Dr. Antonio Scarafone

Personal information

Dr. Scarafone completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of Reading (UK) and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Philosophy of Mind and Mi3 Lab at LMU. His research lies at the intersection of philosophy of language and psychology. He is especially interested in prelinguistic communication and cognitive development, as well as in systems of imagistic communication.

Research interests

• Pragmatics
• Normativity
• Prelinguistic communication
• Cognitive development
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Current Projects

Understanding the Developing Mind: Normativity and Psychology (DFG Eigenestelle: 536841140). In this project, he investigates how very young children learn to communicate and coordinate activities with others, how these processes are related to certain kinds of social norms, and how their outputs may contribute to children’s growing understanding of other minds.

Selected publications

• Where Infants Dare, «Topoi». (2025) Link to PDF
• Joint Attention: Normativity and Sensory Modalities, «Topoi». (2024) Link to PDF
• What would it be like for prelinguistic communication to be Gricean?, «Language and Communication», 90: 1-13. (2023) Link to PDF
• Getting Ready to Share Commitments, «Philosophical Topics», 50 (1): 135-160, co-authored with John Michael. (2022) Link to PDF