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LUCA ILLETTERATI
Position
Professore Ordinario
Address
PIAZZA CAPITANIATO, 3 - PALAZZO DEL CAPITANIO - PADOVA
Telephone
0498274706
Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Padua - Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology.
He is:
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung;
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Internationale Schelling Gesellschaft
- President of the Italian Scientific Society for the Didactics of Philosophy
- Coordinator of the Hegelpd Classical German Philosophy University of Padua Research Group
- Sceintifical director of the journal 'Verifiche'
- Member of the editorial board of the journal 'Hegel-Studien'
- Member of the editorial board of the journal 'Hegel Bulletin'
Education and career
1998: Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Padua
2006: Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Padua
2014: Leibniz Professor Universitaet Leipzig
Areas of specialization
German Classical Philosophy
Philosophy of Nature
Philosophy of Translation
Research Interests.
- German Classical Philosophy (particularly Hegel)
- Philosophical understanding of nature between modern and contemporary thought
- Metaphilosophy
- Translation as a philosophical problem
- Art and philosophy
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):
2024 - 2027: Principal Investigator of the Research Project of Excellence "Agential Nature. Rethinking Nature after the End of Nature"- University of Padua
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
Orari di ricevimento
Giovedì from 16:00 to 18:00
studio docente - Palazzo del Capitaniopreferibile se si contatta prima il docente via mail
Teachings
DIDACTICS OF PHILOSOPHY, AA 2025 (SUP8083223)
DIDACTICS OF PHILOSOPHY, AA 2025 (SUP8083223)
PHILOSOPHY OF TRANSLATION, AA 2025 (SUQ5109151)
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY, AA 2025 (LEL1005560)
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY, AA 2024 (LEL1005560)
TOPICS AND PROBLEMS IN THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY (B), AA 2024 (SUQ2100219)
DIDACTICS OF PHILOSOPHY, AA 2023 (SUP8083223)
DIDACTICS OF PHILOSOPHY, AA 2023 (SUP8083223)
TOPICS AND PROBLEMS IN THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY (B), AA 2023 (SUQ2100219)
Pubblicazioni
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.
Area di ricerca
German Classical Philosophy
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy of Nature
Philosophy of Translation
Didactics of Philosophy
Tesi proposte
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
