Michele Farisco
Michele Farisco
PhD student
Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy
Michele Farisco is part of CRB's neuroethics research team. He was recently appointed Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy in Italy. He holds a degree in Philosophy from University of Naples "L'Orientale" in 2003, a PhD in "Ethics and Anthropology. History and Foundation" from University of Lecce in 2008 and a Master degree in Biolaw from the University of Rome "Lumsa" in 2009. He spent time on an exchange grant from the European Neuroscience and Society Network within the European Science Foundation joining the Coma Science Group of the University of Liège (Belgium). He is the head of the "Science and society" research unit of Biogem Genetic Research Centre in Ariano Irpino (Italy). He is the author of three books and several articles about posthuman philosophy and philosophical, ethical and legal implications (ELSI) of genetics and neuroscience.
Michele Farisco is currently working on his second PhD about the neuroscience of disorders of consciousness (from laboratory to clinics). He will study the ethical and legal issues emerging from neuroscientific investigation of Disorders of Consciousness and related technological applications. The project is a part of the European Union flagship Human Brain Project.
E-mail: michele.farisco@crb.uu.se
Phone: +46 18 471 65 66
Recently in media
- The Struggle for Consciousness and the Dawn of a New Alliance Between Ethics and Science
The Neuroethics Blog, 2019-03-12 - Neuroscience of drug addiction highlights policy/ethical issues
Human Brain Project news, 2018-11-22 - On consciousness and the unconscious
BMC On Medicine, 2018-07-27 - Coma patients might feel pleasure and pain like the rest of us
ScienceNordic, 2018-05-24 - Føler komapatienter smerte og nydelse ligesom os andre?
ForskerZonen, 2018-05-22 - We need a more comprehensive ethics of disorders of consciousness
BioEdge, 2017-11-18 - Om högteknologiska implantat i hjärnan
Vetenskapsradions veckomagasin, 2017-04-21
Communicating with unconscious patients
The instrumental investigation and assessment of consciousness have witnessed an astonishing progress over the last years. Michele Farisco is looking at the neuroscience of disorders of consiousness.
The Human Brain Project
The Human Brain Project is one of the European Community flagship projects and involves over 100 groups. Kathinka Evers leads the philosophical research.
Neuroethics & Neurophilsophy
Any attempt at understanding how the mind and the brain work comes with a set of philosophical, ethical and social issues.
Michele Farisco on the Ethics Blog
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Drug addiction as a mental and social disorder
Source: MicFar 2018-12-04
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Beyond awareness: the need for a more comprehensive ethics of disorders of consciousness
Source: MicFar 2017-10-23
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Searching for consciousness needs conceptual clarification
Source: MicFar 2016-03-15
Fundamental Neuroethics
We aim to broaden the field and contribute to the ongoing discussion on the nature of neuroethics with our conceptual approach to fundamental neuroethics.
Consiousness
Theoretical philosophy
We develop new theory of consciousness with notable implication for how the 'unconscious' is conceived.
Dual-use neuroscience
Developments in neuroscientific techniques and technologies are increasing the capability to assess and affect the structure and functions of the brain. We explore issues emerging from dual use of this research.
Publications
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Farisco, Michele
Brain, consciousness and disorders of consciousness at the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy
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Indicators and Criteria of Consciousness in Animals and Intelligent Machines: An Inside-Out Approach
Part of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2019.
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Neuroethics and Philosophy in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Human Brain Project
Part of Neuroethics, p. 201-211, 2019.
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The Human Brain Project: Responsible Brain Research for the Benefit of Society
Part of Neuron, p. 380-384, 2019.
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The Need for a Conceptual Expansion of Neuroethics
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 126-128, 2019.
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Drug addiction: from neuroscience to ethics
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018.
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Filosofía de las Neurociencias.: Cerebro, mente, persona
Ediciones Universidad Catolica de Salta, 2018.
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Large-scale brain simulation and disorders of consciousness: Mapping technical and conceptual issues
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2018.
Neuroethics & Philosophy of the Brain
The CRB neuroethics research team is an international, multi-disciplinary group. Our backgrounds allow us to approach these issues from theoretical, philosophical, social, bio-political and clinical perspectives. We collaborate closely with neuroscientists to understand the ethical and philosophical questions that neuroscience brings. In this report, we provide a summary of our research. The report was updated in November 2016.
Finding hidden awareness
Patients with disorders that affect their consciousness are often unable to communicate. Sometimes there is a hidden awareness somewhere in the patient’s brain, but how do we find it? Michele Farisco is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy, doing his second PhD in Neuroethics.
