SACCHI ELISABETTA

Elisabetta Sacchi obtained a degree in Philosophy at Bologna University and a Ph.D in Philosophy of Language with a thesis on Singular Thoughts. Member of Corpus Christi College she did research work as visiting student at Oxford University. She was Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Padua joining a research project on Ontological Commitment in Natural and Formal Languages. She taught Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bologna, Philosophy of Language at the Faculty of Philosophy of Padua, Philosophy of Mind at the Faculty of Psychology of Padua and Theories of Communication at the University of Reggio Emilia-Modena, and at the University San Raffaele, Milan. Over the years she has been a Board Member of the SIFA (Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, 2004-2008). Since 2008 she is Research Fellow (permanent position) in Philosophy of Language at the Philosophy Faculty of the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan. She teaches the following courses: Theories of Language and Thought; Themes and Problems of Contemporary philosophy (First level Degree); Philosophy of Language: Mind, Language and Ontology (Master Degree).
She has written many articles and reviews in Italian and English that have appeared in journals, edited books and conference proceedings. She has published two books Singular Thoughts: Perceptual Demonstrative Thoughts and I-Thoughts (with A. Coliva) (Macerata, Quodlibet, 2001) and Pensieri e rappresentazioni mentali: Frege e il cognitivismo contemporaneo (Roma, Carocci, 2005). She is also co-editor (with M. Carrara) of Propositions: Semantic and Ontological Issues ( Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2006). She works in the fields of Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Mind and Ontology of Thought. Her research interests are on the topics of intentionality and its relationship with mental representations and consciousness, contents' individu...