Researchers

Daniele Santoro

Academic degree:
Doutoramento

Professional category:
Investigador Integrado

Research group(s):
Teoria Política

E-mail: dsantoro@ilch.uminho.pt

Website(s):
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Institutional address:

Universidade do Minho
Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal

Short bionote:

I am a researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society, where I am also in charge of Political Philosophy Research Area and the Center Seminar Series.
I previously held appointments at Luiss University (where I also taught courses in political philosophy, history of political thought, philosophy of social sciences, and bioethics) and at the National Research Council of Italy.
I earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law from the University of Padua and held research fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University, and the Hoover Chaire of UCL Lou- vain.
My current interests are in constitutional rights, the justification of dissent, and the epistemic aspects of rights. My contributions on these and related subjects have appeared for Social Epistemology, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Philosophia, Philosophical Topics, and in edited volumes for Routledge and Continuum. I am the author of Speaking Truth to Power — A Theory of Whistleblowing, Springer 2018 (with Manohar Kumar).

Research interests:

Political Philosophy and Political Theory: public interest, whistleblowing, government secrecy, epistemic aspects of justice and democracy, constitutional rights, Philosophy of Law: legal responsibility, pragmatic and inferential accounts of legal concepts.

Education:

Associate Professorship in Political Philosophy (14/A1 - SPS/01) —Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, since September 2018

Professional experience:

Researcher — Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society —University of Minho (FCT position n. SFRH/BPD/108669/2015), 2016-present

Senior Research Fellow — Italian National Research Council - Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, (IRPPS-CNR) Rome, 2015-2016

Lecturer — Department of Political Science, Luiss University - Rome, 2010—2016.

Institutional positions:

Coordinator of the Political Theory Research Group

Coordinator of Research Seminar Series in Ethics and Political Philosophy

Projects

  • 2018 - ... (Coordenador)

    A Theory of Public Interest

    A Theory of Public Interest. An Investigation in Philosophy and Public Policy (waiting for fundings)
  • 2016 - ... (Coordenador)

    Liberty and Security in a Brave New World

    Liberty and Security in a Brave New World:  New Perspectives on Democratic Accountability, Whistleblowing, and the Right to Information”
    Hosting institution: Center for Ethics, Politics, and Society, Institute of Letters and Humanities, University of Minho - Braga
    Funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (grant n. SFRH/BPD/108669/2015)

Publications

Books

  • Speaking Truth to Power. A Theory of Whistleblowing (with Manohar Kumar), Springer International, Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations series. ISBN: 978-3-319-90721-5

Articles

  • “Socialism, perfectionist style. On William Edmundson, John Rawls: Reticent Socialist”, Ethical Perspectives, Book Symposium on William Edmundson, Ethical Perspectives, (2019) 2: 359-365. doi: 10.2143/EP.26.2.0000000;
  • “A Cosmopolitanism of Fear: The Global Significance of Terrorism after 9/11”, Knowledge Culture, 6(3), 2018, pp. 28-42.  DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22381/KC6320182;

    http://hdl.handle.net/1822/56388

  • "A justification of whistleblowing", Philosophy & Social Criticism Vol 43, Issue 7, pp. 669 - 684 (with M. Kumar)

    http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48281

  • “Proceduralism and the Epistemic Dilemma of Supreme Courts”, (with F. Liveriero), Social Epistemology, Volume 31- Issue 3: Epistemic Democracy, Deliberative Quality and Expertise,  Guest Editor Cathrine Holst, pp. 310-323, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2017.1317872;

    http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48282

  • “Responsabilità e ragionamento controfattuale” (Responsibility and Counterfactual Reasoning), in Pierluigi Graziani, Giorgio Grimaldi e Massimo Sangoi "Animali Razionali. Studi sui confini e sulle possibilità della razionalità”, Isonomia Epistemologica, vol. 7, 2015, pp. 133-158. ISSN: 2037-4348;
  • “Spiegazioni, omissioni e resoconti causali” (Explanations and Causal Assertions), Isonomia - Epistemologica Special Issue: "Mettere a Fuoco il Mondo. Conversazioni sulla filosofia di Achille C. Varzi”. Guest editors: Elena Casetta and Valeria Giardino, pp. 71-84 . ISSN: 2037-4348;
  • “Not By Bread Alone: Inequality, Relative Deprivation and Self-respect,” with Eszter Kollar, Philosophical Topics, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 2012 - Special Issue: “Rethinking Inequality: theoretical and empirical perspectives”. Guest editors: Patti Lenard, Monique Deveaux, pp. 79-96;
  • “New Perspectives on Analytic Pragmatism”, Philosophia, 1, 40 (1): 1-11 (with Carlo Penco);
  • “The Modal Bond of Analytic Pragmatism”, Ethics & Politics, XI, 1, pp. 385-411
  • “Norms out of exemplarity: on the principle vs practice-based models of judgment”, in Leonardo Marchettoni (ed), Validità esemplare, estetica e politica,  vol. VI, numero monografico: Validità esemplare, estetica e politica, no. VI,  2009, pp. 52-66.
  • “Patologie dell’impresa” (Patologies of the Corporation), in Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche, Vol. 10: 1, pp. 203-216;
  • “Democrazia e presupposti del discorso pratico” (Democracy and the Normative Presuppositions of Practical Discourse), Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, No. 1,  Vol. 7, 2002, pp. 233-244
  • “L’equilibrio riflessivo e i nodi irrisolti del coerentismo morale” (Reflective Equilibrium and the Unsolved Riddles of Moral Coherentism), Filosofia e Questioni pubbliche, Vol. 7: 1, pp. 23-29 (in Italian);

Book chapters

  • “Populismo e Sfera Pubblica Digitale” in Emanuele Profumi (ed), Ripensare la politica. Immagini del possibile e dell’alterità, ETS, Pisa (in Italian)
  • “A Right to Protection for Whistleblowers” (with M. Kumar), in Daniele Archibugi and Ali Emre Benli, (eds), Claiming Citizenship Rights in Europe. Emerging Challenges and Political Agents, Routledge - Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 186-203, ISBN: 978-1-138-03673-4 (hbk);
  • “Shall integration tests trump the right to family reunification?”, (with Silvia Cavasola), in Contemporary migrations: fluxes, policies, and politics, edited by Silvia Cavasola and Raffaele De Mucci, Luiss University Press, pp. 93-16.
  • "Famiglia”  in Mario Ricciardi, Andrea Rossetti, Vito Velluzzi (eds), Filosofia del diritto. Norme, concetti, argomenti, Carocci, Roma.
  • “Causes and Blame: A Pragmatic Analysis”, in F. Bacchini, M. Dell’Utri, Stefano Caputo and Massimo Dell'Utri, (eds) New Advances in Causation Agency and Moral Responsibility- Proceedings of the XII SIFA Conference, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 106-120;
  • “Responsibility and Causation. A Pragmatist View”, in Graham Hubbs and Douglas Lind (eds), Pragmatism, Law, and Language, Routledge, Routledge Series in Contemporary Philosophy, London and New York
  • “Public Reason and Models of Judgment”, in Losonczi, P., Singh, A. (eds), From Political Theory to Political Theology. Religious Challenges and the Prospects of Democracy, Bloomsbury Continuum, London, pp. 31-46
  • “Ontologia sociale e intenzionalità” in C. Tatasciore, Pierluigi Graziani, Giorgio Grimaldi (eds), Prospettive filosofiche: Il realismo, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, CUEN, Napoli, pp.181-193;

Other publications

  • Review of The Democratic Horizon. Hyperpluraism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism, by Alessandro Ferrara, Cambridge University Press, Democratic Theory, Vol. 1, no. 2, 2015
  • Review of Philipp Johnson-Laird, How We Reason (Oxford University Press, 2006), Metapsychologyonline, http:\\www.metapsychologyonline.com
  • Review of the Sixth European Conference in Analytic Philosophy - Krakow, August 2009, Humana.Mente,  Vol. 8, pp. XV-XX (with Vera Tripodi)
  • Review of V. Marzocchi, Reason as a Public Discourse (Liguori, Napoli, 2001), Iride, I, (in Italian)
  • “Discussion of Elvio Baccarini, Moral Realism”, Acta Analytica, (29), October, pp.151-159;
  • Discussion of Robert Brandom, Articulating Reasons, Harvard University Press, Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. I, 3, pp. 363-365.

Organização de eventos

  • 2019/07/09 - 2019/07/12 | University of Minho, Braga

    10th Summer School Summer School in Political Philosophy & Public Policy: “Democracy, the Company, and the Limits of the Market”

    https://10thsummerschoolbraga.weebly.com

  • 2019/01/29 - 2019/01/30 | University of Minho, Braga

    4th Braga Colloquium in the History of Ethics and Political Philosophy: The Politics of Emotions Historical Insights and Contemporary Challenges

    https://bragacolloquium.weebly.com

  • 2018/07/03 - 2018/07/05 | University of Minho, Braga

    9th Summer School Summer School in Political Philosophy & Public Policy: Which Property? Whose Capital? Property-Owning Democracy and the Socialist Alternative,

    https://9thsummerschoolbraga.weebly.com

  • 2016/06/15 - 2016/06/16 | University of Minho, Braga

    7th Annual Braga Meeting in Ethics and Political Philosophy

    http://meetingsethicspoliticalphil.weebly.com/call-for-papers-vii.html

  • 2016/01/21 | Circolo dei Lettori, Torino (Italy)

    Filosofia e Discriminazione

  • 2014/09/08 - 2014/09/10 | Manchester, UK

    Incivility, Disobedience, and Whistleblowing: Bad Citizenship or Democratic Dissent?, Mancept Workshop in Political Theory

  • 2011/06/16 - 2011/06/18 | University of Urbino, Italy

    Another World is Possible: Conference on David Lewis

    https://sites.google.com/site/conferencelewis/

  • 2010/05/28 - 2010/05/29 | Sapienza University, Rome

    Quine’s Word and Object, Fifty Years Later

    https://sites.google.com/site/aphexportale/home/home

  • 2009/04/20 - 2009/04/23 | University of Genova, Italy

    Towards an Analytic Pragmatism. Workshop with Robert Brandom

    http://www.dif.unige.it/epi/con/tap/links.html

  • 2008/03/07 | Luiss Guido Carli, Rome, Italy

    Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics