Biography
Biography
Gustavo Cevolani is Full Professor in Logic and Philosophy of Science (M-FIL/02).
He graduated in Philosophy at the University of Bologna, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science in 2005. His current research interests are in general philosophy of science and formal epistemology, with a focus on rational decisions in scientific and ordinary reasoning, the notion of cognitive progress, and methodological issues of social and behavioral sciences. See his personal website for an updated list of publications.
His approach combines conceptual analyses, formal methods (probability, decision, and game theory), and results from the psychology of reasoning, cognitive science, and social sciences in general.