Michele Farisco
Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics (CRB)
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 61 92
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 75 05
- E-mail:
- michele.farisco@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Box 564, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Biography
I am an Italian Philosopher interested in theoretical and practical investigation at the intersection of philosophy and neuroscience. I hold a degree in Philosophy with a dissertation on German Philosophical Anthropology (Neue Anthropologie), a Master degree in Biolaw with a dissertation on the relationship between Neuroscience and Law, a PhD in Ethics and Anthropology with a dissertation on Posthuman Philosophy. I am married and I have a wonderful little doughter : )

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2025
- DOI for GNW theoretical framework and the “adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness”
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The Capacity for Evaluation of the Human Brain and Its Implications for an Artificial Moral Subject
Part of Neuroscience and Society. The Interface of Neuroscience and the Social Sciences, p. 136-146, CRC Press, 2025
Part of Ethics and Medical Technology. The International Library of Bioethics, vol 113, Springer Nature, 2025
Cognitive impairment in kidney transplanted patients
Part of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2025
- DOI for Cognitive impairment in kidney transplanted patients
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Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: a multidimensional heuristic approach
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 180-193, 2025
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2025
- DOI for GNW theoretical framework and the “adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness”
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Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: a multidimensional heuristic approach
Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 180-193, 2025
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Part of Journal of Neurology, p. 395-407, 2024
- DOI for International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness
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Part of Clinical Kidney Journal, 2024
- DOI for Cognitive decline related to chronic kidney disease as an exclusion factor from kidney transplantation: results from an international survey
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A method for the ethical analysis of brain-inspired AI
Part of Artificial Intelligence Review, 2024
- DOI for A method for the ethical analysis of brain-inspired AI
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Is artificial consciousness achievable?: Lessons from the human brain
Part of Neural Networks, 2024
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Part of Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2024
- DOI for Simultaneous invasive and non-invasive recordings in humans: a novel Rosetta stone for deciphering brain activity
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Part of Physics of Life Reviews, p. 35-36, 2024
Developing Capabilities for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
Part of Journal of Responsible Technology, 2023
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Part of Neuroscience of Consciousness, p. 1-8, 2023
- DOI for About the compatibility between the perturbational complexity index and the global neuronal workspace theory of consciousness
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The Ethical Spectrum of Consciousness
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 55-57, 2023
Part of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, p. 1064-1066, 2022
- DOI for The need for a multi-disciplinary reflection about frailty and cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease
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Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
- DOI for Indicators and criteria of consciousness: ethical implications for the care of behaviourally unresponsive patients
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On the Contribution of Neuroethics to the Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Part of Neuroethics, 2022
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American and European Guidelines on Disorders of Consciousness: Ethical Challenges of Implementation
Part of The journal of head trauma rehabilitation, p. 258-262, 2022
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From Responsible Research and Innovation to responsibility by design
Part of Journal of Responsible Innovation, p. 175-198, 2021
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Towards Establishing Criteria for the Ethical Analysisof Artificial Intelligence
Part of Science and Engineering Ethics, p. 2413-2425, 2020
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Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 88-95, 2020
Of Ethical Frameworks and Neuroethics in Big Neuroscience Projects: A View from the HBP
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 167-175, 2020
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Realigning the Neural Paradigm for Death
Part of Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, p. 259-277, 2019
Part of Neuroethics, p. 201-211, 2019
- DOI for Neuroethics and Philosophy in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Human Brain Project
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The Need for a Conceptual Expansion of Neuroethics
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 126-128, 2019
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Large-scale brain simulation and disorders of consciousness: Mapping technical and conceptual issues
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
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Part of Etica e Politica / Ethics and Politics, p. 487-496, 2018
Drug addiction: from neuroscience to ethics
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
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Neuroethics: A Conceptual Approach
Part of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, p. 717-727, 2018
The ethical relevance of the unconscious
Part of Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 2017
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The Computational Shift in Neuroscience: A Multifaceted Neuroethical Analysis
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, 2017
The Intrinsic Activity of the Brain and Its Relation to Levels and Disorders of Consciousness
Part of Mind and Matter, p. 197-219, 2017
Part of Bioethics, p. 328-337, 2017
The relevance of neuroscience for conceptualizing human nature
Part of Idee, p. 121-136, 2016
Big Science, Brain Simulation and Neuroethics
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 28-30, 2016
Part of Biopreservation and Biobanking, p. 70-71, 2015
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 44-46, 2015
Keeping the human: neuroethics and the conciliation of dissonant values in the 21st century
Part of Neuroscience and neuroeconomics, p. 1-10, 2015
On the Stand: Another Episode of Neuroscience and Law Discussion From Italy
Part of Neuroethics, p. 243-245, 2014
Codici, linee guida e commentari di etica della ricerca: la questione della qualità
Part of Epidemiologia & Prevenzione, p. 268-272, 2014
In Need of Meta-Scientific Experts?
Part of AJOB Neuroscience, p. 243-245, 2014
Clinicians’ attitudes towards patients with disorders of consciousness: a survey
Part of Neuroethics, p. 93-104, 2014
Biomedical research involving patients with disorders of consciousness: ethical and legal dimensions
Part of Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, p. 221-228, 2014
Misdiagnosis as an ethical and scientific challenge
Part of Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, p. 229-233, 2014
The Ethical Pain: Detection of pain and suffering in patients with disorders of consciousness
Part of Neuroethics, p. 265-276, 2013
Part of International Journal of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnosis, p. 12-19, 2013
The Impact of Neuroscience and Genetics on the Law: A Recent Italian Case
Part of Neuroethics, p. 317-319, 2012
Medical Responsibility and Clinical Guidelines: A Few Remarks from Two Italian Juridical Cases
Part of Medicine Studies, p. 157-169, 2012
Informed Consent for Cord Blood Donation: A Theoretical and Empirical Study
Part of Blood Transfusion, p. 292-300, 2011
Articles, review/survey
Cognitive impairment in kidney transplanted patients
Part of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2025
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Neuroethics and AI ethics: a proposal for collaboration
Part of BMC Neuroscience, 2024
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Part of Consciousness and Cognition, 2024
- DOI for Assessing the commensurability of theories of consciousness: on the usefulness of common denominators in differentiating, integrating and testing hypotheses
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What names for covert awareness?: A systematic review
Part of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
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Indicators and Criteria of Consciousness in Animals and Intelligent Machines: An Inside-Out Approach
Part of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2019
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The Human Brain Project: Responsible Brain Research for the Benefit of Society
Part of Neuron, p. 380-384, 2019
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Neuro-bio-diritto: tra imputabilità e negazione di responsabilità. : Verso un nichilismo giuridico?
Part of Archivio giuridico Filippo Serafini, p. 317-355, 2009
Books
Filosofía de las Neurociencias.: Cerebro, mente, persona
Ediciones Universidad Catolica de Salta, 2018
Filosofia delle neuroscienze: Cervello, mente, persona
Edizioni Messaggero di Padova, 2012
Ancora uomo: Natura umana e postumanesimo
Vita e Pensiero, 2011
Chapters in book
The Capacity for Evaluation of the Human Brain and Its Implications for an Artificial Moral Subject
Part of Neuroscience and Society. The Interface of Neuroscience and the Social Sciences, p. 136-146, CRC Press, 2025
Part of Ethics and Medical Technology. The International Library of Bioethics, vol 113, Springer Nature, 2025
Part of The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence, p. 100-119, European Liberal Forum, 2024
The ethical implications of indicators of consciousness in artificial systems
Part of Brains and Machines: Towards a Unified Ethics of AI and Neuroscience, p. 191-204, Academic Press, 2024
The Ethics in the Management of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
Part of Coma and Disorders of Consciousness., Springer, 2024
Theoretical Framing of Neuroethics: The Need for a Conceptual Approach
Part of Debates About Neuroethics: Perspectives on Its Development, Focus, and Future, p. 89-107, Springer Publishing Company, 2017
Part of Mind, brain and education at Erice, p. 149-152, Ettore Majorana Foundation, 2016
Externalization of Consciousness: Scientific Possibilities and Clinical Implications
Part of Ethical Issues in Behavioural Neuroscience, p. 205-222, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2015
Ethical Frameworks and Comparative Effectiveness Research
Part of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Services, p. 1-37, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2015
Part of Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2013
Collections (editor)
Neuroéthique et diversité culturelle
ISTE Editions Ltd, 2024
Neuroethics and Cultural Diversity
John Wiley & Sons, 2023
Routledge, 2016