Biographical note

EVANDRO AGAZZI completed his studies in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan and in Physics at the State University of the same city. He then did postgraduate study and resesarch stays at the Universities of Oxford, Marburg and Münster. He obtained the venia legendi in Philosophy of Science (1963) and in Mathematical Logic (1966), and occupied several teaching positions: at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Genoa (Advanced Geometry, Complementary Mathematics, Mathematical Logic), at the Higher Normal School of Pisa (Symbolic Logic), at the Catholic University of Milan (Philosophy of Science, Mathematical Logic), before and after becoming full professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Genoa (1970). He also had the chair of Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Science at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland (1979-1998), and taught as a visiting professor at the Universities of Düsseldorf, Berne, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Geneva, as well as at other universities for shorter times. At present he is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Genoa. He was an invited speaker at many international congresses, conferences and symposia, and has given numerous lectures in all continents. He is Doctor honoris causa of the Universities of Cordoba and Santiago del Estero (Argentina), and Ricardo Palma of Lima (Peru). He is President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science (Brussels), Honorary President of the International Federation of the Philosophical Societies (FISP), Honorary President of the International Institute of Philosophy (Paris), and of several other Academies and learned institutions of different countries. In the past he was (twice) President of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, of the Italian Philosophical Society, of the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, of the International Federation of the Philosophical Societies, of the International Institute of Philosophy, and of many other learned institutions. He was also Treasurer of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanities of UNESCO. He was member of the Italian National Committee for Bioethics. His publications include more than 60 books, of which he is the author and/or the editor, and more than 600 papers and articles, including contributions to books, anthologies, encyclopaedias, and journals, apart from many book reviews and newspaper articles. He is the editor of Epistemologia, an Italian journal for the Philosophy of Science, and of Nuova Secondaria, an Italian journal for high school teachers, and is a consulting editor of the international journals Erkenntnis, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, Medicina e Morale, Modern Logic, Kos, Sensus Communis, Argumentos de Razón Técnica, etc. He has been and is a member of the editorial board of learned dictionaries and encyclopaedias.