EPICS · Epistemology in psychological science, the heritage of Giambattista Vico and the cultural psychology.""

The project is aimed at analyzing the basic historical and psychological roots of the EU civil societies over the past centuries. The analysis will shed light on the epistemological status of psychological knowledge, by reconstructing the influence of Giambattista Vico’s ideas (concepts of verum factum, historical situatedness of higher mental processes and sensus communis), using this study to define the epistemological challenges, and to understand how concepts in psychology are theoretically elaborated, empirically constructed and generalized. Candidate’s career objective is to integrate his scientific profile with theoretical and epistemological innovative competences at Aalborg University (Denmark) to successfully compete for a position of associate professor in psychology in Italy, Denmark, or other EU countries, within 3 years. The candidate will improve theoretical and research skills