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Emilio Mazza

Full professor
Emilio Mazza

Department of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Fashion and Tourism
Emilio Mazza

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Individual tutorials will be held by e-mail writing to: [email protected].

CURRENT POSITION

Emilio Mazza (1962) is a full professor of History of Philosophy, member of the Teacher-Student Joint Committee, and deputy director of the Department of Humanities. He graduated from Pavia (Il “Liber Physonomie” di Michele Scoto, 1988, supervisor F. Alessio), obtained his PHD in Torino (Lo scetticismo secondo Hume 1739-1745, 1991-1995, supervisors F. Baroncelli and C. Borghero), studied with D.F. Norton at McGill University in Montréal (C.N.R. scholarships 1995 and 1997), with T. Gregory at the Istituto di Studi Filosofici in Napoli (research scholarship 1997-1999), and with E. Ronchetti at the Università IULM in Milan (research grant, 1999-2003). His research mainly concerns David Hume, modern philosophy, and the Enlightenment. He published several essays on Hume in international collections and translated Hume and Descartes into Italian. He has written about Gio' Pomodoro and Luciano Bianciardi. His latest publications are: “Pensare il pensiero”. Marianna Ucría e il signor Hume. (Mimesis, 2021); with Michela Nacci, Paese che vai. I caratteri nazionali fra teoria e senso comune (Marsilio, 2022); with Gianluca Mori, La malignità del lettore. Bayle, Hume e l’ironia (ExCogita, 2024) and Fluttuazioni. Il criterio della virtù e del gusto secondo Hume (ExCogita, 2025).

RESEARCH LINES

David Hume, modern philosophy and philosophy of the Enlightenment, scepticism and moral relativism, national characters and travel, Luciano Bianciardi and John Dewey, Gio’ Pomodoro.

DISCIPLINARY GROUP

GSD 11/PHIL-05 - STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA — SSD PHIL-05/A - Storia della filosofia


 

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