Paolo Gigli

Researcher and lecturer at USI-FTL, Paolo’s interest lies in theoretical philosophy (primarily metaphysics), both in its historical development (primarily in Ancient Greece) and in the contemporary debate. He earned his PhD from the University of Geneva with a thesis on change in Plato’s Theaetetus, his MA from USI and his BA from the University of Bologna. During his PhD, he visited the University of Oxford. At USI, Paolo is also the coordinator of the Bachelor (BAF) and Master in Philosophy (MAP). He has taught Introduction to Philosophy and Ancient Philosophy (at BA level), Logic and Methodology of research in Philosophy (at BA and MA level).

• Current position

Researcher and Lecturer in Philosophy

Coordinator of the Bachelor and of the Master in Philosophy

• Education

PhD Student (2020-2025) Université de Genève. Supervisors: P. Crivelli, S. Meister. Jury members: L. Castagnoli, F. Correia, P. Fait, K. Ierodiakonou. Title of the dissertation: Change and Ontological Relativity in Plato's Theaetetus. 

Recognised (Visting Doctoral) Student (2023) University of Oxford, Faculty of Philosophy & Oriel College. Supervisor: L. Castagnoli.

MA in Philosophy (2018-2020) Università della Svizzera italiana. Supervisor: P. Crivelli. 

BA in Philosophy (2015-2018) Università di Bologna. Supervisor: W. Cavini. 

• Previous positions 
  

PhD Assistant (2020-2025) Università della Svizzera italiana. Supervisors: D. Costa, K. Mulligan.

Student Administration Officer at the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) (2023-2024) USI-FTL. Directors of the Institute: R. Roux (ad interim), D. Costa (deputy). 

• Other 

Elected member of the Faculty Board (since 2023)

Elected member of the University Senate (since 2023)

Paolo's main area of research is in Ancient Philosophy. In this field, he works mostly on Plato, with a focus on the so-called eleatic dialogues and, among these, on the Theaetetus, and especially its first part. Of this complex stretch of text, Paolo provides a reconstruction and novel interpretation in his doctoral dissertation.

Besides Plato's Metaphysics, Paolo has broader interests in Ancient Philosophy, and the historical development of Metaphysics and Logic, up to the contemporary debate of these topics, especially but not exclusively, in the analytic tradition. 

AoS Ancient Philosophy

AoC Contemporary Philosophy, Metaphysics and Logic