Evandro Agazzi [1] ( Italian: Evandro Agazzi ; born October 23, 1934 , Bergamo ) is an Italian philosopher and professor at the University of Genoa . His areas of interest include ethics of science and technology , logic , metaphysics , philosophy of language , philosophy of science , philosophical anthropology , and systems theory .
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| Date of Birth | October 23, 1934 (84 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Bergamo , Italy |
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| School / tradition | Analytic philosophy |
| Period | Modern philosophy |
| Core interests | Philosophy of science |
Content
Education
He graduated from the University of Milan with a degree in physics and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart , where he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from 1957. He also published his thesis in Oxford and at the Universities of Marburg and Münster .
Teaching
Agazzi taught mathematics in Genoa, philosophy of science and mathematical logic at the Catholic University of Milan. He was promoted to professor in the philosophy of science in Genoa in 1970. He became a leading specialist in philosophical anthropology, philosophy of nature and philosophy of science at the University of Friborg in 1979. He worked as a visiting professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, at the University of Berlin , at the University of Pittsburgh , at Stanford University , at the University of Geneva and other educational institutions.
Organizations
President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, Honorary President of the International Federation of Philosophical Communities and the International Institute of Philosophy. He was president of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, the Italian Philosophical Society and the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science. He was also the treasurer of the UNESCO International Council for Philosophy and Humanities. He was also a member of the Italian National Committee on Bioethics.
Publications
Editor
Magazines
Agazzi is the editor of Epistemology, an Italian journal on the philosophy of science, and Nuova Secondaria, an Italian journal for university professors. He is also a consulting editor for many international magazines, including Erkenntnis, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, Medicina e Morale, Modern Logic, Kos, and Sandhan.
Author
Articles
The author of more than seven hundred publications in scientific journals and essays in collections. He is also the author of nineteen books, including Philosophie, Science, Métaphysique (Philosophy, Science, Metaphysics) and Right, Wrong and Science: The Ethical Dimensions of the Techno-Scientific Enterprise .
Books
- Philosophy of Mathematics Today (in conjunction with György Darvas, 1997) / Philosophy of Mathematics Today
- Realism and Quantum Physics (1998) / Realism and Quantum Physics
- Advances in the Philosophy of Technology (with Hans Lenk, 1999) / Advances in the Philosophy of Technology
- The Reality of the Unobservable (shared with Massimo Pauri, 2000) / Unobserved Reality
- Life-Interpretation and the Sense of Illness within the Human Condition: Medicine and Philosophy in a Dialogue (in collaboration with Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2001) / Interpretation of life and the feeling of illness in a human condition: medicine and philosophy in dialogue
- The Problem of the Unity of Science (with Jan Faye, 2001)
- Complexity and Emergence (with Luisa Montecucco, 2002) /
- Valori e limiti del senso comune (2004) /
Publications in Russian
- Agazzi E. Man as a subject of philosophy // Questions of philosophy . - 1989. - No. 2. - S. 24–35.
- Agazzi E. Responsibility - the true basis for the management of free science // Problems of Philosophy . - 1992. - No. 1. - S. 30–40.
- Agazzi E. The moral dimension of science and technology. - M .: Mosk. Philos. Fund, 1998 .-- 343 p. ISBN 5-85133-056-2
- Agazzi E. Rethinking the philosophy of science today // Questions of philosophy . - 2009. - No. 1. - P. 40–52.
- Agazzi E. Why does science have ethical dimensions? // Questions of philosophy . - 2009. - No. 9. - P. 93–104.
- Agazzi E. Epistemology and social: feedback loop // Problems of Philosophy . - 2010. - No. 7. - S. 58–66.
- Agazzi E. The idea of a knowledge-based society // Philosophy Issues . - 2012. - No. 10. - S. 3–19.
- Agazzi E. Methodological turn in philosophy // Questions of philosophy . - 2014. - No. 9. - P. 60–65.
Rewards
- Centro di Studi Filosofici di Gallarate in 1962 for the book Introduzione ai problemi dell'assiomatica
- Cortina-Ulisse in 1983
- Prince of Liechtenstein Prize in 1983 for the book Il bene, il male e la scienza
- International Prize for Philosophy Salento in 2004 for its activities
- Feltrinelli Prize (2015)
Notes
- ↑ Ageenko F.L. Agazzi Evandro // Dictionary of proper names of the Russian language. Stress Pronunciation. Inflection . - M .: World and Education; Onyx, 2010 .-- S. 58 .-- 880 p. - ISBN 5-94666-588-X , 978-5-94666-588-9.