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Anna Pederneschi is a Mellon Humanities Faculty Fellow in the Philosophy Department at the University of California, Irvine. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from UCI (2024) and is an NSF Fellow for the project 'Genericity, Stability, and Structural Interaction,' collaborating with Prof. K. Ritchie and Prof. N. Vasil. Her research focuses on the Epistemology of Distrust, exploring its rationality in contexts like scientific skepticism and social media influence. She also investigates AI's epistemic agency and impact on academia. Her work bridges social epistemology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science, addressing structural injustices in academia through her role as MAP International Representative.
Education: PhD in Philosophy, University of California, Irvine (2024).
Research Interests: Distrust, identity bias, testimonial practices, Wittgensteinian philosophy, cognitive development of generics, and AI ethics. Her NSF project examines generic generalizations through psychological and philosophical lenses. She also explores epistemic pathologies like collective distrust and the normative challenges of distrusting authority.
Awards & Grants:
- Mellon Humanities Faculty Fellowship
- NSF Grant for 'Genericity, Stability, and Structural Interaction'
Teaching & Collaboration: Taught courses like 'Intro to Ethics' and 'Social Epistemology' at UCI. Active in interdisciplinary projects, including modeling echo chambers and critiquing essentializing generics in medical diagnoses like PMDD. Upcoming talks at Georgetown, USC, and international conferences.
Labs/Teams: Part of the NSF-led interdisciplinary team and MAP (Marginalized Academic Philosophers) as International Representative, advocating for equity in philosophy.
