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LUCA ILLETTERATI

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Structure

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA

Address

PIAZZA CAPITANIATO, 3 - PALAZZO DEL CAPITANIO - PADOVA

Telephone

0498274706

E-mail

luca.illetterati@unipd.it

Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Padua - Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology.
È:
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung;


Education and career
1998: Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Padua
2006: Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Padua

Areas of specialization
German Classical Philosophy
Philosophy of Nature
Philosophy of Translation

Research interests
- German Classical Philosophy (particularly Hegel).
- Philosophical understanding of living nature in modern and contemporary thought; The relationship between philosophy and the natural sciences in modern and contemporary thought
- Metaphilosophy

Organization of national international conferences (selected for relevance with project themes)
2016: Scientific Direction of the International Workshop "The Notion of Life Between Classical German Philosophy and Contemporary Philosophy," Padua, Italy
2016: Scientific Direction of the "Padova Philosophy Summer School" "Philosophical Controversies about Objectivity in Classical German Philosophy and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy," Padua
2015: Scientific Direction of the International Conference of the Internationale Hegel Vereinigung "Wirklichkeit", Padua
2015: Scientific Direction of the II International Bio-Philosophical School "Living Nature in
Question" (DAAD "Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa"), Padua.
2012: Scientific Direction of the workshop: "The Concept of Organism between History and Theory: Perspectives in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences," Padua.
2007: Scientific Direction of the workshop: "The Objectivity of Thought. Idealism, anti-idealism and realism in Hegel's philosophy," Padua.
2006: Scientific Direction of the workshop: "Teleology. Purposes and Functions in Artifacts and Biological Entities," Padua.

Scientific Coordination and participation in research projects (selection):
2017 - 2019: Principal Investigator (with Prof. Birgit Sandkaulen) of the DAAD Research Project "Eine Politik der Natur" - University of Padua/ Universität Bochum.
2010-2014: Scientific Coordinator of the Research Project of National Interest (PRIN) "Realism and Objectivity," Padua Unit.
2013 - 2015: Principal Investigator of the DAAD Research Project "Philosophie der Biologie - Naturphilosophie des Organischen" - University of Padua/ Universität Kassel.
2011: Scientific Coordinator of the University of Padua Research Project "Nature of nature and nature of Humans. Towards a non-reductionistic Naturalism".

Notices

Office hours

  • Monday from 11:00 to 13:00
    at studio docente - Palazzo del Capitanio
    preferibile se si contatta prima il docente via mail

Teachings

Publications

Books:

1. Illetterati, L., Giuspoli, P., Mendola, G. (2010), Hegel, Roma: Carocci.
2. Illetterati, L. (2009), La filosofia come esperienza del pensiero e scienza della libertà. Un approccio a Hegel, Padova: CLEUP.
3. Illetterati, L. (2002), Fra tecnica e natura. Problemi di ontologia del vivente in Heidegger, Padova: Il Poligrafo.
4. Illetterati, L. (2002), Filosofia come esperienza del limite. Problemi di introduzione, Padova: CUSL.
5. Illetterati, L. (1996), Figure del limite. Forme ed esperienze della finitezza, Trento: Verifiche.
6. Illetterati, L. (1995), Natura e Ragione. Sullo sviluppo dell'idea di natura in Hegel, Trento: Verifiche.

Edited by:
1. Illetterati, L., Giuspoli, P. (eds.) (2016), Filosofia classica tedesca: le parole chiave, Roma: Carocci.
2. Illetterati, L., Campana, F. (eds.) 2016), Hegel’s Philosophyof Art, «Verifiche», XLV, 1-2, pp. 1-328.
3. Illetterati, L. (ed.) (2007), Insegnare filosofia. Modelli di pensiero e pratiche didattiche, Torino: UTET.
4. Illetterati, L., Michelini, F. (eds.) (2007), Purposiveness: Teleology Between Nature and Mind, Frankfurt: Ontos.
5. Illetterati, L., Menegoni, F. (eds.) (2004), Das Endliche und das Unendliche in Hegels Denken, Stuttgart, Klett-Cotta.
6. Illetterati, L. (2007), L’oggettività del pensiero. La filosofia di Hegel tra idealismo, anti-idealismo e realismo, Trento, Verifiche.
7. Illetterati L., Moretto A. (2007), Hegel, Heidegger e la questione della Romanitas, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
8. Illetterati, L., Moretto, A. (2004), Frans Hemsterhuis e la cultura filosofica europea fra Settecento e Ottocento, Verifiche, Trento
9. Illetterati, L., De Caro, M. (2012), Classical German Philosophy. New Research Perspectives between Analytic Philosophy and Pragmatist Tradition, Verifiche, Trento.

Articles (selection):

1. Illetterati L. (2017). Il noto e il conosciuto. Ontologia ed epistemologia nella filosofia di Hegel. ARCHIVIO DI FILOSOFIA, 1, p. 15-31
2. Illetterati L (2017). The Semantics of Objectivity in Hegel’s Science of Logic. INTERNATIONALES JAHRBUCH DES DEUTSCHEN IDEALISMUS, p. 139-163
3. Illetterati, L. (2017). Vita e concetto. Hegel e la grammatica del vivente. IL PENSIERO, LV, p. 59-95
4. Illetterati, L. (2015). #intothlimit - La pittura "trascendentale" di Wang Guangyi. RIVISTA DI ESTETICA, 1, p. 54-64
5. Illetterati L. (2015). Il sistema come forma della libertà nella filosofia di Hegel (Razionalità e improvvisazione). ITINERA, 10, p. 41-63
6. Illetterati L., Gambarotto A. (2015). The Notion of Organism. Historical and Conceptual Approaches. An Introduction. VERIFICHE, 44, p. 3-13
7. Illetterati, L. (2015), “The Concept of Organism in Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature”, in Verifiche, 44, pp. 155-166.
8. L. ILLETTERATI (2013). Pensiero e realtà. La problematizzazione del rapporto tra soggetto e mondo tra Kant e Hegel. GIORNALE DI METAFISICA, 2-3, p. 320-354
9. L. ILLETTERATI (2012). Due problemi (e due questioni di contorno) a proposito di Documentalità. RIVISTA DI ESTETICA, 50, p. 297-307
10. ILLETTERATI L. (2008). L'oggettività del pensiero. La filosofia di Hegel tra idealismo, anti-idealismo e realismo: un'introduzione. VERIFICHE, 36, p. 8-26
11. ILLETTERATI L. (2005). Between Science and Wisdom. On the Kantian Notion of Philosophy. CROATIAN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, 5, p. 487-504
12. ILLETTERATI L. (2005). Finitezza, alterità, traduzione. GIORNALE DI METAFISICA, vol. 27, p. 755-776.

Research Area

German Classical Philosophy
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy of Nature
Philosophy of Translation
Didactics of Philosophy

Thesis proposals

The teacher is available on the following topics:

- frameworks of rationality between Classical German Philosophy and contemporary thought
- Interpretations of Hegel's philosophy
- the development of the concept of nature in the history of philosophy
- purpose and teleology in the debate on living beings (philosophy of biology, metaphysics of nature)
- philosophy of translation
- metaphilosophy