Lisa Bortolotti

On 15th December 2022, I will participate in a special event at the University of Pavia , dedicated to the memory of Italian philosopher Eva Picardi, who taught me in Bologna in the 90s. During the day, two new publications will be presented and discussed by students and colleagues of Eva Picardi: Frege on Language, Logic and Psychology , Oxford University Press 2022. The Selected Writings of Eva Picardi. From Wittgenstein to American Neo-Pragmatism , Bloomsbury 2020/2022. These volumes gather Eva Picard's philosophical work and have been curated by Annalisa Coliva. From the poster of the event Villa sull'Adriatico by Salvatore Nocera

On 25th November in Geneva I will be speaking at Emotions, arguing that curiosity and empathy help us develop relationships that bring positive change to our lives. The meeting was supposed to be held in February 2022 but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A brief explanation of my interest in curiosity and empathy (in Italian) can be found in this video . What is Emotions ? "Reversing the stereotype of women ruled by their emotions and incapable of rationality, the Emotions Itinerant BrainForum has invited brilliant scientists from the most prestigious international universities and institutions to analyse the emotions, considering all their biochemical, genetic, epigenetic, psychological and neurological aspects. And to discuss the fundamental role of women’s emotional expertise in inclusion, empathy, preservation, sustainability, for solving the challenges of the Third Millennium – from migration to global heating to exploitation of resources and the difficult et...

On 18th November 2022, from 4pm to 5:30pm, I will deliver the New Enlightenment Lecture at the University of Edinburgh. New Enlightenment Lectures are held annually, and feature a prominent woman philosopher leading a roundtable discussion with postgraduate students and faculty members on gender issues in Philosophy, and delivering a keynote lecture on a topic of her choice. I am honoured I was invited to give a talk! Here are the poster of the event and the abstract of my talk. Epistemic Criteria of Delusionality Both in the popular press and in cognitive science research, there is a tendency not only to compare beliefs in conspiracy theories with clinical delusions, but to call ‘delusions’ various nonclinical beliefs that are found epistemically problematic, including conspiracy beliefs. One recent proposal by Sam Wilkinson is that when an interpreter calls a speaker’s belief delusional, the interpreter expresses their folk-epistemic disapproval towards the belief. Being an expressio...