Roberto Casati#
| Membership Number: | 4550 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.shadowes.org |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present: Senior Researcher (Directeur de Recherche), CNRS, France
- 2016 - present: Director of studies (Directeur d'Etudes), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
- 1993 - 2002: Research Fellow, CNRS, France
- 1991 - 1994: Assistant, Université de Neuchatel, Switzerland
- 1991 - 1993: Research Fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation
Fields of Scholarship
- Cognitive science
- General philosophy
- Cognitive artifacts
- Metaphysics
- Shadow perception and cognition
- Philosophy of perception
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Prix de la Science du Livre for the book "La découverte de l'ombre"
- 2001 Premio Castiglioncello di Filosofia for the book "La scoperta dell'ombra"
- 2000 Premio Fiesole speciale for the book "La scoperta dell'ombra"
- 1996 CNRS Bronze Medal in Philosophy for 1996 (most distinguished researcher in the year for Philosophy)
- 1990 Geneva University Prize in Philosophy
