The doctoral programme in Philosophy and Human Sciences is a new higher education programme which integrates the skills required for theoretical and experimental research in disciplines such as anthropology, geography, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, social science, art theory and criticism, with the findings of philosophical research, both theoretical and historical.

The programme makes use of the multidisciplinary skills of the Board of Lecturers and aims to provide extensive knowledge in specific sectors of basic and applied research. It promotes innovative and cutting-edge research in areas requiring the ability to master theories, methods and techniques from various fields.

The language of courses and reading groups will be mainly English.

Coordinator: Prof. Andrea Pinotti

Email: phd.filosofiaescienzedelluomo@unimi.it

Teaching Program

Learning Objectives

The programme aims to provide students with a solid philosophical and scientific grounding in one of the following research areas:

• Theoretical-Aesthetic Domain
• Moral-Political Domain
• Language Theories Domain
• Historical-Philosophical Domain
• Human Sciences Domain

The teaching program 2021/2022 will consist of courses, reading groups and series of seminars. PhD students will be allowed to arrange, in agreement with their tutors, a customized plan, possibly drawing from teaching activities offered by other PhD programs within or outside UNIMI,

Coordinator

Prof. Andrea Pinotti

Board of the Doctorate

- Prof. Paola Bozzi
- Prof. Luca Ciabarri
- Prof. Barbara Grespi
- Prof. Niccolò Guicciardini
- Prof. Andrea Zhok

Research Topics of the Doctoral School in Philosophy and the Humans Sciences

XXXIX Cycle

RESEARCH AREA	Descr ENG	Docente/Professor
Theoretic- Aesthetic Linguistic Area	Contemporary Philosophy (1): Phenomenology; Existentialism; Hermeneutics; Philosophical Anthropology	C. Di Martino  R. Fabbrichesi  P. Spinicci  A. Zhok
	Contemporary Philosophy (2): Pragmatism and Philosophy of Practices; Genealogy	C. Di Martino  R. Fabbrichesi   A. Zhok
	Contemporary Philosophy (3): Metaphysics	P. Valore
	Theories of language (1): Language and Metaphysics; Semantic Theories of Language	E. Paganini
	Theories of language (2): Glottology; Comparative Linguistics; Comparative Morphosyntax	M. Vai
	Aesthetics (1): Image theories and Visual Culture; Theories of Cinema and Photography; Media Theories and Media Archaeologies; Cultural Studies	P.L.E.  Bozzi  C. Cappelletto  P. Conte  B. Grespi  A. Pinotti  P. Spinicci
	Aesthetics (2): Performance Studies; Philosophy and Literature; Rhetoric; Neuroaesthetics; New Materialisms; Experimental Aesthetics	P.L.E.  Bozzi  C. Cappelletto P. Spinicci
	Aesthetics (3): History of Aesthetics: Philosophical Concepts of Aesthetic Nature; Aesthetics in  Premodern Philosophy	P. Conte  E. Franzini  A. Frigo  A. Pinotti
Ethical– Political Area	Ethics and Politics (1): Contemporary Theories of Recognition and Justice; Identities (Gender) Theories	C. Cappelletto  A. Ceron   M. Geuna  B. Grespi
	Ethics and Politics (2): Animal Studies	G. Mormino
	Ethics and Politics (4): History of Modern Political Thought; Democracy; Public Opinion; Politics and Psychology; Medieval Models of Political and Economical Sovereignty	A. Ceron  M. Geuna  M. Simonazzi  S. Simonetta
	Ethics and Politics (5):  Foundations of ethics; Contemporary value theory; Philosophy of history; political philosophy (liberalism and communitarianism); philosophical anthropology	C. Cappelletto  M. Simonazzi  A. Zhok
Historical– Philosophical Area	History of Philosophy (1): Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic and Post-Hellenistic Philosophy	A. Falcon F. Forcignanò
	History of Philosophy (2): The Platonic Tradition from Antiquity to German Idealism; The Aristotelian Tradition from Antiquity to the Modern Age	S. Bacin   L. Bianchi   L. Campi S. Di Bella  D. Di Segni  A. Falcon  F. Forcignanò  G. Mori  S. Simonetta
	History of Philosophy (3): Censorship and Libertas Philosophandi from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment	S. Bacin  L. Bianchi  L. Campi A. Ceron  D. Di Segni  M. Geuna  G. Mori  S. Simonetta
	History of Philosophy (4): Good life, virtue, and happiness from Antiquity to the Enlightenment	S. Bacin  L. Bianchi  A. Ceron  A. Falcon  F. Forcignanò   M. Geuna  M. Simonazzi S. Simonetta
	History of Philosophy (5): History of Ethics from the 17th to the 20th Century	S. Bacin  A. Frigo  G. Mormino
	History of Philosophy (6): Epistemology, Ethics and Politics in Ancient and Modern Thought	A. Ceron  S. Di Bella  A. Falcon  F. Forcignanò   A. Frigo  M. Geuna  G. Mori  G. Mormino  M. Simonazzi
	History of Philosophy (7): Epistemology and ontology in Contemporary Thought	P. Valore
	History of Philosophy (8): Kant and German Classical Philosophy	S. Bacin
	History of Philosophy (9): Metaphysics and Philosophy of Nature from Antiquity to the Modern Age	L. Bianchi  L. Campi  S. Di Bella  A. Falcon  F. Forcignanò   A. Frigo  G. Mormino
	History and Philosophy of the Sciences	A. Falcon  N. Guicciardini  L. Guzzardi  G. Mori
Area Human Sciences	Anthropology (1): Material Culture,  Media and Symbolic Representations	A. Biscaldi   G. Mangiameli  M. Sapignoli
	Anthropology (2): anthropology of science and indigenous epistemologies	S. Allovio  G. Mangiameli  M. Sapignoli
	Anthropology (3): mobility, solidarity, cooperation, humanitarianism and social identities; migrations and borders	S. Allovio  A. Biscaldi  M. Sapignoli
	Anthropology (4): anthropology of nature; culture and environment; relationship between humans and non-humans; Climatic changes; Environmental geo-history	S. Allovio  G. Mangiameli  ; M. Sapignoli
	Pedagogy; Didactics and special pedagogy: Didactics, Educational technology, Media Education, inclusive education	A. Garavaglia
	Sociology (1): science and technology studies (STS), epistemology and constructivism	G. Gobo
	Sociology (2): workplaces studies, coordination studies, interaction, language, senses	G. Gobo
	Sociology (3): ethnographic experiments, video-analysis, methodology of social research, research methods (survey, discursive interview, focus group, ethnography)	G. Gobo

2023-2024