Research
AoS: Epistemology, Ethics
AoC: Philosophy of Education, Experimental Philosophy
AoC: Philosophy of Education, Experimental Philosophy
My research at LOGOS, University of Barcelona focuses on applied epistemology and the ethics of expertise. In particular, the project I am working on investigates the epistemic norms ruling (testimonial) exchanges in social media, the role of institutions and experts in the fight against fake news proliferation, and the educational therapies that can limit the negative effects of the post-truth condition.
My research at the University College Dublin contributed to the work of PEriTia, a major Horizon 2020 project on trust and expertise (and, more specifically, to WP7 on the Ethics of Trust). I have worked on a series of projects on the epistemology of expertise, the epistemology of fake news, and the epistemology of testimony.
My project at the University of Lisbon, The Epistemic Authority of the Oppressed, explores how oppressed groups may possess epistemic authority qua victims of oppression. The project has two main goals: (1) advancing the literature in social epistemology (epistemic injustice, epistemic authority) and applied ethics (paternalism); (2) developing a virtue-based educational model to foster civic and epistemic virtues to counteract epistemic injustice in educational settings.
In the project I conducted at the University of Edinburgh, Epistemic Inequality Reconsidered, I explored the positive sides of epistemic inequality, that is several fundamental opportunities for an epistemic subject (or a group) to achieve epistemic goods from those who are epistemically superior to them. This topic allowed me to build bridges between epistemology, moral philosophy, and philosophy of education; thus, to bring together three areas which I am extremely interested in.
My current research in epistemology revolves around the following topics: epistemic authority and cognitive expertise, epistemic paternalism, the epistemology of fake news, epistemic trust and testimony, epistemic disagreement.
In ethics, I am currently working on the following topics: moral expertise; moral exemplarism; moral, epistemic, and civic virtues; responsible agency in the digital sphere.
I am also extremely keen on exploring the educational implications of what I research in ethics and epistemology. My current work in the philosophy of education focuses on character education, the epistemology of education, and the aims of education.
For a list of my publications, see here.
My research at the University College Dublin contributed to the work of PEriTia, a major Horizon 2020 project on trust and expertise (and, more specifically, to WP7 on the Ethics of Trust). I have worked on a series of projects on the epistemology of expertise, the epistemology of fake news, and the epistemology of testimony.
My project at the University of Lisbon, The Epistemic Authority of the Oppressed, explores how oppressed groups may possess epistemic authority qua victims of oppression. The project has two main goals: (1) advancing the literature in social epistemology (epistemic injustice, epistemic authority) and applied ethics (paternalism); (2) developing a virtue-based educational model to foster civic and epistemic virtues to counteract epistemic injustice in educational settings.
In the project I conducted at the University of Edinburgh, Epistemic Inequality Reconsidered, I explored the positive sides of epistemic inequality, that is several fundamental opportunities for an epistemic subject (or a group) to achieve epistemic goods from those who are epistemically superior to them. This topic allowed me to build bridges between epistemology, moral philosophy, and philosophy of education; thus, to bring together three areas which I am extremely interested in.
My current research in epistemology revolves around the following topics: epistemic authority and cognitive expertise, epistemic paternalism, the epistemology of fake news, epistemic trust and testimony, epistemic disagreement.
In ethics, I am currently working on the following topics: moral expertise; moral exemplarism; moral, epistemic, and civic virtues; responsible agency in the digital sphere.
I am also extremely keen on exploring the educational implications of what I research in ethics and epistemology. My current work in the philosophy of education focuses on character education, the epistemology of education, and the aims of education.
For a list of my publications, see here.
I have papers in progress on the following topics:
I am also working with Tommaso Piazza (University of Pavia) on a book manuscript on the epistemology of fake news (under contract with Carocci).
- Humility and relativism (under review for a special issue of Revue des études Italiennes)
- The epistemology of expertise (w/M. Baghramian; in progress for Philosophy Compass)
- The epistemic aim of education: critical thinking or intellectual virtues? (in progress)
- Practical wisdom and intellectual virtues (w/M. De Caro, M. S. Vaccarezza; in progress)
I am also working with Tommaso Piazza (University of Pavia) on a book manuscript on the epistemology of fake news (under contract with Carocci).