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Mind, Brain and Reasoning

Dottorati
Doctoral programme (PhD)
A.Y. 2020/2021
Study area
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Doctoral programme (PhD)
3
Years
Dipartimento di Filosofia Piero Martinetti - Via Festa del Perdono 7 - 20122 Milano
English
Course objectives
Over the past decade, the University of Milan has developed expertise and produced high-level research across philosophy, logic and cognitive science. Since innovative research requires the integration of interdisciplinary skills, this new PhD programme will offer training in analytical philosophy and epistemology combined with theoretical reflection and experimental practice. The programme is aimed at young researchers who intend to study the foundations of human cognition using a multidisciplinary approach.
Tutte le lauree magistrali - All classes of master's degree
Dipartimento di Filosofia Piero Martinetti - Via Festa del Perdono 7 - 20122 Milano
Title Professor(s)
Consciousness; Sleep; Neural Stimulation and Complexity.
Bello Lorenzo
Casarotto Silvia
Cerri Gabriella
C. Hoerl
Massimini Marcello
Rosanova Mario Carmine Emiliano
Sarasso Simone
Sinigaglia Corrado
G. Tononi
Motor System; Brain Plasticity; Neuromodulation; Language.
Bello Lorenzo
Cavallari Paolo
Cerri Gabriella
Lucchiari Claudio
Rosanova Mario Carmine Emiliano
Sinigaglia Corrado
Social Cognition; Cooperation and Coordination; Joint Action.
S. Butterfill
Guglielmetti Chiara
Guala Francesco
F. Hindriks
R. Moore
Sinigaglia Corrado
Individual Decisions; Social and Group Decisions.
Guala Francesco
Guglielmetti Chiara
Lucchiari Claudio
Hosni Hykel
Metaphysics; Scientific and Folk Ontologies.
Borghini Andrea
Dohrn Daniel Harald Joachim
F. Guala
Guardo Andrea
F. Hindriks
C. Hoerl
M. Nathan
J. Tallant
Torrengo Giuliano
Perception; Categorisation; Creativity; Language.
Borghini Andrea
Calabi Clotilde
Dohrn Daniel Harald Joachim
Guardo Andrea
Lucchiari Claudio
Spinicci Paolo
Torrengo Giuliano
G. Tononi
Zucchi Alessandro
Logic for Practical Reasoning; Philosophical Logic.
D'Agostino Marcello
Dohrn Daniel Harald Joachim
Hosni Hykel
Primiero Giuseppe
Computation; Probability; Logic for Artificial Intelligence.
D'Agostino Marcello
Hosni Hykel
S. Modgil
Primiero Giuseppe
A. Zamansky

Courses list

December 2020
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Topics in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics
3 16 English
January 2021
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Topics in Logic, Probability and Computation
3 16 English
February 2021
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Topics in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognition
3 16 English
Optional
Plato's and Anassagora's Ontologies: Forms, Objects and the Relation Od Participation
4 20 Italian
March 2021
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
3 16 English
April 2021
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Optional
The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Team Dynamics and Effectiveness in Research Teams
4 20 English
June 2021
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Optional
Designing a Research Project in Philosophy: Strategies and Challenges
3 15 Italian
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Optional
Introduction to Data Science for the Humanities
3 15 Italian