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Fiora Salis
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Before joining the Department I was Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the London School of Economics (2015-2017) and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy at the University of Lisbon (2012-2015). I obtained a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona (2011), an MA in Cognitive Science from the same University (2007) and an MA in Philosophy and History of Ideas (2006) from the University of Turin. 

Departmental roles

  • MA/Diploma in Philosophy Programme Leader
  • Colloquia Convener
  • Department Management Team
  • Careers and Industrial Placement Coordinator

Research

Overview

I am a philosopher with a background in cognitive science. I work primarily on issues related to the nature and varieties of imagination, and on its distinct uses in artistic fictions, scientific models, and thought experiments. I also work on fiction and the semantics and pragmatics of fictional discourse, fictional names, episodic memory and mental imagery, and the notion of creativity in relation to contemporary developments in AI.

More information on past and current research

Teaching

Undergraduate

I teach modules in all of my areas of research and areas of interest, but mostly in the areas of Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Science, both at undergraduate and graduate level.
 
 

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Dr Fiora Salis
Lecturer

External activities

Overview

I am Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Humane and Brain Science in Leipzig.