{"id":2559,"date":"2025-09-02T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:35:48","slug":"from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>On September 29<\/strong>t<strong>h<\/strong>, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, the Aula Magna of the New Palazzo \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d at the University of Pisa will host a talk entitled \u201c<strong>From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness<\/strong>\u201d, featuring the renowned scientist and inventor <strong>Federico Faggin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the relationship between consciousness, symbols, and meaning\u2014especially when a computer seems to \u201cunderstand\u201d what it says? The proposed hypothesis is that only consciousness can give meaning to symbols, transforming them into elements of experience. Considering consciousness and free will as fundamental principles allows us to shed new light on some of the enigmas of quantum physics and to overcome the crisis of meaning affecting both science and society. This leads to a vision in which science and spirituality are not opposed, but rather converge toward a universe endowed with purpose and intrinsic meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the event: <a href=\"https:\/\/dii.unipi.it\/news\/eventi\/dal-linguaggio-dei-simboli-alla-realt%C3%A0-del-significato-il-ruolo-della-coscienza-con?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/dii.unipi.it\/news\/eventi\/dal-linguaggio-dei-simboli-alla-realt%C3%A0-del-significato-il-ruolo-della-coscienza-con<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 29th, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, the Aula Magna of the New Palazzo \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d at&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-dark btn-sm unipi-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On September 29th, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, the Aula Magna of the New Palazzo \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d at&hellip;Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ricerca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"redazione\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"redazione\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f\"},\"headline\":\"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"articleSection\":[\"Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ricerca\",\"description\":\"Dipartimento di Matematica - Universit\u00e0 di Pisa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f\",\"name\":\"redazione\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"redazione\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.df.unipi.it\\\/ricerca\\\/en\\\/author\\\/redazione\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca","og_description":"On September 29th, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, the Aula Magna of the New Palazzo \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d at&hellip;Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/","og_site_name":"Ricerca","article_published_time":"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00","author":"redazione","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/"},"author":{"name":"redazione","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f"},"headline":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness","datePublished":"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/"},"wordCount":175,"articleSection":["Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/","url":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/","name":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness - Ricerca","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-02T08:35:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T08:35:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/from-the-language-of-symbols-to-the-reality-of-meaning-the-role-of-consciousness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"From the Language of Symbols to the Reality of Meaning: The Role of Consciousness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/","name":"Ricerca","description":"Dipartimento di Matematica - Universit\u00e0 di Pisa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/eda6875d6346abb03b633a7ad228df3f","name":"redazione","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e5a6ecd39c9d2ef1c6cb946645f39c2cef1cb4494966af158c23ed5c93daf30b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"redazione"},"url":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/author\/redazione\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 01:06:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.df.unipi.it\/ricerca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}