MARIO GRAZIANO CURRICULUM VITAE & LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Date of birth: March 1, 1975 Birthplace: Palermo, ITALY Home address: Via N. Macchiavelli, 17, 90011 Bagheria (PA),ITALY. University address: Dept. of Cognitive Sciences, Educational and Cultural Studies University of Messina, Italy Via Concezione 6-8, Messina email: mgraziano@unime.it cellular phone : +39-338-570-5830 Education M.A.: in Philosophy, University of Palermo,Italy, 2001. PhD: PhD in Philosophy of language,at FIERI, Department of Philosophy, History, and Critique of Knowledge, University of Palermo,Italy,2008. Post-doctoral position at the Department of Cognitive Science, University of Messina, Italy, 2010. Specialization schools January 2008. Training schools in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science, University of Rome. Academic Positions March 2011: Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Messina (Italy). 1
October 2011: Lecturer in Game Theory and Decision with a degree in cognitive science Department of Cognitive Science, education and cultural studies of Messina. October 2011: Lecturer of the course of Neuromarketing and game theory at the degree course in Communication Sciences Department of Cognitive Science, education and cultural studies of Messina. October 2011: Lecturer of the course at the Neuromarketing Bachelor of Cultural Tourism in the department of cognitive science, education and cultural studies of Messina. From October 2008 to September 2009: Adjunct Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the graduate program in Philosophy and History of Ideas at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of Palermo. From September 2008 to October 2009: Adjunct Professor of Advanced Neuromarketing, at the specialist degree course in Theory of Communication and Languages of the Faculty of Education in Messina. From September 2008 to October 2009: Adjunct Professor of Neuromarketing, at the threeyear degree in Communication Sciences from the Faculty of Education of Messina and the Master of Science degree in Communication Sciences from the Faculty of Education of Priolo (SR). From October 2009: Member of the College Ph.D. in Cognitive Science at the University of Messina. From October 2008: Teaching assistant in Economics at the Bachelor degree program degree in Communication Sciences from the Faculty of Education in Messina. From November 2007 to October 2008: Adjunct Professor of Neuromarketing, at the graduate program in Cognitive Science at the Faculty of Education in Messina. From March 2008: Member of the Board of a degree in Communication Sciences and Cognitive Science (as co-rapporteur or a thesis), Faculty of Education in Messina. From October 2007: Member of the Boards of Biology exams communication, language theory, semiotics of marketing advertising, Faculty of Education in Messina. From June 2007: Member of the organizing secretary of CODISCO, Conference of Italian and foreign doctorates of Cognitive Science. From November 2006: Teaching assistant in philosophy of mind at the Faculty of Education of Messina (Chair Prof. Pietro Perconti). From September 2006: Submitted in the research program PRA-MIUR-2006/2007 The naturalization of self-knowledge (Scientific Coordinator Prof. Pietro Perconti code: ORME07T7H4). Abstract of the research program: The naturalization of the mind in recent decades has been a research area rapidly expanding, both in terms of development of scientific theories about the individual cognitive processes from the point of view of the consideration of the influence such theories have on the intuitive notion of human nature. In this perspective, the collaboration between philosophy, on the one hand, and neuroscience, psychology, computer science and anthropology, on the other hand, is one of the more advanced forms that cognitive science has recently taken. The philosophy of mind has thus moved its attention from the traditional relationship between the mind and the environment to the problem of the relationship of psychological processes with the same mind that processes them and puts them in place. This new research direction is shown by the new consciousness studies which have focused on those who investigate the functioning of perception, intentionality, and memory. The great mass of data available in these areas is now being used to try to provide an adequate explanation of how it performs in the elevation of the human mind that leads to the 2
emergence of cognitive abilities and self-consciousness. Most scholars investigating the nature of the mind recognized that the explanation of the phenomenon of consciousness is the hardest obstacle to overcome in order to reach the first goal. The naturalization of self-knowledge, especially of knowledge, represents the new frontier of a debate that is primarily concerned with the problem of the emergence of the mind from the physical substance of the nervous system. This issue is dedicated to the research project presented here. Areas of interest I studied history of philosophy, philosophy and history of science, in particular: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of the mind, political philosophty and logic. I have taught courses on Introduction to Philosophy of science, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Methodology of the Social Sciences. Other Professional Positions and Activities Member, Italian Society of Philosophy of science Member, Italian Society of Philosophy of language Member of the Executive Commitee of the Codisco (Coordination PhD in cognitive science) Editor of the philosophical website Reti (http://scef.unime.it/journal/index.php/xex/index). Languages Italian, English, French. Hobbies and interests Movies, art, classical music, bridge, literature. Lectures and conference papers 3
June 2011:Invited paper on Matematica e scienze cognitive, Società italiana di filosofia del linguaggio, Università degli studi di Roma. March 2011: Invited speaker at the Workshop Mathematics cognitive, V International Congress Italy -Russia, Ascoli Piceno. March 2011: Invited paper on Decision-making and game theory, V International Congress Italy -Russia, Ascoli Piceno. January 2010: Invited speaker at the workshop with David Freedberg, University of Messina. June 2009: Invited speaker at the Workschop with Douglas R. Hofstadter, Codisco, Noto. April 2009: Invited speaker at the Conference Sed Contra. Linguaggio e scienze cognitive, Noto January 2009: Invited speaker at the Workschop with Vittorio Gallese, I Neuroni specchio, Università degli studi di Messina. June 2008: Invited paper on Esistono differenze di genere nelle abilità matematiche?, Convegno di Scienze Cognitive, Noto May 2008: Invited speaker at the conference A Realist Philosophy of Mathematics, University of Messina April 2008: Invited speaker at the Workshop with Dan Sperber (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris) Theories of relevance - Imitation and Simulation, University of Messina. February 2008: Invited speaker at the Workshop with Ned Block (NYU) Philosophy and Neuroscience, University of Messina. June 2007: Invited paper on Il ruolo del linguaggio nella cognizione matematica, Convegno di Scienze Cognitive, Noto December 2005: Invited paper on Teorie semantiche lessicali e dati sperimentali, Istituto Banfi di Reggio Emilia. 4
November 2004: Invited paper on Introduzione al Neuromarketing, Università di Messina June 2004: Invited paper on Modelli per lo studio del deficit linguistico e mentale, Convegno di Scienze Cognitive, Priolo. PUBLICATIONS Volumes Authored. 1) La mente del consumatore. Introduzione al Neuromarketing, Aracne, Roma 2010. 2) Pitagorici si nasce. L origine naturale del sapere matematico, Aracne, Roma 2010. Edited. 1) Filosofia e scienza. Prospettive di convergenza e questioni emergenti, Reti: Rivista del Dipartimento di scienze cognitive, della formazione e degli studi culturali. Articles and essays 1) Choices and rationality in economic models: a multidisciplinary analysis, MPRA Paper n.31910, University Library of Munich, Germany http:// mpra.ub.unimunchen.de/31910/. 2) Hands, elbow, four. Body, numbers and the transitive counting, Rifl (ISSN:2036-6728 doi:10.4396/20100403), Rivista Italiana di filosofia del linguaggio, 2, 4-21, 2010. 3) L influenza del linguaggio e della cultura: l esempio cinese, Rescogitans. Sito di filosofia applicata (www.rescogitans.it) (ISSN1828-7778), Marzo 2010. 5
4) A metà strada tra marketing e neuroscienze: il Neuromarketing. Atti del III Convegno CODISCO Serie: I linguaggi delle scienze cognitive, a cura di F. Parisi e M. Primo, Roma, Corisco, (ISBN 978-88-88325-16-3) 2010, 324-328. 5) Dal costruttivismo all innatismo. Le scienze cognitive e la matematica elementare, Lettera Matematica Pristem, Springer, 2009, 73, 53-64. 6) Numeri nella mente, Rescogitans. Sito di filosofia applicata (www.rescogitans.it) (ISSN1828-7778), Maggio 2009. 7) Acalculia, modularità e studi neuropsicologici, in Quaderni di ricerca in Didattica, a cura del G.R.I.M., Dipartimento di Matematica di Palermo, 2009, 19, 31-43. 8) Numeri, linguaggio e studi antropologici, Rescogitans. Sito di filosofia applicata (www.rescogitans.it) (ISSN 1828-7778), Gennaio 2009. 9) Esistono differenze di genere nelle abilità matematiche? (con D. Bruni), in Cervello, linguaggio, società. Atti del convegno 2008 del CODISCO, a cura di V. Cardella e D. Bruni, Corisco, (ISBN: 978-88-88325-15-6) 2009, 465-471. 10) Il ruolo del linguaggio nella cognizione matematica, in Cultura, evoluzione, simulazione. Atti del convegno 2007 del CODISCO, a cura di A. Falzone e M. Campochiaro, Corisco, (ISBN: 978-88-88325-12-5) 2008, 379-382.. 6