Ludovico Geymonat
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Ludovico Geymonat was an Italian
Marxist philosopher
, who gave an original turn to dialectical materialism
.
Born in Turin
, where he attended Liceo classico Cavour
, he taught as professor of philosophy of science
in the University of Milan
from 1956 to 1979. Member of the Italian Communist Party
(PCI), later he was a supporter of the Communist Refoundation Party
founded when PCI turned into the Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
He died in Rho
in 1991.
Italian people
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Marxist philosopher
Marxist philosophy
Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory are terms that cover work in philosophy that is strongly influenced by Karl Marx's materialist approach to theory or that is written by Marxists...
, who gave an original turn to dialectical materialism
Dialectical materialism
Dialectical materialism is a strand of Marxism synthesizing Hegel's dialectics. The idea was originally invented by Moses Hess and it was later developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels...
.
Born in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, where he attended Liceo classico Cavour
Liceo classico Cavour
Liceo Ginnasio statale "Camillo Benso di Cavour" is the oldest Liceo classico in Turin and one among the oldest and most prominent high schools in Italy, for boys aged 14 to 19. It was transferred to its present location in 1931.-History:...
, he taught as professor of philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
in the University of Milan
University of Milan
The University of Milan is a higher education institution in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 62,801 students, a teaching and research staff of 2,455 and a non-teaching staff of 2,200....
from 1956 to 1979. Member of the Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
(PCI), later he was a supporter of the Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
founded when PCI turned into the Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
He died in Rho
Rho
Rho is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 100. It is derived from Semitic resh "head"...
in 1991.
Selected works
- Il problema della conoscenza nel positivismo, Bocca, Torino 1931
- La nuova filosofia della natura in Germania, Bocca, Torino 1934
- Studi per un nuovo razionalismo, Chiantore, Torino 1945
- Saggi di filosofia neorazionalistica, Einaudi, Torino 1953
- Galileo Galilei, Einaudi, Torino 1957, ISBN 8806042831
- Filosofia e filosofia della scienza, Feltrinelli, Milano 1960 ISBN 8807850540
- Filosofia e pedagogia nella storia della civiltà, with Renato Tisato, Garzanti, Milano 1965, 3 voll. ISBN 8811043204, 1965
- Attualità del materialismo dialettico, with Enrico Bellone, Giulio Giorello and Silvano Tagliagambe, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1974 ISBN 8835906261
- Scienza e realismo, Feltrinelli, Milano 1977 ISBN 8807650177
- Filosofia della probabilità, with Domenico Costantini, Feltrinelli, Milano 1982 ISBN 8807650231,
- Riflessioni critiche su Kuhn e Popper, Dedalo, Bari 1983 ISBN 8822038010
- Lineamenti di filosofia della scienza, Mondadori, Milano 1985, new edition by Utet, Torino 2006 ISBN 8804269715,
- Le ragioni della scienza, with Giulio Giorello and Fabio Minazzi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1986 ISBN 8842027677,
- Storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico, Garzanti, Milano 1970-1976, 7 voll. ISBN 8811250412,
- La libertà, Rusconi, Milano 1988 ISBN 88-18-01036-0
- La società come milizia, edited by Fabio Minazzi, Marcos y Marcos 1989 ISBN 8871680022, new edition La civiltà come milizia, edited by Fabio Minazzi, La Città del Sole, Napoli 2008
- I sentimenti, Rusconi, Milano 1989 ISBN 8818010557
- Filosofia, scienza e verità, with Evandro AgazziEvandro AgazziEvandro Agazzi is an Italian philosopher and professor at the University of Genoa. His fields of interest are ethics of science and technology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophical anthropology, and systems theory.- Education :He is a graduate of the...
and Fabio Minazzi, Rusconi, Milano 1989 ISBN 8818010573, - La Vienna dei paradossi. Controversie filosofiche e scientifiche nel Wiener Kreis, edited by Mario Quaranta, il poligrafo, Padova 1991 ISBN 8871150171
- Dialoghi sulla pace e la libertà, with Fabio Minazzi, Cuen, Napoli 1992
- La ragione, with Fabio Minazzi and Carlo Sini, Piemme, Casale Monferrato 1994
Bibliographic works on Ludovico Geymonat
- Mario Quaranta (a cura di), Ludovico Geymonat filosofo della contraddizione, Sapere, Padova, 1980
- Corrado Mangione (a cura di), Scienza e filosofia. Saggi in onore di Ludovico Geymonat, Garzanti, Milano 1985
- Mirella Pasini, Daniele Rolando (a cura di), Il neoilluminismo italiano. Cronache di filosofia (1953-1962), Il Saggiatore, Milano 1991
- Fabio Minazzi, Scienza e filosofia in Italia negli anni Trenta: il contributo di Enrico PersicoEnrico PersicoEnrico Persico was an Italian physicist notable for propagating the field of quantum mechanics in Italy. He was a professor at the University of Turin and is also notable as the doctoral advisor of Ugo Fano.-Career:...
, Nicola AbbagnanoNicola AbbagnanoNicola Abbagnano was an Italian existential philosopher.- Life :Nicola Abbagnano was born in Salerno on 15 July 1901. He was the first born son of a middle-class professional family, his father was a practicing lawyer in the area...
e Ludovico Geymonat, in Il cono d'ombra. La crisi della cultura agli inizi del '900, Fabio Minazzi (edited by), Marcos y Marcos, Milano 1991, pp. 117-184 - Norberto BobbioNorberto BobbioNorberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa....
, Ricordo di Ludovico Geymonat, "Rivista di Filosofia", LXXXIV, 1, 1993 - Silvio Paolini Merlo, Consuntivo storico e filosofico sul "Centro di Studi Metodologici" di Torino (1940-1979), Pantograf (Cnr), Genova 1998
- Fabio Minazzi, La passione della ragione. Studi sul pensiero di Ludovico Geymonat, Thélema Edizioni-Accademia di architettura, Università della Svizzera italiana, Milano-Mendrisio 2001
- Mario Quaranta, Ludovico Geymonat. Una ragione inquieta, Seam, Formello 2001
- Fabio Minazzi (edited by), Filosofia, scienza e vita civile nel pensiero di Ludovico Geymonat, La Città del Sole, Napoli 2003
- Fabio Minazzi, Contestare e creare. La lezione epistemologico-civile di Ludovico Geymonat, La Città del Sole, Napoli 2004
- Silvio Paolini Merlo, Nuove prospettive sul "Centro di Studi Metodologici" di Torino, in «Bollettino della Società Filosofica Italiana», n. 182, maggio/agosto 2004
- Fabio Minazzi (a cura di), Ludovico Geymonat, un Maestro del Novecento. Il filosofo, il partigiano e il docente, Edizioni Unicopli, Milano 2009
- Pietro RossiPietro RossiPietro Rossi was an Italian scientist and entomologist.Rossi's academic career was conducted at the University of Pisa, where he attained a doctorate in philosophy and medicine in 1759...
, Avventure e disavventure della filosofia. Saggi sul pensiero italiano del Novecento, il Mulino, Bologna, 2009 - Bruno Maiorca (a cura di), Ludovico Geymonat. Scritti sardi. Saggi, articoli e interviste, CUEC, Cagliari, 2008
- Fabio Minazzi, Ludovico Geymonat epistemologo, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2010