Vinicio Busacchi is Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Philosophy at the University of Cagliari, Italy. He is a Member of the interdisciplinary research group on "Psychoanalysis, Hermeneutics and Phenomenology" in Rome. His research interests are focused in epistemology and hermeneutics. He has published various articles on the philosophy of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, anthropology, and the philosophy of history. His published books include Ricoeur vs. Freud (Paris, 2011), Pour une herméneutique critique (Paris, 2013), and The recognition principle (Newcastle 2015).