Maurizio ferraris schopenhauer biography

Maurizio Ferraris (b.

Maurizio ferraris schopenhauer biography

1956) is Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin and is the president of Labont (Center for Ontology). He is also the director of “Scienza Nuova”, an institute of advanced studies – dedicated to Umberto Eco and uniting the University and the Polytechnic of Turin – aimed at planning a sustainable future, both from a cultural and from a political point of view.

Ferraris studied philosophy at the University of Turin under the supervision of Gianni Vattimo and at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, under the supervision of Jacques Derrida. He has been awarded of many grants and awards, and claimed doctor honoris causa three times (International Institute for Hermeneutics, Warsaw; University of Pécs; Universidad De Flores, Buenos Aires).

He has been visiting professor in many international universities, such as Harvard, Oxford, Munich, Paris, and Bonn.

Ferraris is advisory member of the Cen