Address: Dipartimento
di Filosofia - via Balbi 4 -16126 Genova (Italy) (phone)
0039-010-209.9713-795 (fax) 0039-010-209.9864 . (mail)
penco@unige.it (web page)
www.dif.unige.it/epi/hp/penco
EDUCATIONAL
HISTORY:
Laurea in Filosofia Summa cum Laude, University
of Genova, 1972
Studying at Cambridge University (1976)
Diploma di Specializzazione in Filosofia della Scienza,
Genova 1977
Supervision of Michael Dummett at Oxford for one year
scholarship (1979-1980)
ACADEMIC
AWARDS
AND FELLOSHIPS:
CNR Fellow 1976
NATO Fellow at Oxford University 1979
Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science
(Pittsburgh) 1998
UNIVERSITY
POSITIONS
1976 Visiting Scholar at Cambridge
1979 NATO Fellow at Oxford University
1981 Researcher at Genoa University
1985 Researcher with tenure at Genoaa University
1988 Professor at Lecce University: Logic and
Philosophy of Science
1991 Professor at Genoa University: Phil. of Science,
Phil.of Language
2002 Full Professor (Abilitazione I Fascia)
2005 Full professor in Philosophy of Language (Univ.
Genoa)
TEACHING
from 1974 onwards: Seminars in Linguistic and
Philosophy of Language
under the supervision of Evandro Agazzi, at the University of
Genoa, Faculty of Arts;
from 1981: seminars on Frege and Wittgenstein for the
Philosophy of Science and the History of Contemporary
Philosophy
at the University of Genoa, Faculty of Arts;
from 1988: lectures in Logic and Philosophy of Science
at the University of Lecce, Faculty of Arts;
from 1991: lectures in Philosophy of Science at the
University of Genoa, Faculty of Arts;
teaching to teachers in different high schools in Liguria and
Piemonte;
from 1997: teaching Philosophy of Language at the
University of Genoa, Faculty of Arts;
from 2002: teaching Ontology at the Unviersity of Genoa
2003-2008 teaching "Theories of Communication at
the Faculty of Arts;
2004-2010 teaching "Semiotics of media"at the
Faculty of Communication (Savona);
PHD-FINAL
EXAMINATIONS
University of Malmø 2000: Martina Campart
University of Genoa 2002: Gabriella Pigozzi and Giusy
Ronzitti
University of Roma 3 - European PhD: Marcello
Montibeller
University of Pisa: Luciano Bazzocchi
University of Trento (2008) Marco Cruciani
University of Florence (2009): Silvia Lanzetta
Pisa, Scuola normale (2011) Alessandro La Grua, Giacomo
Turbanti
PHD-TUTORING
Paolo
Bopuquet
Alessandro
Dell'Anna
Simone
Gozzano
Federico
Pitto
FIlippo
Domaneschi
VISITING
& INVITED TALKS (for talks in Conferences, and talks in
Italy see talks)
1997 Visiting Professor at the University of Reykjavik
1998 Visiting Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh
(one Academic Year)
(Center for the Philosophy of Science and Department of
Philosophy)
1999 Visiting Scholar at the University of
Barcelona
2000 Visiting Professor at the University of
Reykjavic
2001 Erasmus Exchange at the University of London
(King's)
2002 Talk at Columbia University
2010 Talk at the University of Geneve
ACADEMIC
COMMITTEES
& INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS
since 1992 Library Commettee (Department of
Philosophy)
1993 Member of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy of
Science
Since 1995 Informatics Commettee - Department of
Philosophy (coordinator)
1996 Member of the Scientific Board of CNR Center for
Contemporary Philosophy
1999 Head of the Informatic Commettee of the
Department
1999-2004 Huìmanistic Area Research Committee (Area 11)
- (since 2002 vice-president)
1999-2001 Syllabus Commettee - Undergraduate Program
in Philosophy (coordinator)
Since 2001 "Campus One": Student service -
(representative of Faculty of Arts)
Since 2002 Web Page Commettee - Faculty of Arts
(coordinator)
Since 2003 Evaluation of Didactics Committee - Faculty
of Art (member)
2003-2006 Library Committee (Faculty of Art)
2003-2010 President of Post-graduate program in
Philosophy
2004-2007 Coordinator PhD Program in Philosophy
2006 Coordinator of the Doctoral School in
Humanities
2009 Member of the Committee for the Web pages of the
University of Genoa