Publications

Books (authored)

  • The Modes of Cognition: Representation, Method, and Understanding in Hegel

    This book challenges prevailing interpretations of Hegel’s epistemology that predominantly rely on his Phenomenology of Spirit, often categorizing it under pragmatism, post-Kantian constructivism, or conceptual realism. By turning attention to less examined sections of Hegel’s later works—specifically the Cognition segment in the Science of Logic and the Psychology within the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit—it argues that processes such as representation, imagination, and scientific cognition are not merely confined cognitive acts but integral, systematic modes of world-building essential to his metaphysical framework.

    Tracing Hegel’s theory of subjective experience and cognition to its Platonic and Aristotelian origins, the book demonstrates that human rationality cannot be fully comprehended by isolating mental phenomena. Instead, cognition must be located within the comprehensive ontological structures that form the foundation of nature and reality, revealing a sophisticated intersection between epistemology and metaphysics in Hegel’s philosophy.

Books (edited)

Special issues

  • English title: Hegel’s Psychology: A Commentary
    Link: website

    The sections of Hegel’s Encyclopedia dedicated to the Psychology (§§ 440-482) remain one of the least studied parts of Hegel's work, even though they develop themes and arguments of crucial historical and theoretical relevance. This commentary aims to illustrate the richness, interest, and complexity of this text. Following an introductory part—which introduces the reader to the analytical method of the commentary, reconstructs the development of Hegel’s Psychology, and discusses critical literature—are eight analytical studies that examine the different sections of the Psychology. The result is a reading guide that, beyond presenting rigorous, original, and varied interpretations, serves as a useful study tool for tackling Hegel's dense prose.

  • English title: The Historicity of Reason

    Is there still room today for reflection on the philosophy of history and for a reason that seeks to define itself in relation to temporality? Keeping this question in the background, the contributions in this volume unfold in dialogue with the historical inquiries of Lafitau, Turgot, and Diderot, as well as Kant, Hegel, Sartre, Benjamin, Horkheimer, and Adorno. By exploring the temporal and conceptual presuppositions of their philosophies, the essays collected here—the outcome of one of the workshops of Zetesis research group (Pisa)—aim to outline a definition of rationality that does not relate to the movement of reality as an external and indifferent spectator but realizes itself within and through history, shaping the world and the frameworks that allow us to think about it.

  • Co-Edited (with J.M. Bernstein)

    This collection gathers a group of scholars working across (Eco)Marxism, Critical Theory, (Eco)Feminism, Indigenous Philosophy, and (Eco)Phenomenology to discuss: the need for new conceptions of imagination under the ecological crisis; the relevant of grassroot imagination for the organization of social movements; the need for new emotional attitudes in the face of the environmental crisis; the urgency to understand and delineate new ecological imaginaries; the failure of Western conceptions of imagination; and the conditions of freedom in the Anthropocene.