Gabriele Gava
areas of specialization
modern philosophy (esp. Kant), American pragmatism (esp. Peirce), epistemology
areas of competence
history of 20th Century philosophy, philosophy of mind, continental philosophy
current positions
associate professor of theoretical philosophy, University of Turin
member of Labont, center for ontology, University of Turin
career & education
June 2018-Oct. 2019, principal investigator (Eigene Stelle) in the DFG project the pre-history of Kant's non-evidentialism, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
March-May 2017, visiting scholar, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Oct. 2014-May 2018, principal investigator (Eigene Stelle) in the DFG project Kant, transcendental strategies, and philosophical antinomies, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
May 2014-Oct.2019, research associate (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Institut für Philosophie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
May 2012-April 2014, Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Sept. 2009-Dec. 2011, research fellow, University of Pisa
Sept. 2009, Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Pisa. Dissertation: Peirce’s Account of Purposefulness: A "Methodeutical" Principle. Supervisor: Prof. Alfredo Ferrarin. Committee: Prof. Vincent Colapietro (Penn State University), Prof. Rossella Fabbrichesi Leo (University of Milan), Prof. Enrico Moriconi (Universiy of Pisa)
Oct.-Dec. 2008, visiting scholar, University of Sheffield
March-July 2007, visiting scholar, Penn State University
June 2005, Laurea in philosophy (M.A.),summa cum laude, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Thesis: L’altro dal concetto. Adorno e l’ontologia heideggeriana (What is Other from the Concept: Adorno and Heideggerian Ontology). Supervisor: Prof. Lucio Cortella
editorial appointments
2016-, Assistant Editor, Studi Kantiani
fellowships, grants and awards
August 2019, winner of the Kant-Nachwuchspreis, which was awarded during the 13th International Kant Congress in Oslo (6-9 August 2019), Kant-Gesellschaft and Fondazione Silvestro Marcucci
June 2018-May 2021, research grant for the project: the pre-history of Kant's non-evidentialism, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Oct. 2014-Feb. 2018, research grant for the project: Kant, transcendental strategies, and philosophical antinomies, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
December 2013, winner of the 2013-14 Peirce Essay Contest, Charles S. Peirce Society
May 2012-April 2014, postdoctoral research fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Jan.2006-Dec. 2008, Ph.D. full-time fellowship, University of Pisa
Oct. 2000-June 2005, undergraduate scholarship, Ca' Foscari University
conference and workshop organization
8-11 July 2019, conference: Kant and the Systematicity of the Sciences, Frankfurt am Main
19-20 June 2017, workshop: C.S. Peirce on Symbolicity and Convention: Signs, Language, Social Norms, Berlin
8-9 July 2016, workshop: The Current Relevance of Kant's Method in Philosophy, Frankfurt am Main
9-10 October 2015, workshop: Kant's Method in Philosophy and Its Reception, Frankfurt am Main
21-22 January 2015, workshop: From Intuition to Indexicality: New Perspectives on Peirce's Theory of the Index, London
10-12 April 2014, conference: Bridging Traditions: Idealism and Pragmatism, Frankfurt am Main