Sono Miriana e ho da poco conseguito (luglio 2022) la laurea specialistica in Language and Mind all’Università di Siena. I miei principali ambiti di interesse sono: filosofia della mente, epistemologia, e filosofia della psicologia. Nella mia tesi di laurea specialistica ho focalizzato l’attenzione sul tema dell’autoconoscenza negli animali umani, con l’auspicio di poter proseguire la mia ricerca affrontando lo stesso tema negli animali non umani.
Philosophy: an Hybrid Approach
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“Lingua” or “Linguaggio”?
Italian language distinguishes between linguaggio and lingua. Those have a different meaning and are used in different contexts. In English, it does not exist such a distinction. English speakers would use “language”, indicating “Italian language” or “musical language” (they would also say “programming languages”). Italian speakers would say lingua italiana and linguaggio musicale, or linguaggio […]
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Don’t underestimate octopuses!
Andrews (2020) defined non-human animals (henceforth, animals) as being minded. The professor claimed that it doesn’t exist a unique mind (p. 8), as changes occur (i.e., trauma injuries), some of which are inevitable (i.e., ageing) (ibid.). She maintained that animals, as well as humans, are minded indeed. It doesn’t exist a unique intelligence either (see […]
