Patrizia Pedrini

CONTACT: patpedrini AT gmail DOT com  Dipartimento di Filosofia Via Bolognese, 52 50139 Firenze

PRESENT POSITION

• Research Fellow, Dept of Philosophy, University of Florence, Italy
• Assistant Fellow, College of Letters and Philosophy, University of Modena & Reggio-Emilia (Italy)

ACADEMIC HISTORY

• Senior Research Fellow funded by the Mensa Society 2011 
• Fixed-Term Professor, University of Rijeka, Dept of Philosophy, Fall 2011
• Research  Fellow, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Florence (Italy), 1st July 2009-30th June 2011
• Fixed-Term Professor, University of Rijeka, Dept of Philosophy, Fall 2010
• Two-year Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York, New York (USA), 20th August 2009-31st July 2011 
• Collaborator, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Florence (Italy), 2007- 30^th June 2009
• Lecturer in Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Lorenzo de' Medici International Academic Institute (Florence), 2007-2009

• University of Florence (Italy), Ph.D. in Philosophy, Dissertation: Epistemologia dell'autoconoscenza (Epistemology of Self-Knowledge), 22nd May 2007.
• University of Stirling (Scotland), Master of Letters in "Knowledge & Mind" with one year studentship, 27th January 2006.
• University of Florence (Italy), B.A., M.A. Laurea Summa Cum Laude. Thesis: Paradossi dell'irrazionalità: il tema dell'autoinganno nella filosofia analitica contemporanea (Paradoxes of Irrationality: Self-Deception in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy), 12th July 2002.
• Liceo Ginnasio “F. Cicognini”, Prato (Italy),  Diploma di Maturità Classica, 60/60, 17th July 1995. 

AREAS OF SPECIALISATION

Philosophy of Psychology, Moral Psychology, Ethics 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Epistemology, Metaphysics 

PUBLICATIONS

Books in Italian

• Patrizia Pedrini, L’autoinganno. Che cos’è e come funziona, Laterza Roma-Bari, Jan 2013.
• Patrizia Pedrini, Prima persona. Epistemologia dell'autoconoscenza (First Person. Epistemology of Self-Knowledge), ETS, Pisa 2009

 Articles in English 

1. “Rescuing the ‘Loss-of-Agency’ Account of Thought Insertion”, Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, forthcoming.
2. “The Freedom of Judging”, Iris. European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate, III, 6: 2011. pp. 37-53.
3. “What Does the Self-Deceiver Want?”, in The Philosophy of Self-Deception, HumanaMente Journal, 20: 2012, pp. 141-157. 
4. “Introduction to The Philosophy of Self-Deception", HumanaMente Journal, 20: 2012, III-VIII.
5.  “Cognition and Desires: How to Solve the ‘Selectivity Problem’ for Self-Deception”, Pratiche della cognizione, Proceedings of the AISC2010, Italian Society for Cognitive Sciences, 2010, pp. 131-135.
6. "Science and Common Sense Cognition", in MIRRORS website, enhanced by University of Catania webpage, director Prof. Franco Coniglione; trad. it. "Scienza e cognizione di senso comune", see "Articles in Italian".
7. "Sensitive to Norms, Caused by Reasons", in  Symposium on Alan Millar, Understanding People, Vol. 6. N. 1, 2007, http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/swifpmr.htm
8. "Self-Deception: What Is It To Blame After All?", Annali di Filosofia: Nuova Serie XI 2006: 147-179, Florence  University Press

 Articles in Italian

1. “Autoinganno selettivo”, Sistemi Intelligenti, forthcoming 
2. “Sul fallimento dell’autorità in prima persona”, Atque, forthcoming
3. Afterword to Gallagher, S. & Zahavi, M., La mente fenomenologica, Cortina, Milano 2009 (trans. Patrizia Pedrini)
4. "Scienza e cognizione di senso comune", in Nello specchio della scienza. Ricerca scientifica e politiche nella società della conoscenza, a cura di Francesco Coniglione, Bruno Mondadori, 2009, pp. 150-167 (proceedings of the first workshop of the two year EU project MIRRORS, University of Catania).
5. "Teatro cartesiano o spettatore cartesiano? Autoconoscenza e razionalità in Donald Davidson", in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 42, XVII, ago. 2004, pp. 325-335.  

Critical Reviews in Italian

1. Giovanni Stanghellini, Psicopatologia del senso comune, Cortina 2007 nuova edizione, in Medicina & Storia n. 14-2007, pp. 134-136.
2. Armando Massarenti, Il lancio del nano e altri esercizi di filosofia minima, Guanda, 2006, in Epistemologia, 39 (2007), n. 1, pp. 190-1.
3. Duncan Pritchard, What Is This Thing Called Knowledge?, Routledge, 2007, Epistemologia, 30 (2007), n. 2, pp. 367-369.
4. J. Fodor, Hume Variations, Sito Web per la Filosofia Italiana, November 2005, web-link: http://lgxserve.ciseca.uniba.it/lei/archivio/filearchiviati/recensioni/swirt_mind.pdf
5. Marraffa, 2003, Filosofia della psicologia, Laterza (Roma - Bari), in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 41, XVII, apr. 2004, pp. 236-237.
6. H. Fingarette, 2000, Self-Deception, University of California Press (Berkeley & Los Angeles), in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 39, XVI, ago. 2003, pp. 404-406

 Survey articles

• Patrizia Pedrini, “Autoconoscenza”, in AphEx. Portale Italiano di Filosofia Analitica, www.aphex.it  ISSN: 2036-9972, N. 4. Giugno 2011.
• "Autoinganno", 2003, su SWIF (Sito Web Italiano di Filosofia),  http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/topics/autoinganno.htm

WORK IN PROGRESS

Invited works:

• “Autoinganno”, on-line resource on self-deception 
• “Il valore dell’autoconoscenza”, paper for a collected volume on moral psychology 

 Works under review:

• on agency and thought insertion 

• on von Hippel’s and Trivers’ account of deception and self-deception
• on a dynamic theory of self-deception 
• on the failure of first-person authority 

Book proposals in English:

• The Unconceivable Life. An Essay on Self-Deception
• Love and Its Reason
• Self-Interpreting Self-Knowers
• Moral Interest and the Extreme Limits of our Moral Inquiry

Book proposals in Italian:

• Viaggio ai confini della paura 

 EDITORSHIP OF COLLECTED VOLUMES AND SPECIAL ISSUES

1. The Philosophy of Self-Deception, HumanaMente Journal, 20: 2012 (printed by ETS, Pisa; printed version forthcoming).
2. Forum on "Contemporary Anti-Scepticism", in Iris. Philosophy and Public Debate, FUP, I.2. Contributed papers by Tim Black, Mario De Caro, John Greco, Duncan Pritchard. 
3. Symposium on Alan Millar, Understanding People: Normativity and Rationalizing Explanation, Oxford: Clarendon Press 2004, edited by Patrizia Pedrini, in SWIF (Servizio Web Italiano di Filosofia), Vol. 6. N. 1, 2007 (http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/swifpmr.htm). Contributors: Alan Millar (University of Stirling), Paul Noordhof (University of York), Adrian Haddock (University of Stirling), Mario De Caro (University of Rome 3), Simone Gozzano (University of L'Aquila), Patrizia Pedrini (University of Florence).
    

INVITED LECTURES, TALKS, COLLOQUIA

1. Invited lecture, “Love and Its Reasons”, at University “Statale” in Milan, date to be announced. 
2. Invited lecture on self-deception at La Spezia (Italy), November 3, 2012, at the Mensa Annual Meeting
3. Invited lecture on “C’era una volta la paura. Origine e controllo cognitivo delle emozioni di paura”, Eumeswil Meeting, Firenze, 31st March 2012 (not attended)
4. Invited Colloquium at the University of Perugia (Italy), “Che fai, ti autoinganni?”
5. Invited senior lecture at the University of Rijeka, 10th November 2011, “What Does the Self-Deceiver Want?”
6. Invited 6 hours seminar on Self-Knowledge at the University of Arezzo-Siena, Italy, 2011 (not attended) 
7. Invited talk at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, 11 November 2010, “On the Failure of Authority”
8. Invited colloquium at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 23 April, 2010, "The Freedom of Judging"
9. Invited Senior Lecture at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Rijeka, Croatia, 17 Dec. 2009, "The Freedom of Judging"
10. University of Catania (Italy), 1^st workshop of EU project "MIRRORS: Philosophy, Sciences, Society", 30^th May 2008, "Science and common sense cognition"
11. Autoinganno, irresistibilità del credere e non contraddittorietà del sé, University of Siena, April 20^th 2008, workshop on the Multiple Uses of the Self, Dept. of Philosophy

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS 

1. “Self-Deception, Deception, and Self-Enhancement. Getting Their Relationships Right”, SIFA 2012, Alghero, 13-15 Sept. 2012
2. “Self-Interpreting Self-Knowers”, EENM, Bologna, 28-30 June 2012 (cancelled)
3. “What Does the Self-Deceivers Want?”, ESAP, European Conference of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP), Milan 1-6 September 2011. 
4. “Cognition and Desires: How To Solve the ‘Selectivity Problem’ for Self-Deception”, AISC2010, Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive, Trento, 2-3 December 2010
5.  “Mental Agency Without Mental Actions”, SIFA Meeting 2010, Padua, 23-25 September 2010
6. “Self-Knowledge and the Intellectualised Picture of Mind”, presented at the Sixth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP), Krakow 21-26 August 2008, for section 7. Philosophy of Mind
7.  “Self-Deception and the Appropriateness of Blame”, University of Rijeka, Croatia, 30th May 2009 (accepted but not attended). 
8. “Self-Consciousness, Self-Knowledge, and Self-Understanding: Normativism in Philosophy of Mind and the Dialogue with the Cognitive Science”, SILFS (Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Mind), Milan, October 2007 (accepted but not attended).  
9. “Self-Knowledge, Agential Stance, and the Risk of Intellectualism”, accepted and presented at the 7th SIFA Meeting (Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy), “Brain, Persons, and Society”, Sept. 2006.  

HONOURS

• Special Mention at the Siracusa National Prize of Philosophy, 8th edition, Ph.D. dissertation section, 2007.
• Siracusa Prize of Philosophy -5th Edition, degree dissertation section, 2004

VISITING SCHOLARSHIP

• Appointed as a Two-year Visiting Scholar to Columbia University in the City of New York (USA), 20 august 2009 through 31 July 2011.

STUDENTSHIP

• University of Florence, three-year studentship for Ph.D. programm, 2003-2005
• University of Stirling, one-year studentship for Master Programm, 2004-2005

GRANTS

• Grant for participating to the International Summer School in Philosophy "Reference to Objects", Oléron (Francia), organized by Institute Jean Nicod (Paris).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Editorial boards 

• Philosophical Inquiry
• Bibliographer for Società Italiana per lo studio dei rapporti tra Scienza e Letteratura - SISL (Italian Society for studies about the relationships between science and literature), 2006-present
• Iride. Filosofia e Discussione Pubblica, 2007-2012
• Iris: European Journal of Philosophy and Public Debate, 2008-2012
• The New York Review of Books- La Rivista dei Libri, 2006-2007
• EU Project "MIRRORS", University of Catania (Italy), Contributor

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Philosophical Association (APA)
• European Society for Analytic Philosophy (ESAP)
• Società Italiana di Filosofia Analitica (SIFA)
• Società Italiana per lo Studio dei rapporti tra Scienza e Letteratura (SISL) 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• at: University of Rijeka, Croatia, Doctoral Program, Course Survey on Ethical theory, Fall 2011.
• at: University of Rijeka, Croatia, Doctoral Program, Course Self-Deception and Motivated Irrationality, Fall 2010
• at: Lorenzo de' Medici Academic Institute, Course Introduction to Philosophy, summer 2009
• at: Lorenzo de' Medici Academic Institute, Course Psychology: A Philosophical Investigation, Spring 2009
• at: Lorenzo de' Medici Academic Institute, Course Psychology: A Philosophical Investigation, Fall 2008
• at: Lorenzo de' Medici Academic Institute, Course Introduction to Philosophy, Summer-Fall 2008
• at: Lorenzo de' Medici Academic Institute, Course From Plato to Machiavelli. Introduction to Political Philosophy, Fall 2008
• at: University of Florence, Dept. of Philosophy, Course McDowell's Mind and World, seminar Spring 2007

TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH INTO ITALIAN

1. S. Gallagher & D. Zahavi, The Phenomenological Mind. An Introduction to Philosoophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Routledge, 2008, Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2009
2. Millar, review on Naturalism in Question, Mario de Caro and David Macarthur (eds.), Harvard University Press, 2004, in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 48, XIX, agosto 2006: 409, trad. it. Patrizia Pedrini.
3. Bilgrami, 2004, "Autoconoscenza, intenzionalità e normatività", in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 42, XVII, ago. 2004, pp.305-324 (originally unpublished), trad. it. Patrizia Pedrini.
4. J. Haldane 2004, "La filosofia contemporanea della mente e il bisogno di tomismo analitico", in Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica, 43, XVII, dic. 2004, pp. 619-629 (original unpublished), trad. it. Patrizia Pedrini.
5. D. Davidson, "The Third Man", orig. in Critical Inquiry, 19, summer 1993, forthcoming  in the exhibition guide to Robert Morris, edited by Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea "L. Pecci" (Prato), trad. it. Patrizia Pedrini.