Annalisa Coliva
Originally from Milan, Italy, Annalisa Coliva obtained her BA in Philosophy from the University of Bologna in 1996 under the mentorship of Eva Picardi. After her doctoral studies at the Università del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro" and at the University of St. Andrews (UK), she is currently a professor at the University of California, Irvine. Coliva deals primarily with philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology and history of analytic philosophy; developing his interpretation of On Certainty , he coined the term hinge-epistemology , which has become usual in current philosophical production to designate the conception of knowledge and certitude typical of the "last Wittgenstein" and the contemporary perspectives deriving from this late Wittgensteinian stance.
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More women and happier. On the political meaning of "family resemblance" and Hinge-epistemology
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Much of contemporary analytical feminism takes place under the aegis of a broadly Carnapian view of concepts and conceptual engineering. From that point of view, which finds its clearest and strongest supporter in Sally Haslanger, philosophers should devise a useful concept of woman to expose the subordinate role of women, thus playing a critical role with respect to society. The success of this project would consist in helping us achieve a day in which there are no women, thus reconceived. While I agree with the critical sentiment that animates such a project, I am skeptical of its political viability and relevance. The main flaws I find in him are his top-down approach and his desired outcome. So I propose to look at a completely different approach, dating back to Wittgenstein, which is clearly bottom-up and such that, if successful, it will help us achieve a day when there will be more women (that is, more individuals subsumed). under that concept, like transgender women) and less subordinate and therefore happier, hence the title of my talk.