I’m full professor for history of philosophy working primarily on the history of Late Renaissance, Early Modern and Enlightenment philosophy. I am member of the editorial boards of several periodicals, among which Giornale Critico della Filosofia Italiana, Rivista di Storia della Filosofia, Historia Philosophica, and series (“International Archives for the History of Ideas”, “Women in the History of Philosophy and Science”, “Epicurea”).

I got in 2009 the La Bruyère Award for Philosophy, given by the Académie Française (Paris) for my book Skepsis. Le débat des modernes sur le scepticisme (Paris, Vrin, 2008) and in 2011 the  Prize of the Accademia dei Lincei (Rome) for Philosophy. This prize is given every ten years for the scientific production of the prize winner over the past decade

I am the author, editor or co-editor of 45 books and 207 articles and chapters.

Primary fields of research

• History of philosophy (Renaissance, Early Modern, Enlightenment)
• History of Early Modern Scepticism
  
• History of 17th century Philosophy (Gassendi, Hobbes, Descartes, Elisabeth of Bohemia Bayle)
• History of 18th century Philosophy (Condillac, Hume, Emilie du Châtelet, Diderot, Clandestine Philosophy and Radical Enlightenment)

Current research

I’m working primarily in the field of Early Modern philosophy (on Hobbes and Gassendi) and Enlightenment philosophy (David Hume’s Dialogues and their continental sources and context).  I’m interested in problems in the history of empiricism, especially concerning the relations between philosophy and sciences. In this connection, I’m especially interested in problems in epistemology, method, gender equality, and philosophy of mind.

I am currently working on a book on skepticism and empiricism from Bayle to Hume, another book on Hume’s Dialogues and his French partners, and finally one with  a comprehensive history of clandestine ideas, from Bodin to 18th century.

Five main publications

1. G. Paganini, Introduzione alle filosofie clandestine, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008, pp. 182
2. G. Paganini, Skepsis. Le débat des modernes sur le scepticisme. Montaigne-Le Vayer- Campanella – Hobbes- Descartes - Bayle Coll. “De Pétrarque à Descartes”,  78, Paris, Vrin 2008, pp. 448
3. Theophrastus redivivus, edizione prima e critica a cura di G. Canziani e G. Paganini, 2 volumi,  La Nuova Italia Editrice, Firenze 1981-1982, pp. CXXIV-998
4. Thomas Hobbes, Moto, luogo e tempo [De motu, loco et tempore], “Classici della filosofia), a cura di G. Paganini, UTET, Torino 2010, p. 708
5. David Hume, Dialoghi sulla religione naturale. Edizione bilingue. Introduzione, traduzione e note di Gianni Paganini, Milano, BUR Classici, 2013, p. 432