Università degli Studi di Milano - State University of Milan (Italy)

Faculty Member, Philosophy

About

Paolo Valore works on themes related to general ontology and ontological imports of formal theories. He worked also on twentieth century philosophy, especially in relation to the main themes of realism and to the refounding of a transcendental perspective. His current research is devoted mainly to mereological issues, to questions regarding the ontological status of concrete entities, and to the theory of
truth He is also interested in projects about artificial and auxiliary languages. A full list of publications is attached in the section "Papers".

CURRENT OCCUPATION
Paolo Valore is Permanent Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Philosophy Department of the University of Milan. He teaches History of Contemporary Metaphysics at the Graduate School at the University of Milan and Theoretical Philosophy (for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan.

COLLEGE TEACHING
1999-2000: History of Philosophy Seminar (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "The category of substance in Aristotle. Cat. 1b 24-4b19".
2000-2001: History of Philosophy Seminar (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "Introduction to the contemporary debate on the analytic-syntethic dichotomy".
2001-2002: History of Contemporary Philosophy Seminar (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "Topics in Quinean ontology".
2002-2003: History of Contemporary Philosophy Seminar (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "The logic-analytical framework of the Herbartian Ontology".
2003-2004: Laboratory in "Analitic Ontology" (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan.
2004-2005: History of Contemporary Philosophy Course (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "Ontology in contemporary philosophy: categories, logic anc thory of truth".
2004-2005: Theory of truth and correspondence theory Course (for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan. Topic: "Tarski and the correspondence theory ".
2004-2005: Course for the students of the Graduate School at the University of Milan.
2005-2006: History of Contemporary Philosophy Course (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "Introduction to contemporary researchon analitic ontology".
2005-2006: Theory of truth and correspondence theory Course (for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan. Topic: "Tarski and the correspondence theory ".
2005-2006: General Philosophy Course at the SILSIS-MI (Scuola Interuniversitaria Lombarda di Specializzazione per l'Insegnamento Secondario). Topic:Ontological issues in the contemporary debate on ontology".
2006-2007: Theoretical Philosophy Course (for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan. Topic: "Formal ontology".
2006-2007: History of Contemporary Philosophy Course (for philosophy undergraduates) at the University of Milan. Topic: "The quest for a perfect language. Artificial and ideal languages in the 20th Century".
2007-2008: Theoretical Philosophy Course(for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan. Topic: "Formal ontology".
2007-2008: History of Contemporary Philosophy Course (for philosophy graduate students) at the University of Milan. Topic: "Categories and ontological commitment. Some applications within contemporary philosophy".
2008-2009: Theoretical Philosophy Course(for engineering undergraduates) at the University Politecnico of Milan. Topic: "Formal ontology".
2008-2009: History of Contemporary Metaphysics Course (for philosophy graduate students)at the University of Milan. Topic: "Introduction to contemporary metaphysics"

MANDATES AT UNIVERSITY
2005-2006: Member of the Admissions board at the University of Milan Graduate School of Philosophy.
2009-2010: Member of the Admissions board at the University of Milan Graduate School of Philosophy.

POSITION AS EDITORS OF BOARD MEMBER OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND PUBLICATIONS
Head editor of the "Biblioteca di Problemata" book series - Publisher: LED (Milan).
Head editor of the "Ratio. Studi e testi di filosofia contemporanea" book series - Publisher: Polimetrica (Monza).
Chairman of the Editorial Board of the academic journal: "Problemata. Quaderni di Filosofia".
Member of the Scientific Direction of the academic journal: “InKoj. Interlingvistikaj Kajeroj”

FUNDING ID:
Since he was student, Paolo Valore has been member of a research unity at the Philosophy Department of the Host Institution. The research unity has been regularly funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research:
1) 1998: PRIN National Project “Theory of judgement and psychology: the Austro-German case, 1830-1900”. Duration in months: 24.
2) 2000: PRIN National Project “The spread of Herbartism and the work of Francesco Bonatelli” Duration in months: 24.
3) 2002: PRIN National Project “Some developments directed to anthropology and psychology, in the debate about transcendentalism: the first half of the Nineteenth Century in Germany: Fries, Beneke e Herbart”. Duration in months: 24
4) 2004: PRIN National Project: “Psychological and anthropological interpretations of Kantian transcendentalism”. Duration in months: 24
5) 2006: PRIN National Project: “Idealism and Anti-Idealism in Contemporary European and US Storiography: New Perspectives and Interpretations in Exchange between Methods and World Conceptions”. Duration in months: 24
6) 2006: Member of the EUROCORES (European Collaborative Research) Programme: ‘Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context (CNCC)’ – ESF European Science Foundation. Duration in months: 36
7) 2008: PRIN National Project: “The problem of individuality in post-Kantian speculation on the status of a priori between philosophical and scientifical research”. Duration in months: 24

WEBSITES
http://pvalore.yolasite.com/
http://dipartimento.filosofia.unimi.it/index.php/paolo-valore