Education
He graduated from the University of Genoa (1973), then graduated Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh (1979), with subsequent periods of study at Oxford, Manchester and New New York
He graduated from the University of Genoa (1973), then graduated Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh (1979), with subsequent periods of study at Oxford, Manchester and New New York
He was also Dean of the Faculty of Artss and Humanities of the University of Genoa 2002-2008. He has published extensively on the works of Nicholas Rescher. In 2008 has been involved in scandal public selection (in Italian about "concorsi", selection) at the University of Genoa (see ).
He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Seville (Spain, Department of Philosophy), Malaga (Spain, Department of Philosophy), Iceland (Reykjavik University, Department of Philosophy), Ireland (University College Cork, Department of Philosophy), Malta (Faculty of Humanities), Beirut (Université Libanaise, Faculty of Social Sciences), London (King"s College), Hertfordshire (Department of Philosophy), Stirling (United Kingdom, Department of Philosophy), Bergen (Norway, Institute of Philosophy), Pittsburgh (United States of America, Department of Philosophy).
His main areas of study are in Pragmatism, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy and Philosophical Logic.