UniCA Graduate Training (UGT)

Doctoral Program in Philosophy, Epistemology, and Human Sciences

University of Cagliari, Department of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy

Course Title: UniCA Graduate Training (UGT)

Number of hours: 6

Instructor(s) (e-mail and relevant subject area(s)): Filippo Contesi (Cagliari), filippo.contesi@unica.it, Philosophy and Theory of languages

Short bio/bibliography: Filippo Contesi is a philosopher of art, language and mind, currently a Ricercatore Tenure-Track at the University of Cagliari. Before Cagliari, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Milan and, before that, a Juan de la Cierva and then a Beatriu de Pinós (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Barcelona (working in the LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy). Before Barcelona, he was a Fulbright Research Scholar at Temple University, and before that an École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Postdoc at the Jean Nicod Institute. He did his PhD at the University of York (supervised by Peter Lamarque, and examined by Emily Brady and Greg Currie), after studying at Leeds and, before that, at Bari and Oxford (under Luciano Floridi‘s supervision). He has written about various issues in the empirically informed philosophy of affective states/processes (disgust, horror, epistemic affective states/processes), aesthetics (style, paradox of negative emotions, paradox of fiction, paradox of taste), on propaganda and on linguistic justice and diversity in philosophy.

Delivery method: in-person and online

Meeting schedule: June 8, 15, and 22, at 3-5 PM

Classroom and/or link: Classroom 3, Central building, Sa Duchessa Campus

Language: Italian

Prerequisite knowledge: none

Brief course description: the course aims to provide the foundation for undertaking the doctoral program and the initial postdoctoral phases in the best possible way in the current competitive and international academic world. Topics will be covered, among others: how the job market works in Italy and abroad, how to organize one’s time and energy during the doctoral program, how to write funding applications, and what opportunities are available in Italy and abroad. The course will be interactive and will include individual and group work by the participating students, as well as lectures by the instructor. Before and during the course, students are encouraged to present their difficulties and questions for discussion and individual and group learning. A post-course phase is also planned where students can interact with each other and the instructor to continue their learning.

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