Elizabeth Sacks

Elizabeth Sacks is a Researcher in the scientific disciplinary sector M-FIL/05 at the Faculty of Philosophy of Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan. She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Language from the University of Bologna and conducted research as a visiting student at the University of Oxford (Corpus Christi College). Previously, she held a 4-year research grant at the University of Padua's Department of Philosophy and served as a contract professor at multiple Italian universities. She is a member of the scientific committee of San Raffaele's Research Center in Phenomenology and Human Sciences.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, University of Bologna
• PhD in Philosophy of Language (Thesis: Singular Thoughts)

Research Interests: Focuses on theoretical issues in Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, and Ontology of Thought. Her work examines intentionality, mental representation, consciousness, and the interplay between linguistic and mental levels. She critiques psychologism and explores phenomenal intentionality within cognitive frameworks.

Teaching:

• Theories of Language and Thought (Undergraduate)
• Themes and Problems of Contemporary Philosophy (Undergraduate)
• Philosophy of Language: Mind, Language and Ontology (Master's)

Grants & Committees:

• Member of SIFA (Italian Society of Analytical Philosophy) Executive Board (2004–2008)
• Organized doctoral programs in Philosophy at San Raffaele and collaborated with IUSS Pavia on Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind programs
• Organized summer schools like Chi sono? Corpo e identità personale (2022) and San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2020

Labs & Collaborations: Active in San Raffaele's Research Center in Phenomenology and Human Sciences, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues between philosophy and cognitive sciences.