Prodotti della ricerca

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Primo numero:

TIPOLOGIETITOLINOMINATIVIAFFILIAZIONIABSTRACTUS Revisited editorial abstractus (en)Revisione
Editoriale 1Sulla scelta di istituire una nuova rivista di filosofia e scienze umane in diamond open
access
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 2Le ragioni di un primo numero dedicato alla memoria. Il ricordo di Jon Tennant e la memoria “artificiale”Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorials
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 3Open Science – tra ragione e passioneElena Giglia e Paola Chiara MasuzzoUniversità di Torino e IGDORENo abstractus foreseen for the editorials
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 4Inaugurazione in Open DiamondNicola Cavalli per LedizioniLedizioni PublishingNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Primo invited paperLa memoria: religioni e “diritto positivo”Domenico Bilotti Università Magna Graecia – CatanzaroThe importance of historical memory has materialized in two different politico-legal expressions: the creation or strengthening of a shared feeling about fundamental principles and the improvement of a collective knowledge of critique of the existing. In public law, the wide prevalence of the first meaning has resulted in its conventional use: the multiplication of formal celebratory moments incapable of raising the level of participation. Moreover, this has impoverished the transmission of culture about the discrimination suffered from time to time by ethnic, social, political, and religious minorities. This essentially annalistic memory has also generated a sense of revulsion that has exacerbated moments of fragmentation and challenged even the widespread consensus on guaranteeing civil liberties.
Keywords: memory, political rights, genocide, mass media, discrimination
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Secondo invited paperDal cittadino al post-cittadino: il condizionamento della personalità e della
memoria nella società di massa
Danilo Campanella Pontificia Università LateranenseWith the rise of mass society, global market corporations and nation-states have needed as much to satisfy the needs and desires of citizens as to balance individual freedom with public security. The increase of the role of the masses in the conduct of political and economic life has coincided with the rise of certain factors, such as homogenization, conformism, information overload, hetero-direction, excessive amount of information, and decreased IQ and memory. The author theorizes the process whereby, to govern no longer the citizen but the mass, governments concede to the mass media through marketing, commercial propaganda, advertising, and cultural fashions, to train and inform individuals, to build a new personality of the average citizen, who thus becomes a suitable subject for the mass (mass subject) through a set of processes that the author calls “progressive depersonalization,” drawing inspiration from a Karl Popper’s concept in The Open Society (1945) of the “depersonalized society.” These concepts become ideal for replacing the individual personality with a collective nature, for building a personality that coincides as much with the economic needs of the global market as with the boundaries of the monitoring and control system.
Keywords: intelligence and IQ, mass media, consent, conditioning, globalization
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Terzo invited paperLa semplificazione e la perdita di memoriaAlfonso Maurizio Iacono già Università di PisaThe sense of memory and history tends to be lost. The communicative dominance of mass media and social drives to turn simplification into absolute reality. It happens as with the prisoners in Plato’s cave, who, seeing the shadows moving on the wall before them, think that they are the only reality to be known.
For Primo Levi, the desire for simplification, that is, the fact that we nevertheless need to filter the noise that comes to us from the world and to order it into sounds that have meaning and significance, can be justified because our knowledge is limited, but not the simplification, that is, the claim that our knowledge corresponds ontologically to the world. Such a claim responds much more to a strategy of reassurance than a strategy of learning to reach an understanding (Knowledge). We live in an anxiogenic world, and we seek relief. There would be nothing wrong with this human need, except that it tends to turn into a means of reproducing domination and subjection.
Reassurance pushes toward the condition of the minority, which becomes a place of security to the detriment of autonomy.
Keywords: simplification, memory, border, naturalization, grey area
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Quarto invited paperIl ruolo della memoria come base per benessere e longevità al tempo del bluff
economico
Luigi AldieriUniversità degli Studi di SalernoAnalyses of economic development delivered interesting notes in favor of the younger generation: technological progress would increase available goods, reduce poverty, and increase life expectancy. Capitalism would help many people through globalization, bringing about peace and freedom. With time, we can see the results of the path taken and evaluate the notes we started from as an economic bluff. Globalization has produced significant imbalances between the real economy and finance. The need to be competitive by managing production costs has led to a substantial wage reduction and increased economic inequality. The epidemiological crisis due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus (responsible for COVID-19 disease) has highlighted the fragilities of a healthcare system that has been made too vulnerable due to continuous policy interventions to improve economic efficiency. By now, it is pretty clear that the competition criterion alone does not produce acceptable results in health care, where significantly high costs harm the well-being of individuals in developed countries such as America. The demographic decline, characteristic of the countries promoting globalization, accentuates the problems of the economic sustainability of welfare services: today, workers earn lower wages, slowing consumption, demand, and thus growth; tomorrow, social security treatment will not be assured as for past generations, but it will be necessary to cope with a greater demand for health services due to increased life expectancy. Economic and social distress is measured by increased suicides and drug and alcohol use in developed countries. We have forgotten that economics is a social science, not a quantitative one; individuals’ goal is to maximize well-being, and economic rules must be read as tools to achieve that end. Thus, technological progress is not to be rejected, but the financial system is to be reformed: capitalism and globalization have betrayed their promises.
Keywords: Italian PNRR, ecological transition, well-being, longevity, economic bluff
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Quinto invited paperRicordo e resistenza. A partire da Elias CanettiUbaldo Fadini Università di FirenzeIt is from Elias Canetti’s reflections on the value of remembrance as a positive mode of preservation of life experiences of thought that the contribution addresses the question of how, in our time/historical world, protection/survival of only an “instrumental” negative character prevails, one that identifies otherness only as a means for the pursuit of its particular ends. Concerning such preservation of “savage” nature, remembrance in the Canaanite sense can be grasped as an act of resistance, in terms not far from some articulations of Gilles Deleuze’s research, capable of sustaining even functionally relevant and satisfying practices of organizing living, as Niklas Luhmann describes them on a properly sociological research plane.
Keywords: preservation, power, resistance, memory, forgetfulness
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Sesto invited paperGrey Literature in our era as a manner to build a new collective memoryStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)Since our century (Era) is digital, giant steps were taken in a few decades. “Access,” for example, became a keyword. A lot was done in that regard. Is it enough? No. Access has been the basis. We need significant usability and more comprehension. We needed paramount usability from the beginning. “Publishing Grey Literature in our Era (a digital one)” means the chance to be more and more known thanks to the enlargement of access and the addition of usability. For example, one of the ways we can do that is engagement in Citizen Science projects. It means Grey Literature must exit from insider groups. It means becoming more and more open to a broad public and closer to people. “Publishing Grey Literature in our Era” means taking more and more care of people. By investing in usability, we can reach the next step: comprehension. Some proposals:
– to launch some calls for projects regarding Grey Literature in Citizen Science (to enforce usability)
– to launch think tank groups that will examine the above project outputs to analyze the quality of comprehension, if any.
These proposals are ways to explore the chances our digital Era could give to Grey Literature to let GL be more and more known to build a new kind of memory.
Keywords: publishing Grey Literature; citizen science; access; usability; comprehension
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
articolo in double blind peer reviewArti della memoria e cura di sé nel pensiero antico. Una lettura foucaultianaMichele Di BartoloUniversità di PerugiaIn the last period of his life, Michel Foucault placed at the centre of his research the processes of subjectivation, i.e., the ways in which subjects, opposing to the dispositives of power, try to constitute themselves as subjects of their own actions. These processes are mediated by certain practices, which Foucault calls technologies of the self. In many of them memory plays a central role. In this paper, drawing on the Foucauldian perspective, I will attempt to highlight some discontinuities in the conception and use of memory in these technologies of the self, in the transition from Platonism to the Hellenistic-Roman age.
Keywords: aesthetics of existence, ancient philosophy, Foucault, hermeneutics of the subject, memory
peer review, at least 3 independent reviewers
articolo in blind peer
review
Una progettualità al passato. Atene e il mito dell’autoctoniaFederica PiangerelliUniversità degli Studi di MacerataThe paper aims to reflect on some dynamics linked to the Athenian autochthony, that is an authentic foundation myth and a stubborn ideal of identity.
The research focuses on two conceptual issues. The first examines the possible political reasons underlying the diffusion of this mythical tale. Among these, the attempt by the Athenians to legitimize their primacy in the imperialistic and democratic power structures stands out, by re-appropriating, in an ideological key, a past that is missing. The first witness of this is and remains the city’s memory, that needs to be constantly revived, as well as moulded, to build the remembrance of an idealized Athens. The epitaph is one of the most effective tools and due to that it constitutes the second question examined. The investigations shows that this epideictic genre, by virtue of a reassuring “hermeneutic of repetition”, represents the chronotope of polyad memory: it is that space-time sphere in which the Athenian lineage is reborn every time it dies, transcending the consequentiality of events, to crystallize itself in a glorious and eternal present.
Keywords: civic memory, Classical Athens, autochtony, epitaph, Plato
peer review, at least 3 independent reviewers
articolo in open peer reviewLa memoria e il senso della storiaGioacchino MazzoccoUniversità degli studi di Napoli Federico IIHow a social group thinks about and experiences the temporal dimension of existence decisively affects educational dynamics. An analysis of postmodern culture allows us to grasp the reasons for today’s centrality of the present, as opposed to the emphasis on the past (typical of traditional societies) and the future (typical of the modern era). This article attempts to emphasize the value and fundamental dimensions of education of memory, understood here as a factor that does not drag one back to the past but allows one to live one’s time more consciously and generate a new history.
Keywords: memory, education, sense of History, value, redemption
peer review, at least 3 independent reviewers
articolo in open peer review, contributo speciale redazioneMemoria, percezione e cecitàSilvia MancaUniversità Europea di RomaIn Mémoires d’aveugle, Jacques Derrida talks about blindness, the invisible that would be at the origin of the drawing. Recalling how perception belongs from the beginning to memory, he highlights the original impotence of the eye to see and, just as J. Lacan had already done previously, he ascribes the sphere of vision to the field of desire rather than to that of a cognitive instance.
Keywords: Derrida, blinding, perception and memory, mending, unseeing
peer review, at least 3 independent reviewers

Secondo numero:

TIPOLOGIETITOLINOMINATIVIAFFILIAZIONIABSTRACTUS Revisited editorial abstractus (en)Revisione
Editoriale 1La dialettica necessaria. Individualismo, comunitarismo e riconoscimentoPaolo ErcolaniUniversità di Urbino Carlo BoNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 2 Le ragioni di un numero su riconoscimento e misconoscimentoStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Primo invited paper (preprint disponibile sul seguente archivio istituzionale: https://u-pad.unimc.it/handle/11393/329870)Il riconoscimento fonte del perdono. Oltre la discriminazione irrelata a partire dalla Fenomenologia dello spirito di HegelFabiola FalappaUniversità degli Studi di MacerataThe aim of the present reflection is to highlight how the entire course of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is characterised by a continuous attempt at reconciliation that stems from and equal recognition, a prerequisite for the offer of authentic forgiveness. After analysing Hegelian figures in which recognition is only one-sided, such as in the Herr-Knecht dialectic, the dialectic between acting and judging consciousness takes on an even more particular value. Reconciliation is here the specific and supreme moment of the recognition of the mutual equality between the two consciences. From the Hegelian experience of arriving at forgiveness, we can draw a valuable lesson for our own existences: only by recognising and forgiving each other can we forgive the other, without establishing hierarchies, judgements, or discriminatory forms of domination, precisely because we are able to recognise what we really are and recompose every aspect of our selves, placing them in a vision of completeness towards unity.
Keyworks: Recognition, inequality, reconciliation, relationship, reciprocity
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Secondo invited paperIl logos e il suo Altro. Dominio della Ragione e “conoscenze rifiutate”Francesco ConiglioneUniversità degli Studi di CataniaModern thought has been profoundly influenced by the concept of rationality inherited from the Greek logos. This notion emerged in contrast and negation to its counterpart—the sapiential approach to reality characteristic of Mysteries and initiatic religions. With the advent of modern science during the scientific revolution, Western man forged his identity in opposition to the magical and esoteric realm of the ancients. This realm was viewed as the repository of superstition and indicative of the backwardness of thought. Despite this opposition, the pervasiveness of the magical and esoteric worldview persisted through various historical epochs. It continues to endure even in the contemporary age, among both scientists and thinkers adhering to the rationalist tradition of the West. This persistence necessitates a nuanced and non-reductive understanding of its significance within the framework of human thought – one that avoids dismissal or oversimplification.
Keywords: Rationality, esotericism, Western thought, science
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Articolo con peer reviewIl doppio: falsificazione identitaria e surrogato dell’io o luogo nel quale cercare il proprio sé?Maria GaldiUniversità degli Studi dell’AquilaThe paper presented here is the result of a study focused on the theme of the double and its connection to the concept of falsification. What is the double if not an attempt to recreate something that already exists, in another form, aiming to be an identical copy? Despite the deeply rooted desire of the double to be indistinguishable from reality, to become a perfect replica, the following will be aimed at deconstructing such a perspective, revealing the falsifying and illusory nature inherent in the double.
In addressing such a broad theme, comparative studies by Massimo Fusillo, a professor of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of L’Aquila, have been drawn upon. His texts have been fundamental for the development of what follows.
It was chosen, therefore, to embark on a comparative literary path, but not solely limited to this field. It was deemed appropriate to introduce an additional element: the cinematic. Cinema constitutes the perfect link between the theme of the double and its most complete representation, already occurring in literature. Cinema, emblematic of falsification from its beginnings to the contemporary era, serves as a bridge and amplifier for the theme of the double, finding fertile ground in which to flourish. The connections between the double, literature, cinema, and, last but not least, psychoanalysis will be investigated. This is an additional factor that completes a network of references and mutual exchanges: the double becomes a theoretical and philosophical element, but also tangible and analyzable through the cinematic lens, as well as the clinical one. Fundamental texts regarding cinematic matters have been derived from the personal academic background of the author, particularly from the courses of Professor Mirko Lino, a lecturer in Cinema and Media and the History of Cinema.
Turning then to the contemporary media environment, the realm of technology and the digital will be explored in relation to the Uncanny Valley effect, common in cinema and beyond, and the phenomenon of deep fake, as examples of deep falsification, proposing the creation of a double that attempts indistinguishability (with results, as will be seen, fluctuating) united by being examples of creating a surrogate that is nothing more than an illusion, a sleight of hand that can deceive even one’s own self. By referring to concrete and contemporary examples, the aim is to demonstrate how deeply ingrained in the nature of the double is the concept of falsification of the real, as opposed to a conception that sees it as a perfect representation of oneself, in which to find oneself and mirror oneself.
Keywords: doppelganger, forgery, cinema, duality, deep fake
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer review, (preprint disponibile su questo archivio: https://philarchive.org/rec/SANCSI-3)Chi sono io o…chi siamo noi? Analitica esistenziale e analitica co-esistenziale per una prospettiva del riconoscimentoSimone SantamatoUniversità Vita-Salute San Raffaele, MilanoPhilosophy battles with some recurring themes, one of which, maybe the most one, is the complicated relation between identity and otherness. It is a match that struggles to get to the gong: the net that binds the self and the other looks more like a tangle hard to unroll. So, we don’t have the claim to settle it down, but we would like to present some strategies useful to loosen it. We will follow a precise trajectory: we will consider the philosophies of Heidegger and Nancy trying to understand what is about of identity and otherness in their philosophical frameworks. Of course, we don’t want to set sail on a historical trip: our interest is to catch the theoretical suggestions of these philosophies, knowing that they can advise us with prolific thoughts.
We’ll basically have two tools: Heidegger’s Being and Time and Nancy’s Being Singular Plural. Even if those two theoretical poles are notoriously opposites, our idea is that a comparative analysis incentivizes important conclusions. Between all that otherness is an unmissable chance of expansion for the subjectivity and, because of this, their relation must be cultivated in the healthiest way.
Keywords: Heidegger, Nancy, projectualism, co-ontology, identity-otherness
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer review, contributo speciale redazioneLa questione dell’identità nel multiculturalismoDavide OrlandiUniversidad de Granada Many areas of human knowledge foreground the question of identity.
In relation to the technological developments achieved and envisaged, we ask ourselves what the identity of man is and how this question can be answered, on a philosophical level, in contemporary times. So, we ask ourselves: what is it that makes a man a man? The question comes up again with an urgency that stems from the need to answer it in a way that is as innovative as the innovations that put it forward. Questioning innovation to which a plural declination of the answer is immanent, and which implies an unavoidable overcoming of the unilateral and monothematic resolution. The inescapable question of human nature returns on a philosophical level. It does not reside unambiguously and essentially in a single characterising note. Qualifying the attempt to define human identity in a monolithic manner as obsolete and multiplying the complexity of the issue is the contemporary political and cultural situation, characterised by the conspicuous coexistence of different ethnic groups. This presence culturally connotes societies as pluralistic. What most engages philosophical thought is precisely the question of human identity contextualised in the contemporary multicultural scenario.
In this perspective, the need arises for a rethinking of the identity of the self in new parameters to foster the emergence of an intercultural language.
A conception of it as a space that allows differences to be shared, with a view to consequent enrichment, must be promoted.
Keywords: identity, relationship, multiculturalism, culture, pluralism
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer reviewRiscoprire ed emulare la vivace razionalità cristiana del possente Tommaso CampanellaSalvatore GullìUniversità La Sapienza di RomaThe essay’s central thesis is that, as early as the seventeenth century, Thomas Campanella foresaw the decline of European religiosity and spirituality. Gifted with a volcanic temperament, the philosopher had not refrained from a mighty intellectual attempt to arrest it. In addition to theorizing a natural philosophy of the perception of reality and in addition to giving pre-eminence in philosophy to the subjective element, Campanella taught that the being of Christianity should be continually rediscovered and that, likewise, the being of philosophy itself should be continuously regenerated and by the time of Campanella, the Christian cultural roots of Europe had been gradually poisoned. Since then, there loomed in the world a fate of atheism, of technology ruled by greedy men, of the death of values, and the stifling of a priceless heritage of Christian wisdom. To honour Father Thomas Campanella at last, by carefully studying his work and emulating his indomitable spirit, the path to salvation – in the present times characterized by desolating philosophical darkness and absence of truth – could be set in motion by conceiving an antidogmatic metaphysics continually susceptible to be revived, a metaphysics intended to bring out authentic sources of light in reality, adding religious reason and harmonious life, sources capable of orienting an increasingly sorrowful and unhappy humanity.
Keywords: Campanella, salvation, truth, metaphysics, atheism
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Invited paper che si è sottoposto a peer reviewA Cartographic Approach to pragmatics in the mood of the “respectful silence”Barbara HenrySant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSUP)This essay presupposes, due to unavoidable theoretical necessities, some definitions of a stipulative nature. These are fundamental, on the one hand, to identify the interdisciplinary framework in which we are working. On the other hand, they are essential in order to define the terms of a form of embedded analysis. By this we mean a contextual analysis from a hermeneutic viewpoint within the same framework of cognitive reference and scientific investigation. This context can only be the ‘Occident’, a term indicating a categorial, symbolical and historical constellation to be declined very much in the plural (the same also applying, clearly, to the ‘Orient’). Firstly, we shall establish, through the lens of some appropriate disciplines, a minimal clarification of the main concepts at issue – pragmatics, alterity, identity, asymmetry, cartography – and, by means of these, render the context more explicit (Chapter I). Then we shall move on to present the outline of a philosophical method, of a reflective-interpretative kind. With this there will be an attempt to put the five terms into practice. This is specifically with the aim of strictly defining the social and political challenges as regards a non-violent co-existence within the ‘European’ Occident (particularly in Chapters II and III), with the help of a renewed hermeneutical kit of tools (IV).
Keywords: Pragmatics, asymmetries, Occident/s, Otherness, embedded analysis, cartography, Auditory turn
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Recensione“L’avventura del Metodo. Come la vita ha nutrito l’opera”, di Edgar MorinLuigi SommaUniversità degli Studi di SalernoNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“Cronaca, critica e satira: istruzione per l’uso. Linee guida per giornalisti, creator digitali e utenti della rete”, di Fabrizio Criscuolo, Vincenzo Cardone e Francesco VerriDomenico BilottiUniversità Magna Graecia – CatanzaroNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“Distruggere Assange. Per farla finita con la libertà d’informazione”, di Sara ChessaDomenico BilottiUniversità Magna Graecia – CatanzaroNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“La comunità dei viventi”, di Idolo HoxhvogliStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“Zack Snyder. Into the Snyderverse”, di Filippo RossiStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“Profughi: Vittime – Nemici – Eroi. Sull’immaginario politico dellostraniero”, di Heidrun FrieseStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione ragionataIl Nichilismo oggi. Uno sguardo sul saggio “L’ospite inquietante” di Umberto Galimberti e oltreDavide OrlandiUniversidad de Granada No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)

Terzo numero:

TIPOLOGIETITOLINOMINATIVIAFFILIAZIONIABSTRACTUS Revisited editorial abstractus (en)Revisione
Editoriale 1-2L’AI nel nostro quotidianoStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 3Ontologia senza moraleFabrizio SciaccaUniversità di CataniaNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 4Diritto e intelligenza artificialeDonato Nittigià Tongji University, ShanghaiNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Primo invited paperBrevi note su poesia, scienza e intelligenza artificialeAntonio DeloguUniversità di Sassari [già ordinario di Filosofia morale]By virtue of imagination, the poet highlights the truths of the precategorial layer of the lived world. The scientist, too, relies on the imagination in discovering the truths of the object world. AI cannot create poetry or radically innovative knowledge in the scientific field: it augments the already given (websites, books, essays, etc.) but not in discontinuity with the already known.
Keywords: imagination, creativity, lived world, pre-categorical
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Secondo invited paper (articolo eng-ita)Economic HumanismPiero FormicaInnovation Value Institute, Maynooth University, IrelandThis article criticises the dominance of economic rationality and efficiency based on individual selfishness as the main causes of social and environmental problems. The purely profit-oriented society has neglected social responsibilities and fundamental rights, generating existential risks related to global challenges such as climate change and artificial intelligence. An ‘economic humanism’ is proposed that encourages a holistic and interconnected view of knowledge, integrating emotion, creativity and intuition to address contemporary complexity. This approach promotes transdisciplinarity and invites the exploration of new avenues for a more balanced society, guided by critical and creative thinking.
Keywords: Economic humanism, Complexity, Economic rationality, Social responsibility, Transdisciplinarity
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Terzo invited paperIl dettaglio e la cornice: riflessioni sull’etica e l’intelligenza artificialeMatteo GallettiUniversità degli Studi di FirenzeThis paper is not intended to provide a comprehensive overview of all the ethical questions raised by artificial intelligence, nor of the main ones. Nor does it contain possible answers to some of them. Instead, the intention is to offer a possible key to help formulate these questions. The starting point is based on the distinction between ‘detail’ and ‘frame’ issues, and it will be the latter that will be addressed. In particular, the transformative potential of the skills and care relationships of smart technologies will be investigated.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, ethics, automation, skills, care
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Quarto invited paperL’uso dell’intelligenza artificiale nella sanità: etica, strumenti e prospettiveDavid VannozziUniversità Telematica Pegaso (Direttore generale)The article provides an overview of the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, exploring its tools, perspectives and ethical challenges. Interest in AI in healthcare has increased particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic, which accelerated the adoption of advanced technologies to improve diagnosis, therapy and patient monitoring. In the 1950s, the concepts of AI, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) began to develop with the Turing Test. Since the 1970s, technological evolution and the growth of big data have allowed AI to transform from knowledge-based to big data-based approaches.
Recent developments have made it possible to derive predictive rules from clinical variables, using ML algorithms and DL architectures that simplify data mining. These advances have made AI & Advanced Analytics a key technology that can personalise services and make predictions, bringing unprecedented value. However, a regulatory framework that addresses the socio-ethical implications of AI in healthcare is essential.
In Italy, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) allocates significant resources to digital health and telemedicine, while regulations for the responsible use of AI have been developed at European and international level.
The healthcare sector is growing in AI adoption, and according to IDC, the global healthcare big data market will reach $58.4 billion by 2026.
AI in healthcare is applied in multiple fields: clinical, biomedical, public health and administration. In clinical, for example, radiology, cardiology and emergency medicine use AI for diagnosis and patient management. Telemedicine and NLP tools support the management of electronic medical records, improving diagnosis and prediction. In the surgical field, AI-based robotics enable complex operations even at a distance. Other uses include automated cardiac imaging and models for early diagnosis of kidney and neurological diseases.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Health, Machine Learning (ML), Telemedicine, Big Data
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Quinto invited paperLa Maieutica Digitale: Come il Prompt Engineering Stimola la Conoscenza in ChatGPTPaolo Cappellaindependent researcherMaieutics, an ancient Socratic methodology aimed at bringing forth knowledge through dialogue, finds new expression in the digital era through prompt engineering. This article explores how prompt engineering can be used to stimulate and guide the generation of knowledge in advanced language models like ChatGPT. Through an interdisciplinary analysis, the theoretical foundations of digital maieutics are examined, as well as the role of prompt engineering in human-machine interaction, its sociological and educational implications, and various case studies that illustrate practical applications of this emerging practice. Ethical challenges and prospects are also addressed, providing a comprehensive view of how digital maieutics can contribute to the advancement of education and society in the age of artificial intelligence.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Maieutics, ChatGPT, prompt engineering
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Articolo con peer reviewIntelligenza umana vs intelligenza artificialeDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaArtificial intelligence technology is reaching such a level of maturity that it can be used pervasively in various fields, from commercial profiling to self-driving vehicles, and even in such sensitive areas as personnel selection criteria or diagnosis in the bio-medical field. People will find themselves massively exposed to AI in the next future. This article aims to investigate the problematic aspects of how people are reacting to the introduction of AI into their lives. It is therefore intended to highlight the emerging aspects arising from applications of artificial intelligence, exploiting a dual perspective: on the one hand, how machines seek to become increasingly ‘human’ in order to make effective and meaningful choices, and on the other hand, how individuals and organizations react to the introduction of artificial intelligence into their working and social environment, in the light of the contemporary emerging paradigm of Human-Machine Cooperation.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, technology, Human-Machine Cooperation, AI, applications
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer reviewIntelligenze Artificiali: simulacro dell’intelligenza umana o entità pensanti? Un excursus dall’Imitation game alla Stanza cinese, fino al Cinema di fantascienzaMaria GaldiUniversità degli Studi dell’AquilaThe following work deals with the complex relationship between humans and artificial intelligence, exploring the various perspectives from which this phenomenon can be observed and the key concepts surrounding it, through the analysis of contributions from the most important scholars in the field.
However, it is necessary to begin with a brief but fundamental reflection on the concept of progress and the evolution of the perception of the introduction of new technologies, focusing particularly on the marked difference between the past, taking the example of 1980s cinema, and the current naturalization of medial experience.
After this introductory overview, the antithetical views of Alan Turing and John Searle are examined, who, respectively in the 1950s and 1980s, present their studies regarding the possibility that artificial intelligences are truly thinking entities or not. The sum obtained from this comparison of ideas is that artificial intelligences are not yet able to think in the sense that humans usually attribute to this capability, but they have the ability to complete tasks based on acquired knowledge, thanks to given programming. They do not develop their own thoughts but rather recombine pieces of code to produce content.
Turning then to the present, the current potential of artificial intelligence is discussed, highlighting its capabilities and limitations, with a focus on ChatGPT and its applications in various sectors. Finally, the contribution concludes with the examination of two important cinematic texts, belonging to the contemporary science fiction genre, which take the reflection to the extreme: what would happen if artificial intelligences were truly sentient beings, capable even of surpassing humans? What kind of relationships would develop between humans and machines?
Her and Ex Machina address the theme of human-machine interaction, the issue of identity and attraction, within the realm of artificial intelligence, and provide a glimpse, as dystopian as it is illuminating, of what could happen in the near future.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, Turing, Searle, cinema, thinking
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RecensioneUna “Cybersicilia” inedita tra abisso e riscatto: “All’ombra del castello di carte” di Mario CunsoloAntonina Noceragià Accademia cristiana russa per gli studi umanistici – RHGANo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“La fidanzata automatica” di Maurizio FerrarisDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“DISOFIA. Manuale pratico dei possibili del pensiero” di Mario GuarnaStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“Intelligenza umana e intelligenza artificiale. Un’esposizione nella Galleria della Mente” di Piero FormicaStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione“La società del surrogato. Benessere e insoddisfazione umana” di Stefania LombardiDanilo Campanellaindependent researcherNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)

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Editoriale 1Circondati dalla quotidianitàStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 2La quotidianità del “diverso”. Il mondo percepito con altri occhiDanilo Campanellaindependent researcherNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 3Un uomo nuovoAngela Deganisindependent researcherNo abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Primo invited paperL’economia e la tensione tra ricchezza, benessere e felicitàArianna Fermani e Francesco VigliaroloUniversità degli Studi di Macerata
e Universidad National de la Plata, Argentina
This two-part essay examines Plato’s and Aristotle’s conceptions of wealth and material well-being, emphasizing their instrumental role in achieving human flourishing (eudaimonia). The methodology combines a comparative textual analysis of the terms ploutos, ktesis, and chresis in Platonic and Aristotelian texts with a critical review of contemporary philosophical and economic literature. The study demonstrates that both philosophers regard wealth as inherently valuable but subordinate to virtue and practical wisdom (phronesis), linking self-knowledge to responsible resource management. The second part contrasts these classical perspectives with modern economics, critiquing the positivist approach, financial capitalism, and the detachment of wealth from social welfare, while highlighting social and sustainable economic models. The article’s original contribution lies in systematically connecting the ancient view of wealth as a means to happiness with contemporary challenges of inequality, sustainability, and ethical economics. The conclusions stress that economics can regain its human-centered purpose only if guided by wisdom, virtue, and socio-ethical values, fostering human flourishing at individual and collective levels.
Keywords: Eudaimonia; wealth; phronesis; ethical economics; happiness
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Secondo invited paperRussian Formalists’ approach to Film ArtJudit Bárdos ELTE Művészetelméleti és Médiakutatási Intézet, Esztétika TanszékIn the 1920s, directors, actors, writers, and other collaborators enthusiastically participated in the birth of cinema as “the primary art.” Although the foundations of the film industry were almost nonexistent in 1922 and 1923, by 1924-1925, great masterpieces were created, followed by a flourishing wave of sophisticated art films. During this period, a complex film culture has been developed, characterized by artistic movements, aesthetic discussions, experiments, and formulation of theories. The era was marked by revolutionary fervor, the creation of a genuine artistic community, and a fertile atmosphere, with popular cinema gaining great potential for social influence. These factors encouraged many writers, poets, artists, and composers to work on screenplays, essays, and film reviews. The Russian Formalist school played a significant role, with scholars like Yuri Tynianov, Viktor Shklovsky, and Adrian Piotrovsky, contributing to the development of art cinema, actively participating in film production, and teaching at film schools. This interdisciplinary approach between literary theory and film practice was essential for the creation of a new form of artistic expression.
Keywords: Cinema, Avant-garde, Russian Formalism, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Social Art
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Articolo con peer review
Sezione: I media, la filosofia e il quotidiano
La filosofia di Sailor MoonDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaIn this article I will explore the complexity of Sailor Moon, analysing its countercultural aspects, namely the theme of homosexual love and gender identity and the theme of girl power feminism, packaged in a mainstream fairy tale that tells the story of the struggle of good against evil.
Keywords: Counterculture, Gender identity, Same-sex love, Feminism, Girl power
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Sezione: Dal quotidiano al mostruoso: il ruolo della filosofia
Il tempo come salvezza e condanna: l’apertura dell’istanteAlessandro RanalliUniversità degli studi di Torino This article aims to examine the presence and absence of apertures in time. Who we are depends on the relationship that we establish with it. Depending on the resonance that temporality has in us, our life becomes either open or closed. When the flow of time ceases, intended as in its apertures summed up in the instant, reality becomes an inaccessible. It is where the daily becomes monstrous, without a face, a fullness that is impossible to enclose in a shape. What makes the human being master of his own being is the ability to unite with time in all its apertures. Indeed, this article will examine the instant and the relationship with the past, present and future. The article’s main thesis is that it’s necessary to save oneself with the time, and not from time. Otherwise, living even an atom of time means destroying life and turning it into a monstrous being that swallows us without any chance of escape. To save oneself in the time, one must see it as a spiral and not as a circle that repeats itself eternally.
Keywords: Time, instant, monstrosity, daily, timelessness.
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RecensioneHamletica di Massimo CacciariDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)

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Editoriale 1Editoriale – Diversità e collaborazioneStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for the editorialsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Articolo con peer reviewPer un cucinare biodiverso. La Marsica sostenibile e biodiversa riscopre il suo antico sapore.Maria GaldiUniversità degli Studi dell’AquilaThis paper aims to propose a reified yet enlightened vision of biodiversity, rooted in a specific territory and its resources, by revisiting and analyzing a study that places Biodiversity as its magnetic North. In the green heart of Abruzzo, the Marsica region, the agro-silvo-pastoral tradition is being revitalized through the preservation of its products- proceedes of the land and labor, with ancient grains taking center stage, as will be discussed further. Biodiversity in culinary practices, from the fields to preparations, evolves into a truly novel concept of gastronomy based on the preservation and recognition of cooking as a Political Act, striving to achieve food that is Pleasurable, Healthy, Sustainable, and Biodiverse. This vision materializes in the cuisine of a place of memory and preservation in the village of Scurcola Marsicana. 
The research referred to in this study, serving as a case example, is the work of Mario Iacomini, a chef and custodian who transforms his reasoning into practice. 
Culinary research becomes the agent of a multifaceted revival: cultural, social, and biodiversityfocused. It is a rich and varied heritage where past and future are fused into a solid bond. The work moves along seemingly opposite directions: a rural, peasant past and a present that will become the future—two dimensions that may appear far apart but are brought into dialogue, forging a partnership based on recovery, protection, and reinterpretation. This process delivers a unique added value, deeply tied to the territory, its resources, its characteristics, and its natural elements, considered in the concrete richness of their diversity. 
It is a race of opposites. 
The search for ancient seeds to produce foods with flavors hidden in old and new Plate-Forms (recipes) is at the core of this gastronomic proposal. More precisely, it is an attempt to reflect on the structure of a flavor to modify or enhance it, transforming it after recovery. And then, it is something else…Keywords: biodiversity, cuisine, agro-silvo-pastoral, stewardship, protection
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Articolo con peer reviewLa diversità bioculturale: nessi, caratteristiche, sfideCarmelo BisucciUniversità degli Studi di CataniaThe article delves into the contemporary debate on environmental protection, highlighting the importance of an ethical approach and care for nature and animals. It discusses how ecological awareness emerged in the 1970s, influenced by factors such as pollution and bioethics. The traditional view of humans as dominators of nature, rooted in Judeo-Christian and Western culture, has been called into question, leading to a new environmental philosophy that recognizes the intrinsic dignity of nature and the necessity of the right to a healthy environment.
The connection between biodiversity and cultural diversity is emphasized, as the loss of languages and cultures parallels the extinction of species. The biodiversity crisis is presented as an urgent issue, with human activity contributing to a sixth mass extinction. A radical paradigm shift is proposed, based on collective responsibility and the adoption of sustainable practices, such as organic farming and habitat conservation.
Finally, there is a call to rediscover the connection with nature through direct experiences, such as walking, to perceive the sacredness and beauty of the natural world. The article concludes with an appeal for individual and collective responsibility to ensure a sustainable future, emphasizing the need for a fundamental shift in our relationship with the environment for the sake of our health.
Keywords: Biodiversity, responsibility, enviromental ethics, justice, sustainability.
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Articolo con peer reviewRiflessioni sulla biodiversitàDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaIn this article, I will address the age-old issue of biodiversity, taking into consideration how biodiversity can be an answer to the needs of humanity.
Mankind is not making full use of the enormous biological diversity on our planet, and, on the other hand, we are increasingly witnessing the destruction of entire ecosystems to make short-term profits without evaluating the long-term benefits that would result from a sustainable exploitation of resources.
Today, we often hear talk of the environment, biodiversity and climate change without any real knowledge of what these terms mean.
Keywords: biodiversity, sustainability,ecosystems, climate change, resource exploitation
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RecensioneRecensione 1 – Recensione di Davide Orlandi a “La Chiesa brucia. Crisi e futuro del cristianesimo” di Andrea RiccardiDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
RecensioneRecensione 2 – Recensione di Maria Galdi a “Le parole sono finestre, oppure muri” di Marshall B. RosenbergMaria GaldiUniversità degli Studi dell’AquilaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
RecensioneRecensione 3 – Recensione di Carmelo Bisucci a “Nuove lezioni di filosofia. I temi fondamentali del pensiero umano” di Antonio RinaldisCarmelo BisucciUniversità degli Studi di CataniaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
RecensioneRecensione 4 – Recensione di Alessandra Pellegrino a “Filosofie di Avatar. Immaginari, soggettività, politiche” a cura di Antonio Caronia e Antonio TursiAlessandra Pellegrinoindependent researcherNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 1Invited paper 1 – Il tramonto delle ideologie in Paul Karl Feyerabend: Against Method. Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge.Andrea GentileUniversità degli studi Guglielmo MarconiThis article analyzes the theory of knowledge developed by Paul Karl Feyerabend in his book Against Method. Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge, fully published by Feltrinelli in 2024 on the occasion of the centenary of his birth and the 30th anniversary of the philosopher’s death. Feyerabend presents a radical critique of traditional scientific rationality, arguing that the advancement of science is not governed by any universal and stable method, but rather by a diverse set of practices, often in open contradiction with official methodological rules. Drawing on historical examples – especially the case of Galileo – he shows that scientific progress has frequently depended on violating accepted norms. From this, he develops the idea of “epistemological anarchism”, which calls for recognition of theoretical diversity, creativity, and epistemic pluralism. Feyerabend also criticizes the ideological and authoritarian role of modern science within educational and political institutions, provocatively proposing a separation between science and the state. Within this framework, the volume invites us to critically reconsider the role of science in contemporary society, clearly exposing the risks of technocratism and epistemic authoritarianism, while defending cultural freedom and citizens’ autonomy in forming their own opinions based on multiple sources of knowledge.
Keywords: knowledge, scientific methodology, reason, epistemology, science and ideology
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Invited paper 3Invited paper 3 – Oblio e perdono: da un secolo all’altroStefano Bucciarelligià Università di PisaThe paper explores the relationship between forgiveness and forgetting through a selection of philosophical perspectives that provide different answers to this subject: the possibility of forgiveness based on a relative oblivion of an overcome evil (Croce); the impossibility of forgiveness linked to the absolute impossibility of forgetting evil (Jankélévitch, Derrida), the difficulties of a forgiveness related to a selective oblivion that, not forgetting evil, excludes anger and resentment from memory (Ricoeur).
The path unfolds “from one century to the next”, intersecting different readings of the problem of evil, relating them to crucial and painful events in twentieth-century history. The difficult but unavoidable prospect of dealing with this story excludes the validity of accomodating amnesties/amnesia and superficial reconciliations, actual caricatures of forgiveness based on forms of induced or even openly imposed oblivion.
Keywords: evil, unforgivable, time, oblivion, forgiveness
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Invited paper 4Invited paper 4 – Pinocchio maestro di diversità tra culture diverse e stili di pensieroAnna Lisa D’Aniellofondatrice di HUB4MINDThe essay explores the cultural, narrative, and symbolic differences between Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) and Walt Disney’s Pinocchio (1940), using the concept of “Thinking Styles” as an interpretative key. The author highlights how, despite sharing the ultimate goal of transforming the puppet into a real boy, the two works follow opposite paths in terms of pace, language, message, and historical context. The moralizing depth and reflective pace of Collodi’s novel are contrasted with Disney’s emotional synthesis and magical elements, through significant symbols such as the Talking Cricket/Jiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, and the portrayal of food as a mirror of two societies. The analysis reveals that in both versions diversity is erased in favor of conformity, missing the opportunity to celebrate it as a core identity value. The closing reflection calls for viewing diversity not as a flaw to be fixed, but as a richness to be preserved and understood.
Keywords: Pinocchio, Cultural diversity, Thinking Styles, Collodi vs. Disney, Conformity
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Invited paper 5Invited paper 5 – Verso una monocoltura dell’umanoGiovanni Magrìgià Università degli Studi di CataniaThe essay explores the interplay between Renaissance magic, modern science, and the consequent disenchantment of the world. It examines how cultural and natural biodiversity is perceived, interpreted, and often subordinated to rational control and human dominion. The study highlights the historical and conceptual tensions between wonder and reason, suggesting a continuous dialogue between imagination, observation, and systematic knowledge.
Keywords: Renaissance magic, Perspective and modern science, Disenchantment of the world, Cultural and natural biodiversity, Rational control and dominion




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Invited paper 2Invited paper 2, Science as an Universal Language: From Apollo-Soyuz to the International Space StationJosé Luis Vázquez PolettiUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)This article examines how science serves as a universal language through two emblematic missions: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975) and the International Space Station (ISS, 1998–present). It explores cultural, linguistic, and technological challenges overcome through international collaboration and educational initiatives such as ARISS and Astro Pi. The author highlights the role of cooperation in scientific advancement and in inspiring future generations of scientists, emphasizing the importance of preserving the ISS as a symbol of global unity.
Keywords: science, international cooperation, Apollo-Soyuz, ISS, space education
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Opera artistica 1Disegno PucciMirco Pucciinvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Opera artistica 2Disegno StellaLuca Stellainvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Opera artistica 3Disegno BigoBigo [David Bigotti]invited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Opera artistica 4Disegno SoldatichCristiano Soldatichinvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 1Scientificità, ordine, armonia, scienza, paceStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 2L’eco vuota del futuro: elogio della ruggineDavide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 3Potenza e atto dell’armoniaGuido TraversaUniversità europea di RomaNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 4“Fa’ la cosa giusta!”Emiliano Paganiinvited cartoonistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 5Greta Thunberg’s original speech delivered on 8 December 2018Greta Thunberg
invited international activist
No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 6Guerra e armonia tra particelleChristian CordaProfessor of Theoretical Physics at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 13502 Utica, New York, USA
No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 7Non dovremmo essere quiValerio Rossi Albertini TiranniCNR, physicist and science communicator for RAINo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 8Searching for peaceRicardo Baeza YatesKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; and University of Chile [former VP of Research for Yahoo! Labs, leading teams in United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America]No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 9Mettete dei fiori nei vostri cannoniFrida Nacinovich e Riccardo Chiariinvited reportersNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Articolo con peer reviewPace Perpetua o Pace Eterna? La neutralizzazione dell’Altro nell’universalismo kantianoMartina Rosa Fatima Dell’UtriUniversità di PisaThe article examines Kant’s Zum ewigen Frieden in light of contemporary critical readings, particularly Andreas Behnke’s. After outlining the principles of Kantian Perpetual Peace—rooted in the republican constitution, citizens’ consent, and a universal legal order capable of containing war—the author highlights how the project rests on an abstract and normative universalism. Behnke stresses the semantic ambiguity of the term ewig, often translated as “perpetual” rather than “eternal,” which underscores the transcendental and metaphysical rather than political dimension of Kant’s peace. This framework, however, entails a neutralization of the Other: peoples, cultures, and political forms that do not conform to the rational–Western model are hierarchized or excluded. The Kantian universalism, grounded in a singular normative Reason, thus produces a simulacrum of peace that reduces plurality to silence rather than including it. The analysis also engages with the development of Democratic Peace Theory, which, in its liberal reinterpretation of Kant, reproduces exclusionary logics (between “civilized” and “rogue” states), with risks of ethnocentrism and the justification of new wars. In conclusion, the postcolonial critique shows how Kant’s Eternal Peace, despite its universalist aspirations, turns into a conceptual artifice incapable of embracing alterity and the complex, conflictual nature of reality.
Keywords: perpetual peace, kantian universalism, otherness, democratic peace theory, postcolonial critique
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Articolo con peer reviewAtena e la guerra. Equilibrio e rigenerazione nel paradigma bellico del mito grecoCorinna ZaffaranaCentro Studi e Ricerche C.T.A. Greek myth represents war through two complementary and opposing divine figures: Ares, the embodiment of blind and destructive violence, and Athena, guarantor of an ordered warfare regulated by strategic intelligence and aimed at the defense of the polis. Already in Homer, Ares appears as a chaotic force, reproached even by Zeus, while Athena, born from the mind of the father of the gods according to the Hesiodic tradition, embodies the capacity to transform conflict into an instrument of political cohesion. The genesis of these divinities remains problematic: sources attest to a fragmented cult of Ares and, conversely, a vast and multifaceted cult of Athena, which over time integrated civic, political, and military functions. Hypotheses on their origins, including possible connections with the Ancient Near East, remain conjectural but reveal the stratification of influences and the adaptation of divine figures to historical and social needs. The analysis proposed here highlights the Ares/Athena polarity as a cultural construction that articulates the ambivalence of war, conceived both as a destructive force and as the foundation of communal order.
Keywords: Ares, Athena, Myth of war, Order and chaos, Cultural construction
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Articolo con peer reviewAi confini dell’identità: i senza terraCarmelo BisucciUniversità degli Studi di CataniaThe text explores the concept of identity and the condition of statelessness, understood as the loss of belonging and of fundamental rights. Through a historical, legal, and philosophical analysis, it examines the causes and consequences of being without a homeland, from the Nansen passport to international conventions. The essay reflects on the meaning of borders and the idea of the “enemy,” drawing on Derrida, the myth of Romulus, and the Iliad. Central is Hannah Arendt’s view that the stateless person is “without the right to have rights.” The example of the Jewish people illustrates the long history of a dispersed yet resilient identity. The lives of Luis Sepúlveda and István Nyers embody, in modern times, exile and the search for self. Like Sisyphus, the stateless individual struggles to affirm their “I was born” in a world that still chooses not to see them.
Keywords: Identity, Statelessness, Border, Human rights, Belonging.
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Articolo con peer reviewAlcune considerazioni filosofiche sull’arte come veritàMario AutieriUniversità Telematica PegasoThis paper investigates the philosophical thesis of the “end” or “decline” of art by reconstructing its conceptual genealogy from German idealism to contemporary postmodern thought. Starting from Heidegger’s conception of art as the setting-into-work of truth, the analysis critically examines the modern erosion of this paradigm through Hegel’s diagnosis of art’s loss of its highest vocation and Gadamer’s critique of aesthetic consciousness. Against this background, the paper confronts postmodern interpretations (Lyotard, Nancy, Sloterdijk), focusing on the impact of technical images, immaterial production, and global techno-scientific apparatuses on artistic practices.
Methodologically, the contribution adopts a comparative and genealogical approach, combining close textual analysis of key philosophical sources with conceptual interpretation of contemporary artistic examples (from Farocki to Paglen). The paper aims to demonstrate that the “decline of art” should not be understood as a simple disappearance or exhaustion, but as a structural transformation of art’s relation to truth, beauty, authorship, and experience.
The originality of the contribution lies in interpreting contemporary art not through the categories of representation or aesthetic autonomy, but through the notion of the “vestige” (Nancy), understood as a trace without origin or teleology, emerging within technical and institutional dispositifs. The paper concludes that contemporary art no longer claims to reveal truth or produce beauty, but rather exposes the conditions of its own medial, technological, and economic determination. Possible follow-ups include a deeper investigation of digital images, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic authorship as further stages in the post-metaphysical reconfiguration of art.
Keywords: philosophy of art; end of art; technical images; postmodernity; truth
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Articolo con peer reviewL’identità greca e il confronto con l’alterità nelle riflessioni di PlatoneLeonardo SimonciniUniversità degli Studi di MacerataThis article examines how Plato articulates the relationship between Greek identity and alterity by analysing the figures of the βάρβαρος, the “non-Greek foreigner”, and the ξένος, the “Greek foreigner”. After reconstructing the genesis of Herodotus’ expression τὸ Ἑλληνικόν and showing how the idea of “Greekness” emerges in opposition to the barbarian while remaining marked by the internal fragmentation of the poleis, the study turns to Plato’s perspective. In the Statesman and the Republic, Plato addresses the “Greeks–barbarians” dichotomy through the method of diairesis, oscillating between adherence to and distance from the communis opinio of his time. In the Laws, by contrast, the reflection on alterity takes on a dialogical character: the figure of the ξένος, and especially that of the θεωρός, becomes an instrument of knowledge and transformation, since only confrontation with the Other allows both the city and the philosopher to perfect themselves. Alterity thus emerges as a generative principle, capable of reshaping identity through relation and in plurality.
Keywords: Plato, identity, alterity, βάρβαρος, ξένος
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Invited paper 1È finito l’Occidente?
Primi vagiti della “nuova postmodernità”
Francesco Postorinoindependent researcherThis work examines the long trajectory through which Western civilization has interpreted the tension between Being and Becoming, reconstructing the genealogy of the two “spaces” introduced by Plato and remaining operative up to the collapse of modernity. The premise consists in identifying how, from ancient philosophy to the postmodern era, our cultural history has progressively witnessed the erosion of Being in favor of an increasingly invasive Becoming, culminating in the rise of a new epochal scenario in which the all-flowing (πάντα ῥεῖ) becomes an undisciplined and totalizing force.
The methodology adopted is historical-speculative in nature: through a diachronic path, the work intersects philosophy, sociology, psychology, and cultural analysis to show how the dialectic between stability and change has been reinterpreted at various moments of the Western tradition. It ultimately outlines a map of the transformations of the Self and the Other in modernity, postmodernity, and the contemporary “new postmodernity.”
The innovative contribution lies in identifying the threshold-event represented by the 2020 pandemic, interpreted as a point of no return that dissolves the last symbolic and relational residues that had survived within postmodernity. For the first time, Becoming no longer appears as a dialectical rhythm nor as a destabilizing but still containable force; instead, it emerges as an absolute flow that annihilates both the ancient “second space” of Being and the first Heraclitean space of change. What follows is an unprecedented context in which the Self, deprived of the Other that once grounded it, loses ontological consistency and drifts toward a condition of “no one,” immersed in a formless anxiety without antibodies.
The conclusions show that the new postmodernity marks the sunset of the cultural presuppositions that, for centuries, enabled the West to generate historical, political, and symbolic re-actions to the world’s chaos. The disappearance of bonds, of the search for meaning, and of reference to the Other dissolves the very possibility of stability, project, and resistance. Contemporary πάντα ῥεῖ no longer leaves spaces of suspension nor ontological footholds: in their place stands a horizon dominated by the formless, where action flows without re-action and the Self loses its unity within change. The work thus offers an original interpretive key for understanding the anthropological and symbolic crisis of the West in its passage beyond postmodernity.
Keywords: new postmodernity, Becoming, Being, West, I, Other
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Invited paper 2Se vuoi la pace prepara la pace. Elementi per la decostruzione della violenza culturale e la ricostruzione dei saperi della nonviolenzaPasquale PuglieseMember of the National Coordination of the Nonviolent Movement; independent researcherThis article starts from the classical Freud–Einstein correspondence on the causes of war to reassess the persistence of cultural violence in contemporary political and media discourse. By comparing this historical framework with current data—such as Censis reports on Italy’s “war preparedness” and the global escalation of military spending—the study shows how dominant narratives reproduce the logic of deterrence and normalize the inevitability of war.
The procedure adopted involves a twofold theoretical path: first, the analytical deconstruction of cultural, structural, and direct violence following Johan Galtung; second, the reconstruction of nonviolent knowledge through the philosophies of Aldo Capitini, Giuliano Pontara, Jean-Marie Muller, and Judith Butler. The methodology is therefore interdisciplinary, combining philosophical analysis, political theory, and interpretive sociology.
The originality of the work lies in its proposal to invert the prevailing war-based paradigm—if you want peace, prepare war—and replace it with the nonviolent paradigm of preparing peace through ethical, political, and cultural transformation. The conclusion argues that only a profound reorientation of collective imagination and public discourse can make war culturally illegitimate and open the way to structural alternatives grounded in nonviolence.
Keywords: cultural violence; nonviolence; political philosophy; deterrence critique; paradigm shift.
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Invited paper 3La nuova bolla finanziaria del riarmoAlessandro VolpiUniversità di PisaThis article examines the discursive construction of war and the financialization of rearmament in the European Union by employing a qualitative methodology that combines political–institutional discourse analysis, financial-instrument mapping, and comparative assessment of macroeconomic and market data. The study demonstrates that the semantic normalization of war establishes an ideological framework that legitimizes the use of public resources and the redirection of private savings toward the defence industry, thereby fuelling a speculative bubble analogous to the former Big Tech boom. In contrast to existing scholarship—largely focused on geopolitical strategy or traditional defence economics—this work integrates linguistic, political, and financial perspectives to reveal the structural convergence between conflict rhetoric, EU policies (ReArm Europe/Readiness 2030), and market mechanisms such as ETFs, private equity vehicles, and publicly guaranteed funds. Its original contribution lies in conceptualizing a “financialized war economy” shaped by the strategic dominance of the Big Three investment firms and reinforced by monetary and fiscal interventions. The article concludes that this architecture diverts substantial public and pension resources, heightens Europe’s structural dependence on U.S. financial actors, and exacerbates systemic instability across both markets and welfare infrastructures.
Keywords: Financialization of defence, War economy, Institutional war discourse, Financial markets and Big Three, EU defence policy
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Invited paper 4Cuore di pace – 120 anni di canzoni contro la guerraMarco Masoniteacher, pop and rock historian, writer, independent researcherThis study examines 120 years of anti-war songs as a transnational corpus of cultural texts that articulate resistance to armed conflict. Employing a mixed methodology that integrates archival inquiry, discourse analysis, and formal musical-textual analysis, the research investigates approximately 185 compositions produced in Italy, in the Anglophone world, and within the oeuvre of Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. The primary aim is to demonstrate that anti-war songs constitute a historically persistent discursive formation that challenges hegemonic narratives on violence, security, and national identity. In dialogue with existing scholarship—often encyclopedic, genre-bound or centred on isolated case studies—this work offers a systematic, diachronic, and cross-genre anthology that foregrounds both canonical and marginalised voices. The book’s original contribution lies in mapping the evolution of anti-war musical discourse across a century, tracing its thematic shifts, rhetorical strategies, and sociocultural functions, while highlighting underexplored repertoires and neglected artists. The findings suggest that anti-war songs operate as vectors of cultural memory and ethical imagination, possessing the potential to influence individual worldviews and collective attitudes toward violence. The study concludes that, in the current context marked by renewed militarisation and informational distortion, artistic production explicitly oriented toward peace remains an indispensable form of cultural intervention.
Keywords: Anti-war discourse, Popular music analysis, Cultural memory, Resistance aesthetics, Peace studies
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 5Ciencia y Creencia. El concepto aristotélico de EndoxaLaura Santos FernándezUniversidad Francisco de Vitoria. Madrid, España.
The debate concerning the possible opposition between what we call belief and what we refer to as science is an issue that continues to generate interest today and is especially significant insofar as it is, at bottom, a question about the limits of each. The criterion of demarcation regarding what we consider to be science has been a task that philosophy has approached from different perspectives. The aim of this paper is, in the light of Aristotelian philosophy, to delimit what science is, what belief is, and what relationship obtains between them, as well as to shed light on a concept that serves as a bridge between the aforementioned notions, namely the concept of ἔνδοξα (endoxa). In this article, we seek to clarify the meaning, scope, and importance of the concepts of science and belief—by way of the concept of ἔνδοξα (endoxa)—in order to elucidate the place that belief occupies on the path toward science, that is, to understand the epistemological status of belief with respect to what we call science.
Keywords: science, belief, epistemology, doxa, epistēmē, endoxa, analytical reasoning, dialectical reasoning.
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Invited paper 6Using the MmE-model to get out of misery, fighting and war towards well-being, constructive communication and peacePat PatfoortOSCE, Council of Europe, United Nations, anthropologist and biologist, nonviolence trainer, https://www.patpatfoort.be/This article presents and examines the MmE model (Major–minor–Equivalency) as a theoretical and practical framework for understanding and transforming conflicts at interpersonal, organizational, and geopolitical levels. The methodology is conceptual-analytical and application-oriented, based on a systematic comparison between two fundamentally different ways of dealing with differences: the Major – minor (M–m) model, identified as the structural root of violence, and the Equivalency (E) model, which underpins nonviolent and constructive communication. Through illustrative case studies drawn from family life, workplace relations, and international conflict, the article demonstrates how the M–m model inevitably generates the three mechanisms of violence -escalation, chain, and internalization – whereas the E model enables the transformation of disagreement into a creative process of mutual understanding.
In comparison with existing approaches to conflict management, the article shows that many traditional and even mediative frameworks remain implicitly grounded in competitive, argumentative, and dualistic logics. The main innovation of this contribution lies in the operational introduction of “foundations”- such as needs, fears, values, motivations, and emotions – in place of arguments, and in the articulation of a process that prioritizes relational quality and procedural depth over solution-driven compromise.
The conclusions indicate that the Equivalency model allows actors to move beyond winner–loser dynamics, offering a coherent framework for reducing violence, enhancing individual and collective well-being, and generating solutions that are sustainable and acceptable to all parties involved. Future developments include the systematic application of the MmE model in education, leadership training, professional mediation, and large-scale conflict prevention and peacebuilding processes.
Keywords: Conflict transformation, Nonviolence, Constructive communication, Major–minor model, Equivalency model
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 1Recensione 1 di Davide Orlandi a “Il danno scolastico”. La scuola progressista come macchina della disuguaglianza”Davide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 2Recensione 2 di Stefania Lombardi a “Da che parte stai? Tutti siamo chiamati a scegliere”Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 3Recensione 3 di Beppe Carrella a “ Quel pazzo di Nietzsche: Come leggere la nostra vita e quelle altrui”Beppe [Giuseppe] Carrellagià Luiss Guido CarliNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 4La Forza come via alla pace interiore: la filosofia di Filippo Rossi tra mito e consapevolezza. Recensione 4 di Massimo Moro a “Filosofia di Star Wars: Imparare a vivere seguendo le vie della Forza”.Massimo MoroAdvisor to the YAVIN 4 Cultural Association for the promotion of Star Wars culture.No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 5Recensione 5 di Stefania Lombardi a “Restituzione. Dialogo su resti, eredità, gratitudini”.Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 6Recensione 6 di Stefania Lombardi a “Il privilegio della follia. Hegel tra diritto, morale e antropologia”Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 7Recensione 7 di Alessandro Mazzi a “ Il pianeta dell’Homo Ludens: Videogioco, cinema, società”Alessandro MazziUniversità di UrbinoNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 8Recensione 8 di Gioacchino Mazzocco a “F. Pessoa e G.W. Leibniz: un incontro. Specchi e solitudini”Gioacchino MazzoccoUniversità degli studi di Napoli Federico IINo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)

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Opera artistica 1Opera artistica di Sara TorracoSara Torracoinvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Opera artistica 2Opera artistica 2 di Sara TorracoSara Torracoinvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Opera artistica 3Opera artistica 3 di Sara TorracoSara Torracoinvited artistNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 1Editoriale 1 Call 7

Il lavoro come forma del rispetto In memoria del professor Yaqob Beyene Stefania Lombardi
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 2Editoriale 2 Call 7

Da ingegnere a giardiniere
Quando la vita comincia a calcolare
Beppe [Giuseppe] Carrellagià Luiss Guido CarliNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 3Editoriale 3 Call 7

Editoriale di Pipoli sul lavoro di educatore
Cristina Pipolieducatrice professionale specializzata in Progettazione e Gestione dei Processi formativiNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 4Editoriale 4 Call 7

Esauriti dal lavoro: la Sindrome da Burnout ed altre storie Danilo Campanella
Danilo Campanellapsicologo iscritto all’Ordine degli Psicologi del LazioNo abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Editoriale 5Editoriale 5, call 7. Tra il lavoro e il senso. Una rivista che cresce raccontandosiStefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for this itemEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Articolo con peer reviewMario Alighiero Manacorda e la pedagogia di Gramsci:

una lettura nel suo contesto storico (1966-1972)
Salvatore Di FuscoIndependent researcherThis article reconstructs Mario Alighiero Manacorda’s interpretation of Antonio Gramsci’s pedagogical thought – particularly as presented in Marx e la pedagogia moderna (1966) and Il principio educativo in Gramsci. Americanismo e conformismo (1970) -placing it within the historical, political, and cultural context in which it emerged: the Italian Communist Party in the post-1956 (post-Hungary) era, the debate over the reform of the unified middle school, and the founding of the Gramsci Institute as a center for Marxist historiography. It offers a critical assessment of the strengths and limitations of this interpretation in light of subsequent Gramscian scholarship.
Keywords: Gramsci; Manacorda; Marxist pedagogy; unified school; history of education.
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer reviewAgainst the Productive Self:

Greek Scholé as a Critical Lens on Work and Identity in Contemporary Society 
Corinna ZaffaranaCentro Studi e Ricerche C.T.A. The contribution investigates the relationship between work, identity, and the formation of the self in contemporary society through the critical lens of the Greek concept of scholé. In late-modern societies, the value of the individual tends increasingly to be measured through productivity, performance, employability, and professional recognition: work is not merely an economic function or a means of subsistence but becomes one of the privileged dispositifs through which the subject understands, narrates, and, above all, legitimizes itself.
Within this framework, the Greek notion of scholé offers a significant theoretical countermodel. Far from designating mere inactivity, empty idleness, or simple free time, this qualified form of time withdrawn from necessity is oriented toward reflection, contemplation, and the cultivation of the human. The article does not aim to reconstruct a linear genealogy from antiquity to modernity, nor to idealize the social conditions of the Greek world – in which the qualitative dimension of time was unevenly distributed and depended on specific exclusions. Rather, it proposes to use scholé as a category of critical alterity: a conceptual tool capable of questioning the apparent self-evidence of productivity as the privileged measure of personal worth.
From this perspective, the contemporary condition of identity grounded in work can be read not only as an economic or sociological phenomenon, but also as a potential symbolic and anthropological loss: namely, the loss of a cultural grammar capable of attributing value to what does not produce immediate output.
Keywords: scholé; work; identity; productivity; self-formation; Greek thought; contemporary society.
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Articolo con peer reviewQuale normalità? Note intorno a lavoro, sofferenza e soggettivitàSamuele PeirassoUniversità di TorinoThe present contribution seeks to analyze the “enigma of normality” in the work context, highlighting its heuristic value in reflecting on the various elements that compose the subjective experience of work. Starting from Christophe Dejours’s psychodynamics of work, the article proposes an examination of the profound effects that work organization exerts on subjectivity. Against this background, normality ceases to be understood as a spontaneous condition and is instead investigated as the outcome of a constant struggle by subjects against suffering. The aim is to demonstrate that only through an analysis of normality is it possible to restore to work its real complexity and a philosophical and political dignity that is too often denied.
Keywords: Philosophy of Work; Psychodynamics of Work; Christophe Dejours; Normality; Subjectivity
double blind peer review, at least 2 independent reviewers
Invited paper 1Attraversare i confini per filosofareGiulia BattistoniUniversità di Münster[Title: Crossing Boundaries to Philosophize.Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Philosophical Practice]
This article draws on extensive experience of international academic mobility in philosophical education and research across Italy, Germany, and the United States, treating it as a privileged epistemic observatory from which to reflect on contemporary philosophical practice and to examine how different philosophical traditions, academic cultures, and institutional contexts contribute to shaping distinct ways of understanding philosophy, educating philosophers, and producing philosophical knowledge. Building on this comparative perspective, the article argues that contemporary philosophical practice requires a paradigm grounded in three inseparable dimensions: 1. direct engagement with historical-philosophical sources in their original languages and their systematic integration into philosophical inquiry; 2. internationalization, understood as an experience of epistemic plurality through dialogue among different philosophical traditions, academic cultures, and leading research environments; 3. interdisciplinarity, as the privileged space in which philosophy exercises its critical, interpretive, and normative functions, particularly in the field of applied philosophy. Together, these three dimensions define a model of philosophical practice in which crossing linguistic, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries is not merely a matter of geographical mobility but an epistemic practice capable of transforming the very way philosophy is pursued while preserving its disciplinary identity.
Keywords: Contemporary philosophical practice, Original-language sources, Systematic use of sources, Internationalization, Interdisciplinarity
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 2La dimensione antropologica del carnevale:

alcune considerazioni storico-filosofiche sulla sua “lunga durata”
Riccardo RoniUniversità della BasilicataAim and context: This article examines the anthropological dimension of carnival through the historical-philosophical category of the “long duration”, arguing that carnival cannot be understood merely as a ritual event or folkloric manifestation, but rather as a symbolic framework revealing profound transformations of human experience. The analysis focuses on Florens Christian Rang’s Historical Psychology of Carnival, interpreted in dialogue with the reflections of Fernand Braudel, Mikhail Bakhtin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Richard Wagner.
Methodology: The study adopts a historical-philosophical and comparative approach, based on textual analysis of the main works discussed and on the reconstruction of their central conceptual themes: the relationship between historical time and duration, the anthropological function of laughter and festivity, and the connection between body, subjectivity, and political transformation. Carnival is interpreted as a liminal phenomenon in which the crisis of established orders and the possibility of regeneration become intertwined.
State of the art: While previous scholarship has mainly explored carnival from historical, anthropological, or literary perspectives, this contribution proposes a philosophical reinterpretation of Rang’s approach, highlighting its theoretical relevance and its ability to connect individual experience, historical destiny, and collective forms of emancipation. The comparison with Bakhtin further clarifies the distinctive features of Rang’s interpretation in relation to theories of grotesque realism and popular culture.
Results and original contribution: The article demonstrates that carnival represents a privileged interpretative figure of modernity, revealing the tension between discipline and liberation, work and leisure, rationality and intoxication, historical continuity and revolutionary discontinuity. Its original contribution lies in presenting Rang’s Historical Psychology of Carnival as a philosophy of anthropological transformation, capable of illuminating contemporary forms of embodiment, subjectivity, and community experience.
Keywords: Carnival; long duration; Florens Christian Rang; philosophical anthropology; philosophy of history
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 3Philosophy as the art of living well: Aristotle and the SkepticismArianna FermaniUniversity of MacerataIn the thought of Aristotle, whose approach is, in many ways, strongly anti-skeptical, there are some elements that, even if in one very broad sense, could be considered close to Skepticism.
Drawing on the “Multifocal Approach” paradigm, the elements of affinity between Aristotle and skeptical philosophy will therefore be highlighted, particularly in the realms of epistemology and ethics-anthropology.
Keywords: Aristotle, Skepticism, phenomenon, nature, human knowledge, art of living, Multifocal Approach
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Invited paper 4Lo sfruttamento del lavoro nell’era della gig economyLucrezia LombardoUniversità dell’Età libera “Enzo Ficai – Arezzo, Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di ArezzoThe article examines the transformations of labor within contemporary capitalism, focusing on the dynamics of exploitation that characterize the era of neoliberal globalization and the gig economy. Through a theoretical framework combining Marxism, biopolitics, and the critique of technological society, the paper highlights how labor, while remaining the material foundation of society, is progressively deprived of its emancipatory function and subordinated to the logic of profit and algorithmic control. Job insecurity, the fragmentation of collective relations, the weakening of trade unions, and the growing dependence on digital platforms generate new forms of economic, social, and psychological alienation. The study also explores the relationship between labor, migration, environmental crisis, and technological transformation, showing how contemporary biocapitalism extends its domination not only over material production but also over the management of data, behaviors, and everyday life. Particular attention is devoted to the condition of younger generations and the spread of the gig economy, interpreted as an emblematic paradigm of neoliberal flexibility and algorithmic subordination of labor. The article concludes by emphasizing the need to restore the social and democratic value of labor, reaffirming the centrality of human dignity, collective solidarity, and social justice.
Keywords: Gig economy, Biocapitalism, Labor precarization, Alienation, Neoliberal globalization
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 5Il lavoro nel Fantastico e nella FantascienzaFilippo [Jedifil] Rossi
saggista
This article offers a critical reading of work through three major narrative universes of fantasy and science fiction: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, Frank Herbert’s Dune Imperium, and the galaxy of Star Wars. The Elves, the Spice Melange, and the productive machinery of the Galactic Empire are interpreted as metaphors for three different forms of the subordination of human activity: conservation, the maintenance of a systemic flow, and coercion. Drawing on Marx’s theory of alienation, Hannah Arendt’s distinction between labor, work, and action, Self-Determination Theory, and contemporary analyses of the performance society, the article challenges the identification of human value with productivity and remuneration. Its focus shifts from the quantity of work to the relationship between the subject, the activity, and its purpose, distinguishing effort from alienation and intrinsic motivation from external reward. Work is thus reconsidered in its necessary dimension without being treated as the comprehensive measure of human existence. The article ultimately argues for the preservation of spaces for life, creativity, relationships, contemplation, and activities not subordinated to monetization, while questioning the meaning of time liberated by technology and the possibility of a different hierarchy of social values.
Keywords: work; alienation; productivity; fantasy; science fiction
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 6Vico e la crisi della modernitàManuela SannaCNRThis article examines Giambattista Vico’s reflection on the crisis of modernity, tracing its roots in the complex cultural and political environment of seventeenth – and eighteenth-century Naples and, in particular, in his confrontation with Cartesianism and the new forms of scientific knowledge disseminated through the Neapolitan academies. It argues that Vico’s criticism is not directed against modern science as such, but against the claim that knowledge can be grounded in intuitive evidence, abstraction, and the separation of cognitive faculties. Against the Cartesian paradigm, Vico develops a conception of knowledge based on the verum-factum, inventio, and the cooperation of memory, imagination, and ingenuity. From this perspective, myth, language, symbols, and technology constitute original and creative forms through which human beings construct the civil world. Particular attention is devoted to the relationship between imagination and technology: the instrumenta that enable the transition from savagery to civilization are products of human ingenuity, yet they may become sources of impoverishment when homo faber is reduced to a mere homo technicus. Vico’s critique of modernity thus emerges as an internal critique of modernity itself, one that recognizes its scientific and inventive drive while preserving the historical, symbolic, and social dimensions of knowledge.
Keywords: Giambattista Vico; crisis of modernity; verum-factum; imagination; technology.
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 7Intelligenza Artificiale e lavoroDario De LeonardisIndependent Researcher, Social Media e Web marketerThis paper examines the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the world of work through an interdisciplinary critical review of recent institutional reports, peer-reviewed literature and primary regulatory sources. It addresses a central paradox in the current debate: while the adoption of generative AI is rapidly increasing, measurable productivity gains at the aggregate level remain limited and public discourse continues to oscillate between expectations of mass job replacement and technological optimism.
The analysis is organised into seven thematic areas covering macroeconomic dynamics and governance, organisational changes associated with the emergence of workslop, psychological and cognitive effects, sector-specific transformations in healthcare, manufacturing, public administration and media, gender inequalities in automation exposure, the productivity paradox, and possible labour-market scenarios to 2030. Throughout the paper, quantitative evidence is discussed by referring to primary institutional sources and recent empirical research.
Rather than proposing deterministic predictions, the study offers an integrated interpretative framework that connects evidence across three analytical levels — individual tasks, organisations and the economic system — and discusses how verification costs, organisational adaptation and cognitive offloading may help explain the discrepancy between task-level efficiency gains and limited aggregate productivity effects. The paper concludes that AI is primarily reshaping work activities rather than eliminating occupations and argues that governance, reskilling policies and continuous monitoring will play a decisive role in determining future labour-market outcomes.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Future of Work; AI Governance; Automation; Cognitive Offloading.
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Invited paper 8Epistemologia del Segno in Comics&ScienceRoberto Natalini e Andrea PlazziCNR + Comics & ScienceThis paper examines Comics&Science, a project of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) that originated in 2012 at the intersection of scientific research, comics, and popular culture, from an epistemological perspective. Its central claim is that comics should not be regarded merely as an effective tool for science communication, but also as a form of knowledge production and representation, insofar as graphic signs can model reality by selecting and making communicable some of its essential features. Starting from the relationship between object, sign, and model, the paper explores how scientific concepts and practices can be translated into narrative through a plurality of genres and expressive strategies, ranging from humour and satire to autofiction, fantasy, biography, and speculative narratives. The analysis discusses, among other examples, works by Silver, Leo Ortolani, Zerocalcare, Licia Troisi, Giuseppe Palumbo, and Tuono Pettinato, as well as comics devoted to figures such as Vito Volterra and Leonardo Fibonacci and to emerging scientific challenges. Particular attention is devoted to the relationship between entertainment and scientific rigour. Rather than relying on reductive simplification, Comics&Science adopts an editorial model in which narrative freedom and scientific depth coexist, assigning comics the role of an “epistemological gateway” capable of stimulating curiosity, creating interpretive contexts, and expanding the reader’s view of reality. The paper ultimately presents Comics&Science as a laboratory for science communication in which graphic signs, storytelling, and the passion for knowledge contribute to a shared understanding of science as a human, critical, and exploratory practice.
Keywords: Comics&Science; science communication; epistemology; comics; sign; modelling; science popularization; popular culture; scientific storytelling.
Editorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 1RECENSIONE 1 call7

Recensione di Davide Orlandi a “La Consegna”
Davide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 2RECENSIONE 2 call7

Recensione di Davide Orlandi a “Quando abbiamo smesso di capire il mondo”
Davide OrlandiUniversidad de GranadaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 3Recensione 3, call 7

Recensione di Stefania Lombardi a Quanto vale la conoscenza. Cinque lezioni per la ricerca del futuro, Maria Chiara Carrozza
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 4Recensione 4 Call 7

La conoscenza senza patria? Epistemologia, universalità e pluralità nel sapere umano Recensione di Stefania Lombardi ad Andrea Bonaccorsi, The Knowledge of Humanities. A Comparative Epistemology of Historiography, Literary Criticism, History…
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 5Recensione 5 call 7

Quando il lavoro resiste al controllo. Raffaello Torraco e il passaggio dal fare all’essere Recensione di Stefania Lombardi a Raffaello Torraco, Agile Remoto: Dal Fare all’Essere. Oltre gli strumenti, verso le persone
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 6Recensione 6, call 7

Abitare il margine dell’evidenza. Mario Guarna e la filosofia del non-escludere Recensione di Stefania Lombardi a Mario Guarna, L’oscura evidenza. In prossimità di Eraclito
Stefania LombardiCNR (+ Università europea di Roma)No abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)
Recensione 7Recensione 7, call 7

Recensione di Ilaria Belvedere a Salvatore Grandone, RITROVA TE STESSO CON PLATONE. Filosofie per essere felici
Ilaria BelvedereIMT LuccaNo abstractus foreseen for book reviewsEditorially reviewed (at least 2)