Professor Dr. Katia Saporiti

Biography

Katia Saporiti is a Full Professor at the University of Zurich, specializing in the History of Philosophy. She focuses on 17th to 20th-century philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. Her research examines key philosophers such as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Ryle, and Austin. Current projects explore the relations between ideas, pictures, and metaphors within early modern philosophy, particularly the notion of res cogitans and self-knowledge. Additionally, her research addresses conflicts surrounding first-person authority, skeptic positions, and externalistic approaches in epistemology and philosophy of language. She has held various academic positions, including Associate Professor at the University of Zurich and Lecturer at the University of Bielefeld. Professor Saporiti's academic trajectory includes her PhD from Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich and a Habilitation in philosophy from the University of Bielefeld. As a Program Director and the Deputy Head of the Department, she is instrumental in shaping the curriculum and advancing philosophical discourse.

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