The main goal of the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies is to investigate from an interdisciplinary perspective the relationships between Nature Person and Society taking into account the challenges that are placed to the definition of the human being and the reconfiguration of its comprehension. The Unit integrates the contributions from Philosophy Linguistics Communication Sciences Literary Studies and Psychology focusing on four aspects of the person's relationship with others and with the world: causal processes complex systems and emergence; ethical and anthropological implications of the scientific and technological developments; symbolic interactions: memory and change; and cognition intersubjectivity and human development.

The first research topic focuses on the causal influence of the complex systems on their constituents. A special emphasis is placed on top-down causality and on physical systems as well as on the neurological and brain networks and their relationships with the physical and biological substrates languages and the social relationships genesis.

The second research topic examines physical-natural features and their relationship with the intrinsically ethical nature of the human action. We will explore research questions that involve the relationship between the human being and artificial intelligence particularly in decision-making tasks. The third research topic studies European identity from an historical perspective and as a result of a convergent dynamics of continuity (memory) and renewal (change). Finally the fourth research topic explores the relationships between language cognition and society by investigating the interactions between psychological and sociocultural factors of meaning construction as well as the processes and strategies by which language constructs a specific perspective on reality.

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