The three editors - Carola Barbero, Maurizio Ferraris, and Alberto Voltolini - respectively teach Philosophy of Language, Theoretical Philosophy, and Philosophy of Mind at the University of Turin. Barbero is interested in fiction, literature and emotions; her main work concerning these subjects is Madame Bovary: Something Like A Melody (Alboversorio, 2005). Besides hermeneutics, Ferraris is one of the leading experts in social ontology, and his book Documentality has just been translated by Oxford University Press (2012). Voltolini deals with fiction, intentionality and depiction; his main work concerning these subjects is How Ficta Follow Fiction (Springer, 2006).