Adriano Boncompagni
Biographic Data
| ID | 1192732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adriano Boncompagni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adriano |
| FAMILY NAME | Boncompagni |
| SIGNATURE | BONCOMPAGNI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0010-004X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction to Hypatia Cluster “Wittgensteinian Understandings of Identities”
Wittgenstein on Forms of Life - Replies to Critics
Let me start by expressing my deepest gratitude to the authors who contributed to this book symposium with insightful comments and thoughts, and to the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy for hosting this discussion. I feel honored that my Cambridge Element was chosen as a suitable subject for a book symposium and I will do my best to respond to the many perceptive, farseeing, and stimulating comments that Lars Hertzberg, Luigi…
Hermeneutical Injustice and Bisexuality
The starting point of this paper is a clarification of the forms that hermeneutical injustice takes for bisexual individuals. While it is often thought that bisexuals do not need special protections or politics because they easily “pass” for straight and thus enjoy so-called hetero privilege, this precise situation is a source of oppression, silencing, erasure, and discrimination for many of them within both straight and gay environments. Bi-invi…
Liminal Identities and Epistemic Injustice
The concept of social identity is central to research on epistemic injustice, but what it means to belong or not to belong to a marginalized identity is often left undertheorized. After offering an overview of the state of the art in social and feminist epistemology, in this introduction we argue that liminal and interstitial identities challenge received notions and push the conversation further. We then provide a brief synopsis of the articles …
Forms of Life and Linguistic Change
Wittgenstein mentions “forms of life” only on a limited number of occasions in his writings; however, this concept is at the core of his approach to language, as the vast literature on the subject shows. My aim in this paper is neither to adjudicate which of the many competing interpretations of “forms of life” is correct nor to propose a new one. I start with a methodological take on this notion and test it by applying it to a specific case. In …
Wittgenstein's Pragmatism? Some Notes on Cheryl Misak's Reading
In this commentary, I focus on Misak's reading of the later Wittgenstein and on how she places his philosophy within her wider interpretation of the history of pragmatism. According to this interpretation, pragmatism has two strands: the "truth-oriented" strand (Peirce and Ramsey), whose chief interest lies in inquiry and how it produces reliable and stable belief; and the "truth-denying" strand (James, Schiller and Rorty), which emphasizes the s…
«I'll show you a thing we humans do». Facts of life in Wittgenstein and Peirce
The paper compares way in which Ludwig Wittgenstein and Charles S. Peirce deal with facts of life, or ordinary. Starting from former’s well-known remark on forms of as the given, it shows its proximity to some themes also explored by Peirce. This leads to examine in more detail Peircean notion of habit and its connection with everyday, an aspect on which two philosophers bear interesting similarities. The examination of only remark Wittgenstein e…
Elucidating Forms of Life. The Evolution of a Philosophical Tool
Although the expression “form of life” and its plural “forms of life” occur only five times in Philosophical Investigations, and generally few times in his works, it is commonly agreed that this is one of the most relevant issues in Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. Starting from the analysis of the contexts in which Wittgenstein makes use of this concept, the paper focuses on the different interpretations that have been given in secondary literat…
Interview with Hilary Putnam
Michela Bella & Anna Boncompagni – This conversation will focus on your role and your position with respect to pragmatism; those who you consider allies and enemies in the field; and then finally your ideas about the future of philosophy and the future of pragmatism. You worked with famous philosophers like Carnap, Reichenbach and many others. But let us start from the beginning. Hilary Putnam – My alma mater was the University of Pennsylvania. T…
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Elucidating Forms of Life. The Evolution of a Philosophical Tool
Although the expression “form of life” and its plural “forms of life” occur only five times in Philosophical Investigations, and generally few times in his works, it is commonly agreed that this is one of the most relevant issues in Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. Starting from the analysis of the contexts in which Wittgenstein makes use of this concept, the paper focuses on the different interpretations that have been given in secondary literat…
Interview with Hilary Putnam
Michela Bella & Anna Boncompagni – This conversation will focus on your role and your position with respect to pragmatism; those who you consider allies and enemies in the field; and then finally your ideas about the future of philosophy and the future of pragmatism. You worked with famous philosophers like Carnap, Reichenbach and many others. But let us start from the beginning. Hilary Putnam – My alma mater was the University of Pennsylvania. T…
«I'll show you a thing we humans do». Facts of life in Wittgenstein and Peirce
The paper compares way in which Ludwig Wittgenstein and Charles S. Peirce deal with facts of life, or ordinary. Starting from former’s well-known remark on forms of as the given, it shows its proximity to some themes also explored by Peirce. This leads to examine in more detail Peircean notion of habit and its connection with everyday, an aspect on which two philosophers bear interesting similarities. The examination of only remark Wittgenstein e…
Wittgenstein's Pragmatism? Some Notes on Cheryl Misak's Reading
In this commentary, I focus on Misak's reading of the later Wittgenstein and on how she places his philosophy within her wider interpretation of the history of pragmatism. According to this interpretation, pragmatism has two strands: the "truth-oriented" strand (Peirce and Ramsey), whose chief interest lies in inquiry and how it produces reliable and stable belief; and the "truth-denying" strand (James, Schiller and Rorty), which emphasizes the s…
Forms of Life and Linguistic Change
Wittgenstein mentions “forms of life” only on a limited number of occasions in his writings; however, this concept is at the core of his approach to language, as the vast literature on the subject shows. My aim in this paper is neither to adjudicate which of the many competing interpretations of “forms of life” is correct nor to propose a new one. I start with a methodological take on this notion and test it by applying it to a specific case. In …
Wittgenstein on Forms of Life - Replies to Critics
Let me start by expressing my deepest gratitude to the authors who contributed to this book symposium with insightful comments and thoughts, and to the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy for hosting this discussion. I feel honored that my Cambridge Element was chosen as a suitable subject for a book symposium and I will do my best to respond to the many perceptive, farseeing, and stimulating comments that Lars Hertzberg, Luigi…
Hermeneutical Injustice and Bisexuality
The starting point of this paper is a clarification of the forms that hermeneutical injustice takes for bisexual individuals. While it is often thought that bisexuals do not need special protections or politics because they easily “pass” for straight and thus enjoy so-called hetero privilege, this precise situation is a source of oppression, silencing, erasure, and discrimination for many of them within both straight and gay environments. Bi-invi…
Liminal Identities and Epistemic Injustice
The concept of social identity is central to research on epistemic injustice, but what it means to belong or not to belong to a marginalized identity is often left undertheorized. After offering an overview of the state of the art in social and feminist epistemology, in this introduction we argue that liminal and interstitial identities challenge received notions and push the conversation further. We then provide a brief synopsis of the articles …
Introduction to Hypatia Cluster “Wittgensteinian Understandings of Identities”
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works)