moral philosopher and decision theorist,
and I am currently a researcher
at RWTH Aachen in the Applied Ethics Chair.
"Anything you can do, I can do meta" - Rudolf Carnap
I work on the cognitive and theoretical foundations of decision theory and game theory and on decision-making in ethically sensitive contexts.
I work on the cognitive and theoretical foundations of decision theory and game theory and on decision-making in ethically sensitive contexts. My main research interest is human reasoning in particularly complex situations, such as cooperating or facing choices with a moral dimension.
After completing my PhD in Philosophy at the London School of Economics in 2019, I moved to Milan where I was one of the first members of the Phi-Lab team at Università degli Studi I also worked on the PRIN project “From Models to Decisions”at IMT School of Advanced Studies in Lucca. At RWTH, I work on a BMBF project on Decisional Enhancement
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When I’m not doing philosophy, you can probably find me hiking with my husky or travelling. Here is some empirical evidence of the philosopher in the wild.
Teaching
2022-2024
2024-2023 The Ethical Scientist
Applied Ethics Chair, RWTH Aachen, Winter semester
Course leader
Philosophy and Public Policy
Applied Ethics Chair, RWTH Aachen, Summer semester
Course leader
Theories of Rationality
IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca
Course leader
Philosophy and Neuroscience in Moral
Reasoning
IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca
Course leader
2020-2021
Theories of Rationality
IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca
Course leader
Philosophy and Neuroscience in Moral
Reasoning
IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca
Course leader
Society, Politics and institutions:
Stability and Change
Università degli Studi di Milano
Tutor
Laboratorio di Filosofia Sperimentale
Università degli Studi di Milano
Tutor
2014- 2018
Logic
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Graduate teaching assistant
Philosophy and Public Policy
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Graduate teaching assistant
IEA Exam Invigilator for Student with Learning Disabilities London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Publications
2024
2024
Human-Machine Relations and Relational Autonomy,
Human-Machine Communication, in press
C. Colombo with H. Kempt and S. Nagel
2023
A decision-theoretic approach to assisted medical decision-making,
American Journal of Bioethics
C. Colombo with S. Nagel
2023
Modeling Public Policy Decisions:
Lessons from the Bernoulli-D’Alembert Debate, Rivista di Filosofia, vol. CXIV, n.1: 65-90
C. Colombo with G. Cevolani
2023
Modelling Moral Uncertainty, Sistemi Intelligenti, a. XXXV, n.1: 157-178
C. Colombo
2022
Role of Motor Information and Rational Thinking in Interpersonal Coordination, Sistemi Intelligenti, 2(2022): 235-251
C. Colombo with M. Pascarelli, F. Guala, C. Sinigaglia and M. Fanghella
2021
Coordination without Meta-Representation, Philosophical Psychology.
C. Colombo and F. Guala
2021
Rational Coordination without Beliefs, Erkenntnis
C. Colombo and F. Guala
2018
Doing, Allowing, Gains, and Losses, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
C. Colombo
2018
Decisions in Public Projects with Negative Externalities: Veil of Ignorance or Impartial Spectator, Revue d’économie politique
C. Colombo and W. Gaertner