Keywords:
Modern German Philosophy - Early Modern Philosophy - Philosophy of Mind - Philosophy of the Enlightenment - Empirical Psychology - Anthropology - Aesthetics - Obscure Representations - Kant - Leibniz - Baumgarten - Sulzer.
My research focuses on theories of unconscious thought in the philosophy of mind and anthropology of the German Enlightenment, with particular reference to the work of Immanuel Kant.
Within this framework, I deal mainly with the following topics:
1) Kant's theory of obscure representations and its relevance in contemporary debate.
2) The relationship between psychological investigation and medical-physiological anthropology in the late Enlightenment.
3) Theories and critiques of rationality and irrationality in the Age of Enlightenment.
4) History of self-observation and self-knowledge practices (cultura animi) in modern philosophy between psychology and spirituality.
