Giulio Giorello

Giulio Giorello
Born(1945-05-14)14 May 1945
Milan, Italy
Died15 June 2020(2020-06-15) (aged 75)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Milan
Spouse
Roberta Pelachin
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(m. 2020)​
Scientific career
Fields

Giulio Giorello (Italian: [ˈdʒuːljo dʒoˈrɛllo]; 14 May 1945 – 15 June 2020) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, and epistemologist.[1]

Biography

Giorello graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1968 and in mathematics in 1971 at the University of Milan. While there, he studied under the philosopher Ludovico Geymonat.[2] He then taught physics and natural sciences at the University of Pavia, University of Catania, University of Insubria[3] and the University of Milan.[2] Giorello was a professor of philosophy of science at the University of Milan;[4][5] he was also President of SILFS (Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science).[3] He directed the "Scienza e idee" series by Raffaello Cortina Editore[6][better source needed] and collaborated on the cultural pages of the newspaper Corriere della Sera.[2][7][8]

In 2010, Giorello expressed his atheistic thought with work Senza Dio. Del buon uso dell'ateismo,[9] but in the last years of his life he expressed an agnostic thought.[citation needed]

In March 2012 he was a speaker at the national congress of the Grand Orient of Italy in Rimini.[10][11] Giorello won the 4th edition of the 2012 Frascati Philosophy National Award.[12]

Giorello died in Milan on 15 June 2020 due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[13] Three days before his death, he married his partner Roberta Pelachin.[14]

Personal life

Giorello was a "comic book expert"; he wrote essays about Tex Willer and Topolino, and he also wrote the prefaces to Logicomix and Rat-Man: Superstorie di un supernessuno.[15] In 2014, he co-created the comic "The philosophy of Donald Duck".[15]

Works

  • Saggi di storia della matematica, Milan, FER, 1974.
  • Il pensiero matematico e l'infinito, Milan, UNICOPLI, 1982. ISBN 88-7061-160-4.
  • Lo spettro e il libertino. Teologia, matematica, libero pensiero, Milan, A. Mondadori, 1985.
  • Le ragioni della scienza, with Ludovico Geymonat and Fabio Minazzi, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 1986. ISBN 88-420-2767-7.
  • Filosofia della scienza, Milan, Jaca Book, 1992. ISBN 88-16-43034-6.
  • Le stanze della ricerca, Milan, Mazzotta, 1992. ISBN 88-202-1057-6.
  • Europa universitas. Tre saggi sull'impresa scientifica europea, with Tullio Regge and Salvatore Veca, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1993. ISBN 88-07-09038-4.
  • Introduzione alla filosofia della scienza, Milan, R.C.S. libri & grandi opere, 1994. ISBN 88-452-2128-8.
  • Quale Dio per la sinistra? Note su democrazia e violenza, with Pietro Adamo, Milan, UNICOPLI, 1994. ISBN 88-400-0342-8.
  • La filosofia della scienza nel XX secolo, with Donald Gillies, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 1995. ISBN 88-420-4492-X
  • Lo specchio del reame. Riflessioni su potere e comunicazione, with Roberto Esposito, Carlo Sini and Danilo Zolo, Ravenna, Longo, 1997. ISBN 88-8063-113-6.
  • Epistemologia applicata. Percorsi filosofici, with Michele Di Francesco, Milan, CUEM, 1999. ISBN 88-6001-645-2.
  • I volti del tempo,with Elio Sindoni, Corrado Sinigaglia, Milan, Bompiani, 2001. ISBN 88-452-4973-5.
  • Prometeo, Ulisse, Gilgameš. Figure del mito, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2004. ISBN 88-7078-878-4.
  • Di nessuna chiesa. La libertà del laico, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2005. ISBN 88-7078-975-6.
  • Dove fede e ragione si incontrano?, with Bruno Forte, Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2006. ISBN 88-215-5720-0.
  • La libertà della vita, with Umberto Veronesi, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2006. ISBN 88-6030-071-1.
  • Il decalogo. I dieci comandamenti commentati dai filosofi, II, Non nominare il nome di Dio invano, with Gabriele Mandel, with CD, Milan, Albo Versorio, 2007. ISBN 978-88-89130-26-1.
  • La scienza tra le nuvole. Da Pippo Newton a Mr Fantastic, with Pier Luigi Gaspa, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-88-6030-125-3.
  • Libertà. Un manifesto per credenti e non credenti, with Dario Antiseri, Milan, Bompiani, 2008. ISBN 978-88-452-6176-3.

References

  1. ^ "Giulio Giorello". The Future of Science Conference. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Lutto nel mondo della cultura È morto il filosofo Giulio Giorello". www.ecodibergamo.it (in Italian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. ^ a b "L'Insubria piange Giulio Giorello". La Prealpina - Quotidiano storico di Varese, Altomilanese e Vco. (in Italian). 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  4. ^ "Pope Francis: 'Evolution ... is not inconsistent with the notion of creation'". National Catholic Reporter. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. ^ "Pope Francis: Big Bang and evolution confirm God exists". BBC News. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  6. ^ Promozione Scienza e Idee (in Italian).
  7. ^ "È morto a 75 anni Giulio Giorello, filosofo della scienza". Il Post (in Italian). 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  8. ^ "Giulio Giorello. La popsophia - Filosofia". Rai Cultura (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  9. ^ Giorello, Giulio (2012). Senza Dio. Del buon uso dell'ateismo (in Italian). TEA. ISBN 978-88-502-2730-3.
  10. ^ "Rimini, 3,000 Freemasons divided at the congress. Transparent in words, but armored lists" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. March 26, 2012.
  11. ^ "Rimini 30 March 1 April 2012–"Beyond the crisis, the compass of values to rediscover Man" Grand Lodge of the Grand Orient of Italy" (in Italian). Grand Orient of Italy. March 24, 2012.
  12. ^ "Giulio Giorello si aggiudica il premio Frascati Filosofia – La Città Metropolitana" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  13. ^ admin. "The philosopher Giulio Giorello has died | News1 English". Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  14. ^ "Morto Giulio Giorello, filosofo della scienza e della libertà". corriere.it. corriere.it. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b Rumor, Mario A. (2020-06-18). "I fumetti nella filosofia di Giulio Giorello | Artribune" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-21.