Gualtiero Piccinini

Gualtiero Piccinini
Born (1970-11-11) November 11, 1970
Italy
Education
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Missouri, Columbia
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Main interestsPhilosophy of mind
Mind Sciences
Philosophy of language
Notable ideasMechanistic account of computation
Neural computation
Integrating psychology and neuroscience

Gualtiero Piccinini (born 1970) is an Italian–American philosopher known for his work on the nature of mind and computation as well as on how to integrate psychology and neuroscience. He is the Florence G. Kline Professor of Philosophy and Curators' Distinguished Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Missouri, Columbia.