more
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26Abtreibung und das Prinzip der DoppelwirkungIn Ulla Wessels & Georg Meggle (eds.), Analyōmen 1 =, De Gruyter. pp. 707-718. 1994.
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138Emergent Dualism: Why and How?In Watzka Heinrich Wallusch Patricia (ed.), Verkörpert existieren. Ein Beitrag zur Metaphysik menschlicher Personen aus dualistischer Perspektive, Aschendorff Verlag. pp. 45-58. 2015.The main aim of this essay is to try to clarify a central question concerning the coherence of emergent dualism. The question is approximately this: how should we articulate and defend emergent dualism, if emergence is mostly interpreted as a kind of supervenience, and supervenience is rejected by the supporters of dualism together with the dependence of the mental on the physical. What should an adequate conception of emergence look like? This essay will be part of an attempt to provide an answ…Read more
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44Psycho-Physical Dualism Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach (edited book)Lexington Books. 2008.Philosophers and scientists have recently been showing renewed interest in dualistic conceptions of the human mind, owing to growing acknowledgment of the failings of materialism and reductionism in contemporary philosophical and scientific thought. This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of current developments in this exciting new area of interdisciplinary collaboration, and will be indispensable reading for all researchers and students in this field.
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Essenza e valore. Sulla struttura della conoscenza in Max SchelerVerifiche: Rivista Trimestrale di Scienze Umane 12 (2-3): 157-182. 1983.
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E. . BERTI, "Le ragioni di Aristotele" (review)Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica 81 (n/a): 648. 1989.
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La struttura logica delle modalità nel pensiero di N. HartmannRivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica 77 (n/a): 118. 1985.
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E. Berti, "Contraddizione e dialettica negli antichi e nei moderni" (review)Epistemologia 13 (1): 155. 1990.
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48Experimental Ethics – A Critical Analysis, in: C. Lumer (Ed.) Morality in Times of Naturalising the MindIn Christoph Lumer (ed.), Morality in Times of Naturalising the Mind, De Gruyter. pp. 145-162. 2014.According to experimental philosophers, experiments conducted within the psychological sciences and the neurosciences can show that moral intuitions are incapable of thorough justification. Thus, as a substitute for reliable philosophical justifications, psychological or neuropsychological explanations should be taken into consideration to provide guidance about our conduct. - In my essay I shall argue against both claims. First, I will defend the justificatory capacity of moral philosophy and m…Read more
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107Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective (edited book)De Gruyter. 2014.Quantum physics, unlike classical physics, suggests a non-physicalistic metaphysics. Whereas physicalism implies a reductive position in the philosophy of mind, quantum physics is compatible with non-reductionism, and actually seems to support it. The essays in this book explore, from various points of view, the possibilities of basing a non-reductive philosophy of mind on quantum physics."--Back cover.
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19Quantum Physics and the Fundamentality of the MentalIn Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 51-64. 2014.
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General Philosophy of Science |
Philosophy of Mind |
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Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Action |
Meta-Ethics |
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