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Edoardo Vaccargiu

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Post doctorant

Institut des sciences de la communication et de la cognition

Rue Pierre-à-Mazel 7
2000 Neuchâtel

Bureau 204

Tél. + 41 32 718 16 87
edoardo.vaccargiu@unine.ch

 

 

I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Science with a research background in the philosophy of language and mind. My research focuses on foundational questions in cognitive pragmatics, such as the place of pragmatic understanding within the cognitive architecture of the human mind, and the interface between pragmatics and other cognitive capacities, such as Theory of Mind and epistemic vigilance. I am primarily interested in the cognitive and social foundations of pragmatic abilities in early childhood, with a specific focus on cooperative and ostensive communication in the preverbal age.

Domains of research

  • Cognitive pragmatics
  • Philosophy of cognitive science
  • Theories of human communication
  • Developmental psychology
  • Social cognition

Research Experience

September 2023 – Ongoing. Post-Doctoral Researcher (Cognitive Science Centre, University of Neuchâtel).

September 2021 – June 2022. Visiting Doctorate Researcher (Cognitive Science Centre, University of Neuchâtel).

October 2020 – October 2022. Teaching and Research Assistant (DAFIST, University of Genoa, Italy).

 

Education

2019 – 2023. Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Genoa, Italy.

2015 – 2018. M.A. in Philosophy, University of Turin, Italy.

2011 – 2015. B.A. in Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Italy.

Research Grants

2021. Scholarship for visiting research stay at the University of Neuchâtel (Funded by Fonds des donations, Université de Neuchâtel). Research Project: Verbal communication and the cognitive architecture of the mind: Is comprehension a mental module? Project Advisor: Prof. Diana Mazzarella.

Publications

Mazzarella, D., Vaccargiu, E. (forthcoming). Communication: Inferring speaker intentions of perceiving the world? Insights from developmental research.

Mazzarella, D., Vaccargiu, E. (2022). Il rompicapo della fiducia infantile. Tra psicologia dello sviluppo e pragmatica della comunicazione. Sistemi Intelligenti, 2/2022, pp. 291-308, DOI: 10.1422/105041.

Vaccargiu, E. (2019). Asserzione, riasserzione e responsabilità discorsiva. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 13(1), pp. 34-46, DOI: 10.4396/09201908.