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14Note from the EditorsNordic Wittgenstein Review 4. 2015.This special issue on Forms of Life was conceived on the top floor of a café overlooking one of Rome's wonderful Piazzas, after a conference, hosted by Piergiorgio Donatelli, on Forms of Life and Ways of Living. Piergiorgio, Sandra Laugier and I thought the subject cried out for a small collection of essays in which several voices would elucidate the genesis, use and potential of Wittgenstein's concept of form of life -- and we committed to producing it. This is the fruit of our Roman resolution…Read more
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31Aldo Giorgio Gargani's WittgensteinIris. European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate 2 (3): 231-244. 2010.
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Loos, Musil, Wittgenstein, and the recovery of human lifeIn Zumhagen-Yekplé Karen & LeMahieu Michael (eds.), Wittgenstein and Modernism, University of Chicago Press. 2017.
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16Wittgenstein and Forms of Life: Constellation and MechanismPhilosophies 9 (1): 4. 2023.The notion of forms of life points to a crucial aspect of Wittgenstein’s philosophical approach that challenges an influential line in the philosophical tradition. He portrays intellectual activities in terms of a cohesion of things held together in linguistic scenes rooted in the lives of people and the facts of the world. The original inspiration with which Wittgenstein worked on this approach is still relevant today in the recent technological turn associated with AI. He attacked a conception…Read more
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Ethics in Scenes of DisasterIn Stefania Achella & Chantal Marazia (eds.), Vulnerabilities: Rethinking Medicine Rights and Humanities in Post-pandemic, Springer Verlag. pp. 19-34. 2023.This chapter delves into scenes of disaster as crucial sites to explore the role of forms of life and the ordinary. The habitual and ordinary have the power to bring life together when a form of life breaks down. However the ordinary is constantly at play in our lives allowing for what we perceive as autonomous agents to make choices. The theory of anthropologist Veena DasDas, Veena is specifically examined in this chapter for the important lessons she reveals from the philosophical tradition of…Read more
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13The Tractatus and the ethical traditionRevue Internationale de Philosophie 300 (2): 93-105. 2022.Je pose une question concernant la place du Tractatus de Wittgenstein dans la tradition éthique. Le Tractatus et la tradition éthique Les remarques que je ferai sont à considérer dans le contexte d'une interprétation du Tractatus qui a été qualifiée de lecture résolue de cette œuvre, ainsi que de la philosophie de Wittgenstein en général Comme l'a écrit Cora Diamond, le Tractatus travaille sur la libération des besoins et des désirs philosophiques, une libération de la philosophie effectuée avec…Read more
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11Intelligenza Artificiale, Democrazia e Valori UmanisticiScienza E Filosofia 29 132-149. 2023.Artificial Intelligence, democracy and humanistic values The article examines various aspects of the technological turn brought about by artificial intelligence from the perspective of the goals that inspire humanistic and democratic ideals. The new technologies directly effect the humanistic ideal that represents individuals as progressive beings whose self realization requires mutual education (J.S. Mill). Cognitive technologies offer extraordinary tools that advance research and intervention …Read more
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39"Natural Goodness" di Philippa Foot. DiscussioneIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 16 (1): 179-200. 2003.
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4The Politics of Human Life: Rethinking SubjectivityRoutledge. 2021.This book centres on the notion of human life that lies at the foundation of contemporary thinking in the areas of ethics, law and politics. Centrally, the book addresses the deep divide, characteristic of this thinking, between: on the one hand, those who wish to do away with any anthropological understandings of the human, and appeal to mere facts delivered by science; and, on the other hand, critics who defend an anthropological understanding of human life that is tied to traditional, teleolo…Read more
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680Mill’s PerfectionismProlegomena 5 (2): 149-164. 2006.J. S. Mill lays great emphasis on the importance of the notion of the individual as a progressive being. The idea that we need to conceive the self as an object of cultivation and perfection runs through Mill’s writings on various topics, and has played a certain role in recent interpretations. In this paper I propose a specific interpretation of Mill’s understanding of the self, along the lines of what Stanley Cavell identifies as a “perfectionist” concern for the self. Various texts by Mill, r…Read more
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520Pragmatism, Trascendentalism, and PerfectionismEuropean Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2 (2). 2010.Introduction to the symposia on Pragmatism and Perfectionism appered on the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, vol. 2 issue 2, 2010
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4Mill’s Perfectionism: Millov perfekcionizamProlegomena 5 (2): 149-164. 2006.J. S. Mill uvelike naglašava važnost pojma pojedinca kao progresivnog bića. Ideja da jastvo trebamo pojmiti kao objekt kultiviranja i usavršavanja provlači se Millovim spisima iz različitih područja te je odigrala stanovitu ulogu u novijim tumačenjima. U ovome članku predlažem specifično tumačenje Millova shvaćanjajastva. Predlažem da se Milla čita u skladu s onime što je Stanley Cavell prepoznao kao ‘perfekcionističku’ skrb oko jastva. Različiti tekstovi, od Logike do O slobodi, ukazuju na jedn…Read more
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21Bringing truth home : Mill, Wittgenstein, Cavell, and moral perfectionismIn Andrew Norris (ed.), The claim to community: essays on Stanley Cavell and political philosophy, Stanford University Press. pp. 38-57. 2006.
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19Manières d'être humainCités 38 (2): 47. 2009.Je vais évoquer ici la pertinence des concepts d’éthique au moyen de quelques réflexions sur le concept d’être humain. C’est là une notion cruciale parce que nous comprenons ce que signifie s’engager dans certaines activités dans la mesure où elles sont perçues comme humaines. La pensée morale est l’une de ces activités ; et par « moralité »..
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17The Emergence of Sexuality di Arnold DavidsonIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 18 (2): 433-444. 2005.
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23Lo sfondo del liberalismo e gli inizi della vita umanaIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 26 (2): 225-238. 2013.
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13Pragmatism, Transcendentalism, and PerfectionismEuropean Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2 (2). 2010.The relation between Pragmatism, Transcendentalism, and Perfectionism is both obvious and difficult, and this is what prompted us to edit the present issue of the Journal. The relation is obvious, because the history of American Philosophy is deeply textured by this relation, and the transition from Transcendentalism to Pragmatism has been historically attested. Difficult, because these traditions seem to deny one another. Pragmatist philosophers have often presented themselves as the founder...
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18Diritti e identità nella cultura morale modernaIride: Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica 18 (2): 245-252. 2005.