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Elisabetta Sacchi is a philosopher of language and mind whose work has mainly focused on the interactions between intentionality and consciousness, mental content, perception, Frege and the Fregean tradition. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, San Raffaele University in Milan, Italy. Her publications include Pensieri singolari (with A. Coliva), Quodlibet 2001; Pensieri e rappresentazioni mentali, Carocci 2005; Linguaggio e pensiero, Liguori 2013. 

Alfredo Paternoster (Torino, 1960) teaches philosophy of language and philosophy of mind and of cognitive sciences at the Department of Letters, Arts, Communication, University of Bergamo. He is chair of the Department since July, 1.st, 2022. His research interests concern mainly cognitive semantics, perception, consciousness, epistemological foundations of cognitive science(s).

He has published on these topics more than 90 papers and 8 books, the most recent of which are “The self and its defenses. From psychodynamics to cognitive science”, together with Michele Di Francesco and Massimo Marraffa (London 2016) and “Comprendere il linguaggio”[Understanding Language], together with Fabrizio Calzavarini (Bologna 2020).

Clotilde Calabi teaches Critical Thinking and Philosophy of language at the University of Milano. She has written extensively on philosophy of perception, emotions and intentionality. She is currently writing a book on just war. 

I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. I received my PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia. During that period, I was a visiting student at the Institut Jean Nicod (under the supervision of Uriah Kriegel) and at the University of Essex (under the supervision of Marie Guillot). 

My primary research interests lie in the philosophy of mind, with particular attention to issues connected to phenomenal consciousness, self-consciousness, and the subject of experience. I am also interested in metaphysics. My current research focuses on the nature of for-me-ness (or subjective character) of experience and the relationship the latter has with other aspects of our conscious life (such as intentionality and the unity of consciousness).