Léo Migotti Ramponi, PhD

Professor

Areas of research:

• Semantics and pragmatics of non-linguistic representations
• Aesthetics & philosophy of music
• Musical cognition & creative psychology

Léo's work focuses on the application of methods from formal semantics and pragmatics to the analysis of the meaning of non-linguistic objects, notably music, but also dance and, more broadly, gestuality, as well as, more recently, clothing and design. His thesis was devoted to developing a theory of musical semantics by gathering experimental data to establish the reality of semantic effects in music, in order to better understand why some of its properties such as pitch, nuances or timbre evoke certain types of objects or situations.

CV:

• PhD in Cognitive Science, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, 2023 Exploring musical meaning: Experimental data for a semantics of music.
• Master of Research in Cognitive Science, École Normale Supérieure, 2019
• Master of Research in Philosophy, Nanterre University, 2019
• Master in Public Policy, specialization in Cultural Management, Sciences Po Paris, 2017
• Bachelor's degree in Science and Technology, specialization in Physics & Chemistry, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 2015
• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, specialization in Economics, Sciences Po Paris, 2015