Books (authored)

  • English title: The Modes of Cognition: Representation, Method, and Understanding in Hegel

    Link: website

    This book challenges contemporary readings that, focusing solely on Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, align his epistemology with pragmatism, post-Kantian constructivism, or conceptual realism. By analyzing overlooked sections of Hegel’s later work—the Cognition section of the Science of Logic and the Psychology in the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit—I argue that representation, imagination, and scientific cognition are not narrow cognitive activities but systematic forms of world-building that contribute to the articulation of his metaphysics. Hegel’s account of subjective experience and cognition, which I trace back to its Platonic and Aristotelian roots, proves that human rationality cannot be understood through a focus on mental processes alone; rather, cognition must be situated within the broader ontological structures that shape nature and reality.

Books (edited)

  • English title: Hegel’s Psychology: A Commentary
    Link: website

    The sections of Hegel’s Encyclopedia dedicated to the Psychology (§§ 440-482) remain one of the least studied parts of Hegel's work, even though they develop themes and arguments of crucial historical and theoretical relevance. This commentary aims to illustrate the richness, interest, and complexity of this text. Following an introductory part—which introduces the reader to the analytical method of the commentary, reconstructs the development of Hegel’s Psychology, and discusses critical literature—are eight analytical studies that examine the different sections of the Psychology. The result is a reading guide that, beyond presenting rigorous, original, and varied interpretations, serves as a useful study tool for tackling Hegel's dense prose.

  • English title: The Historicity of Reason

    Is there still room today for reflection on the philosophy of history and for a reason that seeks to define itself in relation to temporality? Keeping this question in the background, the contributions in this volume unfold in dialogue with the historical inquiries of Lafitau, Turgot, and Diderot, as well as Kant, Hegel, Sartre, Benjamin, Horkheimer, and Adorno. By exploring the temporal and conceptual presuppositions of their philosophies, the essays collected here—the outcome of one of the workshops of Zetesis research group (Pisa)—aim to outline a definition of rationality that does not relate to the movement of reality as an external and indifferent spectator but realizes itself within and through history, shaping the world and the frameworks that allow us to think about it.