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    The symbol between ethics and communication in Alfred Schütz
    Journal of Philosophical Criticism 1 (1): 71-88. 2018.
    This paper focuses on the concept of symbol and tries to outline its function as a means of communication. In order to describe the communicative qualities of symbol, it is necessary to show its ethical nature. The paper analyses the role symbols play in intersubjective relations, in the construction of the individual’s reality, and in the human ability to attribute meanings and assign functions.The conceptual frame- work for the understanding of what symbol is, how it works, and how it is made …Read more
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    Nature as Convention: A Future Moral Relationship With Humans?
    Journal of Philosophical Criticism 1 (2). 2018.
    The paper focuses on the relationship between nature and eth- ics, particularly by considering nature as a convention, the result of a so- cial agreement, which is based on the criterion of social utility. In order to analyse this relationship, my assumption takes into consideration three pathways: evolutionary ethics, with reference to Paul Rée; error theo- ry, with reference to John Mackie; and the concept of commodification, with reference to Ralph W. Emerson. I try to connect these perspect…Read more
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    This is a book about John Leslie Mackie’s ethics. Its aim is to offer an updated view on his thought and a global perspective on his philosophy, which has thusfar been seen from an exclusive standpoint within analytical philosophy. The book connects the main aspects of Mackie’s philosophy, which have basically been analyzed separately, and intertwines them within a consistent framework. The result is a new, wider perspective on Mackie’s thought, representing a precious tile within the puzzle of …Read more
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    What Is Reality? Meaning, Sociality, and Morals
    Revista de Filosofia Moderna E Contemporânea 4 (1): 56-64. 2016.
    O artigo aborda a interação entre ética e ontologia, nomeadamente em matéria de ética e ontologia sociais. Ao apresentar alguns pressupostos iniciais, que se relacionam com Kant, Popper e Searle, o trabalho investiga o tema da realidade como uma atividade de significado humano. De acordo com a perspectiva da ontologia social, o artigo tem por hipótese a existência de um conjunto de objetos, cuja realidade depende do par de critérios: interação e sociabilidade. Tendo em conta estes dois critérios…Read more
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    Editorial
    Journal of Philosophical Criticism 1 (1). 2018.
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    Ortega y Gasset and the Bigotry of Culture
    In Catalina Elena Dobre, Rafael García Pavón & Francisco Díaz Estrada (eds.), Human Flourishing, Spiritual Awakening and Cultural Renewal: Personal and Communal Challenges, Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 75-88. 2024.
    This chapter outlines Ortega y Gasset’s views on the role of culture in modern society and the malaises that affect it. The Spanish philosopher presents some flaws of modern culture in terms of bigotry and relates it to another phenomenon essential to modern science: specialization. The chapter shows how these traits of modern culture are the result of the emergence of a new kind of human being, a new anthropological category: the mass-man, as presented in his work The Revolt of the Masses. The …Read more
  • Here analyse I the problem of the relation between tradition and innovation through John Dewey’s most significant writings on this topic. In order to do that, I focus not only on the basic Darwinian background of Dewey’s thought, which is clearly stated in his works of the new century , but on two main dichotomies that mark a great part of Dewey’s interests: mind-body and philosophy-science. The first one, mind-body, let me show as Dewey’s idea of transaction conveys to the most recent studies, …Read more