Research fellows
Dirpolis Institute
Adriano Angelucci
Bio
Adriano Angelucci is a Postdoctoral Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at the Institute of Law, Politics, and Development (DIRPOLIS) at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, where he is currently conducting research within the PRO3 Project “Theories and Toolkit for the Ecological Transition: Philosophical, Mathematical, Ethical and Legal Profiles of the Carbon Budget Sustainability Challenge”. He is also a PhD student in the Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA) at the University of Urbino, Italy, where he is currently completing a second PhD in “Research Methods in Science and Technology” under the supervision of Prof. Vincenzo Fano. Before joining DIRPOLIS’ research group on Climate Ethics, he was an adjunct professor (professore a contratto) in the Department of Pure and Applied Sciences (DiSPeA) at the University of Urbino, Italy, where he taught courses in Epistemology. In 2015-2016 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau, China. In 2012, he completed a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Guido Cusinato. In 2009-2011 he was a visiting student at the Philosophy Department of Columbia University, New York. In 2007 he obtained an MA in Philosophy (summa cum laude) at the University of Milan, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Renato Pettoello.
Ricerca
He is a philosopher working at the intersection of epistemology in the analytic tradition, nudge theory, and social psychology. Other research interests include moral psychology, metaphilosophy, and philosophical methodology. He is generally interested in understanding the psychological dynamics that shape or hinder the adoption of climate-change-relevant behaviors and beliefs. More specifically, his current research is aimed at investigating both theoretically and empirically the as yet unclear and underexplored interactions between policy interventions relying on green nudges and the formation of environmentally-friendly beliefs. The central question addressed by this research is whether, how, and under which conditions a nudge-induced behavioral change can bring about a corresponding mind change.
Pubblicazioni
Books
Angelucci, A. 2018. Che cos’è un esperimento mentale. Roma: Carocci. ISBN: 978-88-430-9357-1.
Edited Volumes
Angelucci, A., Fano, V., Ferretti, G., Galli, G., Graziani, P., Tarozzi, G. (eds.). 2024. Realism and Antirealism in Metaphysics, Science and Language. Festschrift for Mario Alai. Milano: FrancoAngeli. ISBN: 9788835148340.
Edited Journal Issues
Angelucci, A., Arcangeli. 2019. New Perspectives on Philosophical Thought Experiments. Topoi Volume 38, No. 4.
Articles
Angelucci, A., Fano, V., Ferretti, G., Macrelli, R., Tarozzi, G. 2023. Does Evolution Favor Accurate Perception? [Special Issue]”. Argumenta 9 (1): 105 – 114.
Angelucci, A., 2022. On justifying case verdicts. A dialectical hypothesis. Inquiry. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2022.2092905.
Angelucci. A., Fano, V., Ferretti, G., Macrelli, R., Tarozzi, G. 2021. Evolutionary Dynamics and Accurate Perception. Critical Realism as an Empirically Testable Hypothesis. Philosophia Scientiae. 25(2): 157 – 178.
Angelucci. A., Arcangeli, M. 2019c. Introduction: New Perspective on Philosophical Thought Experiments. Topoi 38 (4): 763-768.
Hannikainen, I. R., Machery, E., Rose, D., Stich, S., Olivola, C. Y. Sousa, P., Cova, F., Buchtel, E. E., Alai, M., Angelucci, A., Berniûnas, R., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I., Cohnitz, D., Dranseika, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz., A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, S., Ornelas, J. Osimani, B., Romero, C., Rosas López, A., Sangoi, M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usui, N., Vázquez del Mercado, A., Vosgerichian, H. A., Zhang, X, and Zhu, J. 2019b. For Whom Does Determinism Undermine Moral Responsibility? Surveying the Conditions for Free Will Across Countries. Frontiers in Psychology 10: 1-13.
Rose, D., Machery, E., Stich, S. P., Alai, M., Angelucci, A., Berniunas, R., Buchtel, E. E., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I.-R., Cohnitz, D., Cova, F., Dranselka, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hannikainen, I., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz, A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, S., Olivola, C. Y., Ornelas J., Osimani, B., Romero, C., Rosas Lopez, A., Sangoi, M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Sousa, P., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usui, N., Vazquez del Mercado, A., Volpe, G., Vosperichian, H. A., Zhang, X., and Zhu, J. 2019a. Nothing at stake in knowledge. Nous 53 (1): 224 – 47.
Cova, F., Olivola, C. Y., Machery, E., Rose, D., Stich, S. P., Alai, M., Angelucci, A., Berniunas, R., Buchtel, E. E., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I.-R., Cohnitz, D., Dranselka, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hannikainen, I., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz, A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, S., Ornelas J., Osimani, B., Romero, C., Rosas Lopez, A., Sangoi, M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Sousa, P., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usui, N., Vazquez del Mercado, A., Volpe, G., Vosperichian, H. A., Zhang, X., and Zhu, J. 2018b. De pulchritudine non est disputandum? A cross-cultural investigation of the alleged intersubjective validity of aesthetic judgment. Mind & Language. 34(3): 317-338.
Rose, D., Machery, E., Stich, S. P., Alai, M., Angelucci, A., Berniunas, R., Buchtel, E. E., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I.-R., Cohnitz, D., Cova, F., Dranselka, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hannikainen, I., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz, A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, S., Olivola, C. Y., Ornelas J., Osimani, B., Romero, C., Rosas Lopez, A., Sangoi, M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Sousa, P., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usui, N., Vazquez del Mercado, A., Volpe, G., Vosperichian, H. A., Zhang, X., and Zhu, J. 2017b. Behavioral circumscription and the folk psychology of belief: A study in ethno-mentalizing. Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 6(3): 193–203.
Machery, E., Stich, S. P., Rose, D., Alai, M., Angelucci, A., Berniunas, R., Buchtel, E. E., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I.-R., Cohnitz, D., Cova, F., Dranselka, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz, A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, S., Olivola, C. Y., Ornelas J., Osimani, B., Romero, C., Rosas Lopez, A., Sangoi, M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Sousa, P., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usui, N., Vazquez del Mercado, A., Volpe, G., Vosperichian, H. A., Zhang, X., and Zhu, J. 2017a. The Gettier intuition from South America to Asia. Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research 34 (3), 517-541.
Angelucci, A., Fano, V. 2008. On What There Really Is. Empirical Realism between Physics and Psychology. Teorie & Modelli, 2/3, 105-18.
Angelucci, A. 2008. Un contributo di M. W. Drobisch al dibattito tedesco sulla questione logica. Isonomia, 1, 1-37, at: http://isonomia.uniurb.it/vecchiaserie/2008angelucci.pdf.
Book Chapters
Rose, D., Machery, E., Stich. S., Alai, M. Angelucci, A., Berniûnas, R., Buchtel, E. E., Chatterjee, A., Cheon, H., Cho, I., Cohnitz, D., Cova, F., Dranseika, V., Lagos, A. E., Ghadakpour, L., Grinberg, M., Hannikainen, I., Hashimoto, T., Horowitz., A., Hristova, E., Jraissati, Y., Kadreva, V., Karasawa, K., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Lee, M., Mauro, C., Mizumoto, M., Moruzzi, Olivola, C. Y., Ornelas, J., Osimani, B., Rosas, A., Romero, C., Sangoi M., Sereni, A., Songhorian, S., Sousa, P., Struchiner, N., Tripodi, V., Usul, N., Vázquez del Mercado, A., Volpe, G., Vosgerichian, H. A., Zhang, X, and Zhu, J. 2020. The Ship of Theseus Puzzle. In T. Lombrozo, J. Knobe, S. Nichols (eds.) Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy. Volume 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 158 – 174.
Angelucci, A., Bastioni M., Graziani P., and Rossi M.G. 2014. A Philosophical Look at the Uncanny Valley. In J. Seibt, R. Hakli, and M. Nørskov (Eds.), Sociable Robots and the Future of Social Relations (pp. 165-71). Amsterdam - Berlin - Tokyo - Washington DC: IOS Press.
Angelucci, A. 2014. On a Few Covergences between Metaphor and Thought Experiments. In F. Ervas, and M. Sangoi (Eds.), Metaphor and Argumentation (pp. 203-23). Isonomia, 4, at: https://iris.unica.it/retrieve/handle/11584/59419/92886/storari%20pdf.pdf.
Translations
Drobisch, M.W. 1887. Neue Darstellung der Logik nach ihren einfachsten Verhältnissen, mit Rücksicht auf Mathematik und Naturwissenschaft, fünfte Auflage. Hamburg-Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss (Nuova esposizione della Logica secondo le sue relazioni più semplici con riguardo a matematica e scienze naturali. M. A. Dissertation, 2006, University of Milan).
Drobisch, M.W. 1857. Ueber logische Analysis und Synthesis, Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Philosophische Kritik, N.F.B. 31: 48-78 (Sull’analisi e sulla sintesi logiche. Isonomia, 1, 11-37, at: http://isonomia.uniurb.it/vecchiaserie/2008angelucci.pdf).