Ermanno Bencivenga

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Ermanno Bencivenga
Born1950
Education University of Toronto (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions University of California, Irvine
Main interests
logic, ethics, political philosophy

Ermanno Bencivenga is an Italian philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Bencivenga is known for his works on logic, ethics, and political philosophy. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

After graduating in philosophy from the State University of Milan, Bencivenga soon left Italy, moving first to Canada for PhD studies and then to the United States, where he embarked on his academic career teaching, since 1979, at the University of California, Irvine.

Several of his contributions have appeared over the years in various Italian newspapers like the La Stampa , il Sole 24 Ore , and l'Unità . [4]

Since 2021 he hosts on the Italian television channel Byoblu the programs titled Spazio d'Illusione (Space of Illusion), dedicated to the history of cinema, [5] and Spazio di Libertà (Space of Freedom), which is dedicated to philosophical issues. [6]

He currently speaks Italian, English, French, Spanish, and German. He also knows Latin and Ancient Greek.

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References

  1. Forman, David (19 June 2007). "Review of Ethics Vindicated: Kant's Transcendental Legitimation of Moral Discourse". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  2. Dore, Clement (1 July 1994). "Book Review: Ermanno Bencivenga Logic and Other Nonsense: The Case of Anselm and His God". Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 35 (3). doi: 10.1305/ndjfl/1040511352 .
  3. Brittan, Gordon G. (1992). "Review of Kant's Copernican Revolution". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 52 (3): 740–742. doi:10.2307/2108223. ISSN   0031-8205.
  4. "Ermanno Bencivenga". SWIFT – Sito web italiano per la filosofia.
  5. Ermanno Bencivenga. "Spazio di illusione" (in Italian). Byoblu.
  6. Ermanno Bencivenga. "Spazio di libertà" (in Italian). Byoblu.