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Current research project: Hermeneutics of Nature and the Logic of the Living

Current research project: Hermeneutics of Nature and the Logic of the Living: Forward
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Philosophy of the life sciences 
  • Philosophical Anthropology
  • German Classical Philosophy
  • Didactics of Philosophy
  • 2018-present: Lecturer for special tasks in the didactics of philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Kassel.
  • 2013 and 2018: habilitation in History of Philosophy (2018) and in Theoretical Philosophy (2013), Ministero italiano dell'Istruzione (Italy), II Fascia
  • 2013-2021: Research associate with own research focus at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Kassel (2015-2017: collaborator of the LOEWE research focus "Animal - Human - Society: Approaches to an interdisciplinary animal research")
  • 2012-2013: Research associate in the SFB 644, "Transformations of Antiquity", Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Cultural Studies
  • 2010-2011: Research fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for experienced female scholars, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Kassel and University of Exeter (UK)
  • 2001-2010: Research associate (postdoc) at the interdisciplinary research center Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento (Italy).  
  • 2000: Teaching qualification for philosophy and history at secondary schools (Italian 2nd state exam, final grade: 72/80)
  • 2000: DAAD scholarship at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
  • 1996-2001: Doctoral studies in Philosophy at the University of Genoa (Italy) and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (with doctoral scholarship from the University of Genoa). Thesis topic: The Function of Spinozistic Substance in Hegel's Logic (award of the thesis at the competition "Premio viaggio a Siracusa 2002").
  • 1988 -1995 Master's Degree in Philosophy (major), Italian Literature and Latin at the University of Genoa (final grade: 110/110 with distinction).

2019-2024

  1. Michelini, F. (forthcoming). Self-Individuation, Environment, and Agency: Comparing Plessner and Autopoietic Enactivism. In: Fábregas-Tejeda A, Baedke J, Prieto GI, Radick G (eds). The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections. Routledge

  2. Artese, G. F. & Michelini La ricezione di Jakob von Uexküll nella psicologia ecologica e nell'enattivismo (The reception of Jakob von Uexküll in ecological psychology and enactivism), in: Discipline filosofiche 33 (1), 2023 (Focus: Jakob von Uexküll. Biological Theory, Subjectivity and Environment, ed. by V. Rasini), 45-66 [Peer-reviewed Journal].

  3. Neither vitalist nor mechanist, neither dualist nor idealist: Plessner's Third Way. Review essay of Helmut Plessner, Levels of Organic Life and the Human: An Introduction to Philosophical Anthropology, Fordham University Press, in "History and Philosophy of Life Sciences", 43 (2021) [Peer-reviewed Journal].

  4. Naturphilosophie[Natural Philosophy],in M. Bongardt/H. Burckhart/J. S. Gordon/J. Nielsen-Sikora (eds.): Hans Jonas-Handbuch, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2021, 59-63.

  5. The Paradox of the Living: Jonas and Schelling on the Organism's Autonomy. "Rivista di estetica" 74/2 (2020), LX, 139-157 [Peer-reviewed Journal].

  6. Francesca Michelini & Kristian Köchy (eds.), Jakob von Uexküll and Philosophy. Life, Environments, Anthropology, Routledge, Abingdon/New York 2020.

  7. The Philosopher's Boredom and the Lizard's Sun. Martin Heidegger's Interpretation of Jakob von Uexküll's Umwelt Theory, in Francesca Michelini & Kristian Köchy (eds.), Jakob von Uexküll and Philosophy. Life, Environments, Anthropology, Routledge, Abingdon/New York 2020, 122-140.

  8. Introduction. A Foray into Jakob von Uexküll's Heritage, in Francesca Michelini & Kristian Köchy (eds.), Jakob von Uexküll and Philosophy. Life, Environments, Anthropology, Routledge, Abingdon/New York 2020, 1-14.

  9. Ontology versus anthropology: Plessner and Jonas's readings of Heidegger's philosophy. "Revue Philosophique de Louvain", 117(2) (2019), 311-339 [Peer-reviewed Journal].

 

2019-2024

  • 04.10.2024: Plessner and Jonas' Ideas of Life. Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the University of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) (ENG)

  • 29.06.2024: Plessner and Enactivism. Toward an integrative notion of nature. Pheno-Lab - A theoretical Laboratory in Phenomenology and Mental Health of the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (University Medical Center Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) (ENG)

  • 24.03.2022: Plessner's Philosophical Biology and EnactivismElements for a comparison. Workshop: The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections (invited speaker ENG).

  • 17.11.2021: Heidegger's shadow. Comparing Plessner's and Jonas' ideas of Life. Lecture series: Life-Philosophies.Exploring heterodox naturalism, University of Ghent (ENG).

  • 10.06.2021: Response to Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung (Koblenz) Becoming Human: Symbolic Capacities and Shared Intentionality, International Workshop, Tomasello and Religion. Exploring the Philosophical and Theological Relevance of Evolutionary Anthropology, Katholische Akademie, Berlin (ENG).

  • 11.04.2019: The Concept ofNature in Arne Næss' Deep ecology (together with Kristian Köchy), International Workshop, Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos in the 20th Century, Villa Vigoni, Como (ITA).

  • 09.04.2019: HansJonas'Prometheus, International Workshop: Prometeo e dintorni. Filosofia e mito, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (ITA)