Antonio Pio Avallone is a philosopher, bioethicist and PhD student in Religious Studies – Ethics, Philosophy, Religions track at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano (FTL), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). An international doctoral co-tutelle arrangement with the University of Perugia is in an advanced stage of formalization, following the approval of the relevant academic and administrative bodies of both institutions. The arrangement is intended to lead to a double doctoral degree in Human Sciences (philosophical curriculum).
His research interests include Edith Stein's phenomenology, philosophy of psychiatry, bioethics, and mental …
Antonio Pio Avallone is a philosopher, bioethicist and PhD student in Religious Studies – Ethics, Philosophy, Religions track at the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano (FTL), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). An international doctoral co-tutelle arrangement with the University of Perugia is in an advanced stage of formalization, following the approval of the relevant academic and administrative bodies of both institutions. The arrangement is intended to lead to a double doctoral degree in Human Sciences (philosophical curriculum).
His research interests include Edith Stein's phenomenology, philosophy of psychiatry, bioethics, and mental health ethics. His current research focuses on the normativity of the person and psychic health, investigating the ontological, anthropological, and axiological foundations of the distinction between psychic health and psychopathology.
Drawing primarily on Edith Stein’s realist phenomenology, his work examines the normative dimensions of psychic life within the unity of the human person, understood in the integration of body, psyche, and spirit. Particular attention is given to the relationship between human nature, personal dignity, psychic health, and psychopathology, as well as to the foundations of a substantive philosophical anthropology capable of grounding psychiatric and bioethical judgments.
His broader research interests encompass theoretical and philosophical psychology, philosophy of mind, and philosophical anthropology. His work critically examines naturalistic reductionism, constructivist approaches to psychopathology, and procedural accounts of ethical normativity, exploring the possibility of a philosophically grounded conception of psychic health rooted in the ontological and normative structure of the human person. He seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, and bioethics.
