LORENZO MAGNANI

Lorenzo Magnani, philosopher, epistemologist, and cognitive scientist, is a professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pavia, Italy, and the director of its Computational Philosophy Laboratory. His previous positions have included: visiting researcher (Carnegie Mellon University, 1992; McGill University, 1992–93; University of Waterloo, 1993; and Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998–99) and visiting professor (visiting professor of Philosophy of Science and Theories of Ethics at Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999–2003; Weissman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Special Studies in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science at Baruch College, City University of New York, 2003). Visiting professor at the Sun Yat-sen University, Canton (Guangzhou), China from 2006 to 2012, in the event of the 50th anniversary of the re-building of the Philosophy Department of Sun Yat-sen University in 2010, an award was given to him to acknowledge his contributions to the areas of philosophy, philosophy of science, logic, and cognitive science. A Doctor Honoris Causa degree was awarded to Lorenzo Magnani by the Senate of the Ştefan cel Mare University, Suceava, Romania. In 2015 Lorenzo Magnani has been appointed member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of the Sciences (AIPS). He currently directs international research programs in the EU, USA, and China. His book Abduction, Reason, and Science (New York, 2001) has become a well-respected work in the field of human cognition. The book Morality in a Technological World (Cambridge, 2007) develops a philosophical and cognitive theory of the relationships between ethics and technology in a naturalistic perspective. The book Abductive Cognition. The Epistemological and Eco-Cognitive Dimensions of Hypothetical Reasoning and the last monograph Understanding Violence. The Intertwining of Morality, Religion, and Violence: A Philosophical Stance have been more recently published by Springer, in 2009 and 2011. A new monograph has been published by Springer in 2017, The Abductive Structure of Scientific Creativity. An Essay on the Ecology of Cognition. The recent book Eco-Cognitive Computationalism. Cognitive Domestication of Ignorant Entities, published by Springer, offers an entirely new dynamic perspective on the nature of computation. The last book Discoverability. The Urgent Need of an Ecology of Human Creativity, published by Springer, shows that discoverability is closely related to the sustainability of human creativity in an “eco-cognitive” perspective. He wrote 15 monographs, edited books in Chinese, 18 special issues of international academic journals, and 19 collective books, some of them deriving from international conferences. Editor-in-chief with T. Bertolotti) of the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science, 2017 and editor-in-chief of the Handbook of Abductive Cognition, Springer, 2023. Since 1998, initially in collaboration with Nancy J. Nersessian and Paul Thagard, he created and promoted the MBR Conferences on Model-Based Reasoning. Since 2011 he is the editor of the Book Series Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE), Springer, Heidelberg/Berlin.

Lorenzo Magnani, filosofo, epistemologo e scienziato cognitivo, è professore ordinario di Filosofia della scienza presso l’Università di Pavia e direttore del Computational Philosophy Laboratory del Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Sezione di Filosofia. Visiting researcher (Carnegie Mellon University, 1992; McGill University, 1992–93; University of Waterloo, 1993; and Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998–99) e visiting professor (visiting professor of Philosophy of Science and Theories of Ethics at Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999–2003; Weissman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Special Studies in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science at Baruch College, City University of New York, 2003).Visiting professor presso la Sun Yat-sen University di Canton, in Cina dal 2006 al 2012, nell’occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario della riattivazione del Dipartimento di Filosofia della Università Sun Yat-sen nel 2010, gli è stato attribuito un riconoscimento per le sue ricerche nel campo della filosofia, della filosofia della scienza, della logica e delle scienze. L'Università Ştefan cel Mare di Suceava, Romania ha conferito a Lorenzo Magnani la Laurea honoris causa. Dirige vari progetti di ricerca in EU, US e Cina. Il libro Abduction, Reason, and Science (Pleunum/Kluwer, New York, 2001) è diventato un importante punto di riferimento negli studi intorno al ragionamento ipotetico e pratico nell’ambito delle scienze e delle scienze cognitive. Il libro Morality in a Technological World (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007) sviluppa una teoria filosofica e cognitiva delle relazioni fra etica e tecnologia nella nostra era. Il libro Abductive Cognition. The Epistemological and Eco-Cognitive Dimensions of Hypothetical reasoning e la monografia Understanding Violence. Morality, Religion, and Violence Intertwined: A Philosophical Stance (edizione italiana, Filosofia della violenza, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2012) sono stati più di recente pubblicati da Springer nel 2009 e nel 2011. Un nuovo libro è stato pubblicato da Springer nel 2017, The Abductive Structure of Scientific Creativity. An Essay on the Ecology of Cognition, mentre il recente libro Eco-Cognitive Computationalism. Cognitive Domestication of Ignorant Entities, pubblicato da Springer, presenta una nuova prospettiva dinamica intorno alla natura della computazione. The last book Discoverability. The Urgent Need of an Ecology of Human Creativity, pubblicato da Springer, mostra che la scopribilità è strettamente legata alla sostenibilità della creatività umana in una prospettiva “eco-cognitiva”. Ha scritto 15 monografie, curato libri in cinese e 18 numeri speciali di riviste accademiche internazionali, nonché 19 libri collettivi, alcuni dei quali derivanti da convegni di carattere internazionale e infine lo Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science (Editor-in-Chief with T. Bertolotti), 2017 e Handbook of Abductive Cognition, Springer (Editor-in Chief), 2023.
Nel 1998 ha avviato la serie di Convegni Internazionali Model-Based Reasoning (MBR), ora alla settima edizione. Dal 2011 è il direttore della Book Series Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE), Springer (Heidelberg/Berlin). Nel 2015 è stato nominato membro della International Academy for the Philosophy of the Sciences (AIPS).
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Director: Computational Philosophy Laboratory <http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/>
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Laurea Honoris Causa, Stefan Cel Mare University - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1aw3Pr6j4&feature=youtu.be
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