From September 2022, I am the principal investigator of the postdoctoral research project FONDECYT de Iniciación en Investigación 2022 N°11220030 ‘Dual Aspect Essentialism: A Scientifically Responsible Metaphysics of Fundamental Properties’ at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, where I am based. In addition, I play the role of the box-to-box metaphysician and research associate at FraMEPhys, the Birmingham ERC-funded group led by Professor Al Wilson.
Previously, I was a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. And before that, I was a teaching fellow in metaphysics and logic at the University of Birmingham. I am mainly interested in metaphysics and metaphysical areas of the philosophy of science. My work primarily focuses on the nature of properties, fundamentality, grounding, and structuralism. In 2017, The Royal Institute of Philosophy awarded me a bursary for “research in certain fundamental parts of philosophy”.
My past self was a course lecturer and a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Glasgow, where I passed my PhD in 2019. Before moving to Scotland, I studied in Genoa, Milan and, just for a wee bit, Durham. If you want to receive a copy of my full CV, get in touch with me: philosophy[at]joaquimgiannotti[dot]com
I was born in India. Soon afterwards, I was adopted by Italian and Swiss parents. The fact I bear a Portuguese name is grounded in facts about the colonial heritage of the Indian region I am from. My name is derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (יְהוֹיָקִים), meaning “raised by Yahweh”.
While philosophy is my main passion, it is not the only one. Among other things, I am interested in fitness, animal rights, racial justice, and basketball. When I am not doing philosophy, I am working out at the gym or playing Magic: The Gathering. I am a dog-lover and a long-time AC Milan fan. Somehow, I am lucky enough to share my life with another philosopher.
JOAQUIM GIANNOTTI 