CURRICULUM VITAE DR. ANNA BONCOMPAGNI PERSONAL AND CONTACT DETAILS ___________________________________________________________________________ Born: 15 March 1973, Verona, Italy Nationality: Italian email: [email protected] website: https://unifi.academia.edu/AnnaBoncompagni Affiliation: Department of Humanities, University of Florence, Italy AOS: Wittgenstein, Pragmatism AOC: Theoretical Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Psychiatry EDUCATION ___________________________________________________________________________ 2014 (June) – PhD Filosofia e teoria delle scienze umane (Philosophy and Theory of the Human Sciences), University of Roma Tre, Italy. Thesis title: “Il pragmatismo nel tardo Wittgenstein” (“Pragmatism in the Later Wittgenstein”). Supervisor Prof. Rosa M. Calcaterra. Examination committee: Prof. Luigi Perissinotto (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari), Prof. Claude Gautier (ENS Lyon), Prof. Paolo Vinci (University of Rome La Sapienza). 2010 – Laurea specialistica (masters degree) Theoretical Philosophy, University of Florence, 110/110 e lode (full marks with honours). Thesis title: “Il primato dello sguardo. Dire, parlare, mostrare nella filosofia di Wittgenstein” (“The primacy of seeing. Saying, Talking and Showing in Wittgenstein’s Philosophy”). Supervisor prof. Marino Rosso, co-supervisor prof. Roberta Lanfredini. Special Mention at the National Philosophy Award “Viaggio a Siracusa”. 1 OIE Review Page 24 2004 – Perfezionamento (Specialization School) “Scienza e filosofia. Temi di epistemologia generale e applicata” (“Science and Philosophy. Themes in General and Applied Epistemology”), University of Florence. 1998 – Master “Communication and Social Marketing”, Istituto superiore di comunicazione (ISC), Milan. 1998 – Laurea quinquennale (five years degree) Communication Sciences, University of Siena, 110/110 e lode (full marks with honours). Thesis title: “L’economia non profit. Un’interpretazione alla luce della teoria del dono” (“Non-profit Economy. An Interpretation Based on Gift Theory”). Supervisor prof. Maurizio Franzini, co-supervisor prof. Piergiorgio Solinas. Winner of the Fracassi Prize for innovative and interdisciplinary theses, University of Siena. 1991 – Secondary school leaving certificate, Liceo scientifico G. Fracastoro, Verona, 60/60 (full marks). PUBLICATIONS ___________________________________________________________________________ Monographs 2016 – Wittgenstein and Pragmatism. On Certainty in the Light of Peirce and James. London: Palgrave Macmillan (History of Analytic Philosophy Series). 2012 – Wittgenstein. Lo sguardo e il limite. Milan: Mimesis. Edited works Forthcoming, with Roberta Dreon – Special issue: “Immediacy and Experience. Between Wittgenstein and Pragmatism” (provisional title), Pragmatism Today, Issue 2/2018. 2017 – Philosophical Inquiry, V (2): 57-148, Focus “Practicing William James”, featuring my introduction and articles by Cheryl Misak, Paolo Tripodi, Harry Heft, Stéphane Madelrieux, and Shannon Sullivan. Articles in volumes and journals Forthcoming – “William James and Wittgenstein”, in Klein, A. ed. The Oxford Handbook of William James, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2 OIE Review Page 25 Forthcoming – “Wittgenstein on Meaning, Use and Linguistic Commitment”, in D.G. Stern, ed. Wittgenstein in the 1930s: Between the Tractatus and the Investigations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming – “Common Sense, Philosophy, and Mental Disturbance: A Wittgensteinian Outlook”, in J. Gonçalves, I.V. Hipólito and J. Pereira, eds. Schizophrenia and Common Sense. Explaining the Relation between Madness and Social Values, London: Springer Nature. Forthcoming – “Wittgenstein and Pragmatism: a Neglected Remark in Manuscript 107”, in Baghramian, M. and Marchetti, S., eds. Pragmatism and the European Traditions: Encounters with Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology before the Great Divide, London: Routledge. 2017 – “The ‘Middle’ Wittgenstein (and the ‘Later’ Ramsey) on the Pragmatist Conception of Truth”, in Misak, C. and Price, H. eds. The Practical Turn: Pragmatism in Britain in the Long 20th Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Proceedings of the British Academy. 2017 – “Religious Experience, Psychology, and Healing in a Pragmatist Perspective. Introduction to the Focus ‘Practicing William James’”, Philosophical Inquiry, V (2): 57-62. 2016 – “‘I’ll Show you Something We Humans Do’. Facts of Life in Wittgenstein and Peirce”. Paradigmi. Rivista di Filosofia, XXXIV (3): 51-65 (Special Issue “Habits, Rules and Forms of Life. Between Wittgenstein and Pragmatism”). 2015 – “Parole che ‘ingranano’. Le radici pragmatiste di un concetto wittgensteiniano”, in Oliverio, S., Santarelli, M. and Striano, M., eds. Nuovi usi per vecchi concetti. Contributi per la filosofia e le scienze sociali, Milan: Mimesis. 2015 – “Il naturalismo esteso di Sidney Hook e Morton White”, in Calcaterra, R. M., Maddalena, G. and Marchetti, G. eds. Pragmatismo. Dalle origini agli sviluppi contemporanei, Rome: Carocci. 2015 – “Elucidating Forms of Life. The Evolution of a Philosophical Tool”, in Nordic Wittgenstein Review, Special Issue on Wittgenstein and Forms of Life, edited by Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, Sandra Laugier and Piergiorio Donatelli. 2015 – “From Wheels Turning Idly to Meaning as Use. Pragmatist Tendencies in the ‘Middle’ Wittgenstein”, in Realism, Relativism, Constructivism. Contributions of the 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium (pre-proceedings), ed. by C. Kanzian, J. Mitterer, K. Neges. Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society: Kirchberg am Wechsel. 3 OIE Review Page 26 2014 – “‘Le mie proposizioni illustrano così’. Scrittura e Mistico in Wittgenstein”, in Bazzani, F., Lanfredini, R. and Vitale, S. eds. Scrivere di Dio, Florence: Clinamen. 2014 – “On Trying to Say What ‘Goes without Saying’. Wittgenstein on Certainty and Ineffability”, Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica – Journal of Theories and Research in Education, IX (1): 51-68. 2013 – “Enactivism and the ‘Explanatory Trap’. A Wittgensteinian Perspective”, Methode - Analytic Perspectives, II (2): 27-49. 2013 – “The ‘Pragmatic Maxim’ in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty”, in Mind, Language and Action. Papers of the 36th International Wittgenstein Symposium (pre-proceedings), ed. by Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, Volker Munz and Annalisa Coliva. Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. 2012 – “Streams and River-beds. James’ Stream of Thought in Wittgenstein’s Manuscripts 165 and 129”, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, IV (2): 36-53. 2012 – “‘The Mother-Tongue of Thought’. James and Wittgenstein on Common Sense”, Cognitio. Revista de Filosofia (São Paulo, Brazil), XIII (1): 37-59. 2011 – “From the Ground to the Background. Forms of Life as ‘the Given’ in Wittgenstein”, L&PS – Logic and Philosophy of Science, IX (1): 451-460. Other papers 2017 – “Spontaneità”. Entry for the “Qualitative Lexicon” of the Research Unit QuaOntoTech, University of Florence. 2015 – “Let Me Tell You a Story: Heroes and Events of Pragmatism. Interview with Hilary Putnam”, co-authored with Michela Bella, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, VII (1): 230-238. 2011 – “La vita come sfondo. Alle radici di un dialogo possibile tra le culture”, Diogene Magazine – Filosofare Oggi, Issue 22: 72-74. 2010 – “Le vite degli altri. Conoscenza e alterità in Wittgenstein”, available online, https://www.academia.edu/521038/Le_vite_degli_altri._Conoscenza_e_alterit%C3%A0_in_ Wittgenstein 4 OIE Review Page 27 Book Reviews 2014 – Review of Wittgenstein, l’estetica e le arti, by E. Caldarola, D. Quattrocchi and G. Tomasi (eds.), Rome: Carocci, 2013, Aphex – Portale italiano di filosofia analitica, Issue 10/2014. 2012 – Review of Shifting Ground. Knowledge and Reality, Transgression and Trustworthiness, by Naomi Scheman, Oxford University Press, 2011, Humana.Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies, Issue 22/2012. 2011 - Review of New Perspectives on Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy, by Rosa M. Calcaterra (ed.), Rodopi, 2011, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, III (2), 2011. 2011 – Review of Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy, by Eugen Fischer, Routledge 2010, Aphex – Portale italiano di filosofia analitica, Issue 4/2011. 2011 – Review of L’albero del Tractatus, by Luciano Bazzocchi, Mimesis, 2010; Humana.Mente - Journal of Philosophical Studies, Issue 18/2011. TALKS ___________________________________________________________________________ International Events Forthcoming, 21-26 May 2018, Minas Gerais, Brazil, V Middle Wittgenstein Symposium. Invited talk: “‘A Gap in his System’: The Middle Wittgenstein and Ramsey’s Pragmatist Criticism of the Tractatus”. Forthcoming (to be confirmed), 28-31 March 2018, San Diego, CA, Annual Meeting of the APA Pacific Division: participation in the Author Meets Critics Session sponsored by the Charles S. Peirce Society on the volume “Cambridge Pragmatism” by Cheryl Misak (OUP 2016). Paper title: “Wittgenstein’s Pragmatism? Some Notes on Cheryl Misak’s Reading”. 17-18 October 2017, University of Milan, international conference for the 10th anniversary of Associazione Pragma, “The Pragmatist Attitude. Habits, Practices, and Gestures in a Pluralistic Landscape”. Participation in the Round Table with the short paper: “The Topicality of Pragmatism for Hinge Epistemology”. 9-10 September 2017, University of California Irvine, First “Hinge Epistemology Conference”. Paper title: “Religious Beliefs