Alberto Jori

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Alberto Jori (born 1965) is an Italian neo-Aristotelian philosopher.

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Born in Mantua, on his father's side he is the descendant of an old noble Swiss family of barons (Freiherren) from Ticino and patricians from Zurich. [1] [2] On his mother's side he is related to a long Jewish line of Mantuan rabbis, from which the kabbalists Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (also known as the Ramaz), Solomon Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea [3] and the mathematician Gino Fano were also members. He studied in Padua, Cambridge and Heidelberg and received a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2003, with his book on Aristotle, he won the prize of the International Academy of the History of Science (Paris, Sorbonne). [4] He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen, Germany, [5] and is an exponent of the School of "Practical Philosophy". He is a member of the following academic institutions: "Accademia Ambrosiana", "Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana", and "International Academy of the History of Science" and is also co-founder of the "Academia Judaica/'Tarbut' - International Academy of Jewish Studies".

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  1. See de:Patriziat (Alte Eidgenossenschaft)
  2. See Swiss nobility
  3. See de:Solomon Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea
  4. "Academy prizes". International Academy of the History of Science. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  5. "Profile" (in German). University of Tübingen . Retrieved January 22, 2014.