Bio
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Münster, Department of Philosophy, where I am member of the collaborative project “The role of individual internal states in niche choice, niche construction, and behavioural niche conformance” led by Ulrich Krohs.
My Ph.D. is from the Università degli Studi di Milano and the École Normale Supérieure (Institut Jean Nicod), where I was co-advised by Elisa Paganini and Márta Abrusán. Before that, I did my master in philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, co-advised by François Recanati and Michael Murez.
My research centres on the semantics and pragmatics of subjective language, especially evaluative and expressive content, often using game-theoretic tools. I also work on the philosophy and science of affect (animal emotions, sentience, and welfare) and on how current frameworks bear on borderline cases and ethical decision-making. Current projects extend this profile to animal communication.
Contact
Email: victor[dot]carranza[at]uni-muenster[dot]de
Address: Philosophisches Seminar, Domplatz 23, 48143 Münster