Prof. Corrado Sinigaglia

Professore Straordinario di Logica e Filosofia della Scienza

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Work address

Università degli Studi di Milano
Dipartimento di Filosofia
via Festa del Perdono, 7
20122 - Milano
Italy

Ricevimento Studenti

About me

I am Full Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science. I have been at University of Milan since 2001 when I was appointed a researcher there. Before that I studied at the Husserl-Archives of Leuven (1992-1993), at the Ecole Normale Superiéure of Paris (1994), and at the University of Genova (1995-1999), where I obtained my PhD in Philosophy of Science.

Fields of research: Cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind. I'm currently working on the role of action in social cognition, and I have defended a motor approach to intentionality. Here you can find my CV and some reviews of my books.

Research Projects

THE SOCIAL SELF. SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROSCIENCE AND PHILOSPHY OF MIND - Alghero 20-27 September 2009. List of faculty: S. Aglioti, J. Bermudez, G. Currie, S. Gallagher, V. Galllese, P. Hobson, J. Hobson, M. Mameli, A. Meltzoff, G. Northoff, V. Redy, B. Smith, N. Sebanz, K. Sterelny.

CONSCIOUSNESS IN A NATURAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT The EUROCORES Programme CNCC means to offer a platform for interdisciplinary research on the nature, origins, and dynamics of consciousness. ESF Conference: Self and Other in Social Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind (Alghero, 26-28 October 2008).

ESF EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP: MIRROR NEURONS AND SOCIAL COGNITION Speakers: J. Call, J.P. Changeux, G. Csibra, M. Gazzaniga, A. Goldman, P. Haggard, R. Hari, M. Hauser, D. Hutto, P. Jacob, M. Jeannerod, C. Keysers, W. Prinz, G. Rizzolatti, T. Singer, C. Sinigaglia, R. Viale.

INTENTIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND SOCIAL COGNITION: NEURAL BASIS, BIOLOGICAL MODELS, AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES(PRIN 2007) - Local Supervisor: Corrado Sinigaglia. General Supervisor: Dietelmo Pievani.

ACTION REPRESENTATIONS AND THEIR IMPAIRMENT Neuroscience Programme sponsored by Compagnia San Paolo. The aim of the project is to investigate the cortical action organisation in humans from both a functional and computational point of view, elucidating its role in intention understanding as well as in related impairments, with special reference to autism.

CENSES Center for the Study of the Senses Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The Center will run a series of seminars covering recent philosophical and neuroscientific research on the nature of our sensory systems (multisensory integration and cross-modal influences, sense of agency and bodily ownership, sensory deficits, sensory extensions and sensory substitutions, the cognitive penetrability and individuation of the senses).

THE KNOWLEDGE & ACTION LAB (KAL) - JORISS (JOINT RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY) The general goal of the Knowledge & Action Lab is to foster research in the area of the theory of scientific knowledge, traditionally designated as philosophy of science or epistemology. The Lab will take as a main axis for its investigations the problem of the relations between knowledge and action, and therefore, between the theory of knowledge and the theory of action.

NEUROPHILOSOPHY The main aim of Neurophilosophy is to foster research in both philosophy and brain science. It will run a series of lectures and seminars covering various fields of research such as philosophy of mind, psychology, cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience.

MORE GEOMETRICO More Geometrico is an interdisciplinary research group devoted to the investigation of the increasingly fundamental role played by geometrical and topological methods and ideas in physics, life sciences and cognitive neuroscience.

Links

Action Lab, University of California Santa Barbara

Body Representation Laboratory, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birbeck University of London

Centre for Situated Action and Communication, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth

Centre d'Epistémologie des Sciences Cognitives, Ecole Normale Superiéure de Lyon

Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, CNRS de Lyon

Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurophysiology, University of Parma

Department of Neuroscience and Imaging University G. d'Annunzio

Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

ITAB - Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies University G. d'Annunzio

Teaching

2011-2012

2010-2011

Latest papers & books

S. Butterfill & C. Sinigaglia (2012) Intention and motor representation in purposive action. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (in press)

E. Ambrosini, M. Costantini, C. Sinigaglia (2012) Out of your hand’s reach, out of my eyes’ reach. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. (in press).

G. Rizzolatti & C. Sinigaglia (2012) Understanding action from the inside. In W. Prinz, M. Beisert & A. Herwig (eds) Tutorials in Action Science. MIT Press, Cambdridge Mass. (in press).

V. Gallese & C. Sinigaglia (2012) Cognition in action: A new look at the motor system. In H. Terrace (ed.) Joint Attention and Agency. Oxford University Press, Oxford (in press).

P. Cardellicchio, C. Sinigaglia & M. Constantini (2012) Grasping affordances with the other's hand. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (in press).

C. Sinigaglia (2012) Seeing with the hands. In F. Paglieri (ed) Consciousness in interaction: the role of the natural and social context in shaping consciousness. John Benjamins, Amsterdam: 225-235.

M. Costantini, C. Sinigaglia (2012) Grasping affordance: A window onto social cognition. In A. Seeman (ed.) Joint Attention: New Developments in Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and Social Neuroscience. MIT Press, Cambridge Mass.: 431-470.

M. Costantini, E. Ambrosini, C. Sinigaglia (2011) Tie my hands, tie my eyes. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print].

V. Gallese & C. Sinigaglia (2011) Response to de Bruin and Gallagher: Embodied simulation as resue is a productive explanation of a basic form of mind-reading. Trends in Cognitive Science, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2011.12.002

V. Gallese, C. Sinigaglia (2011) What is so special about embodied simulation? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15 (11): 512-519.

V. Gallese, C. Sinigaglia (2011) How the body in action shapes the self. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 18, 7-8: 117-143.

C. Sinigaglia, G. Rizzolatti (2011) Through the looking glass: Self and others. Consciousness and Cognition, 20: 64-74.

E. Ambrosini, M. Constantini & C. Sinigaglia (2011) Grasping with the eyes. Journal of Neurophysiology, Jun 8 [Epub ahead of print].

M. Costantini, E. Ambrosini, C. Sinigaglia & V. Gallese (2011) Tool-use observation makes far objects ready-to-hand.Neuropsychologia, 49(9):2658-2563.

M. Costantini, G. Committeri, C. Sinigaglia (2011) Ready to your and my hands: Mapping the action space of others, PLoS ONE (4): e17923. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017923

P. Cardellicchio, C. Sinigaglia, M. Costantini (2011) The space of affordances: A TMS study. Neuropsychologia, 49(5):1369-1372.

C. Sinigaglia, C. Brozzo (2011) The enactive constitution of space. In L. Boi, C. Bartocci & C. Sinigaglia (eds.), New Trends in Geometry: Their Role in the Natural and Life Sciences. Imperial College Press, London (in press).

L. Boi, C. Bartocci & C. Sinigaglia (eds.) (2011) New Trends in Geometry: Their Role in the Natural and Life Sciences. Imperial College Press, London.

C. Sinigaglia (2011) La geometria dei vissuti. Husserl e la "logica" dello spazio. In C. Bartocci e P. Odifreddi, La matematica. Vol. III. Suoni, forme, parole, direzione scientifica di C. Bartocci, Einaudi, Torino: 811-840.

C. Sinigaglia (2011) Specchi nel cervello. In M. Cattaneo (a cura di) Scienziati d'Italia. Centocinquant'anni di ricerca e innovazione. Codice Edizioni, Torino: 187-210.

C. Sinigaglia, M. Costantini (2011) Lo spazio del mio e del tuo corpo. Sistemi Intelligenti, 2: 283-290.

C. Sinigaglia (2010) Mirroring and making sense of others. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 11: 449.

G. Rizzolatti & C. Sinigaglia (2010) The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: Interpretations and misinterpretations. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 11: 264-274.

V. Gallese & C. Sinigaglia (2010) The bodily self as power for action. Neuropsychologia 48: 746-755.

M. Costantini, E. Ambrosini, G. Tieri, C. Sinigaglia, G. Committeri (2010) Where does objects trigger actions? An investigation about affordances in space. Experimental Brain Research: doi 10.1007/s00221-010-2435-8.

S. Ortigue, C. Sinigaglia, G. Rizzolatti, S. T. Grafton (2010) Understanding actions of others: The electrodynamics of the left and right hemispheres. A high-density EEG neuroimaging study. PloS ONE, 5(8): e12160. doi:10.1371.

C. Sinigaglia & L. Sparaci (2010) Emotions in action through the looking glass. Journal of Analytical Psychology 55: 3-29.

C. Sinigaglia (2010) Mirroring & understanding action. In M. Suarez, M. Dorato, M Rédei (eds.) Epsa 07. Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Vol II: Philosophical Issues in the Science Dordrecht, Springer: 227-238.

C. Sinigaglia (2010) Comprensione enattiva e intenzionalità motoria. IN F. Morganti, A. Carassa, G. Riva, Intersoggettività e interazione. Bollati Boringhieri, Torino: 37-58.

M. D'Agostino, G. Giorello, F. Laudisa, T. Pievani & C. Sinigaglia (eds.) (2010) New Trends in Logic and Philosophy of Science. College Publications, London.