Michele Marsonet (born 1950) is professor of

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultim ...

and methodology of the human sciences, chairman of the

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

department and vice-rector for international relations at the

University of Genoa The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe ( it, Università di Genova), is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is located in the city of Genoa and regional Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguri ...

in Italy. Having worked as associate professor, first of

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...

and then of philosophy of science, at the University of Genoa from 1992 to 1999, he was then a full professor of theoretical philosophy and institutions of philosophy. He was also dean of the faculty of arts and humanities of the University of Genoa from 2002 to 2008. His main areas of study are in

pragmatism Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. ...

, philosophy of science,

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

, methodology of the social sciences, political philosophy and philosophical logic. He has published extensively on the works of

Nicholas Rescher Nicholas Rescher (; ; born 15 July 1928) is a German-American philosopher, polymath, and author, who has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh since 1961. He is chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science and was for ...

. He graduated from the University of Genoa (1973), then earned a PhD from the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

(1979), with subsequent periods of study at

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and

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. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of

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(Spain, Department of Philosophy), Malaga (Spain, Department of Philosophy), Iceland ( Reykjavik University, Department of Philosophy), Ireland (

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, Department of Philosophy),

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(Faculty of Humanities),

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( Université Libanaise, Faculty of Social Sciences), London ( King's College),

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(Department of Philosophy),

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(UK, Department of Philosophy),

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(Norway, Institute of Philosophy),

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(U.S., Department of Philosophy).

Published works

* ''Introduzione alle logiche polivalenti (Introduction to Many-Valued Logics),'' Abete, Rome 1976. * ''Logica e impegno ontologico. Saggio su S. Lesniewski (Logic and Ontological Commitment: An Essay on S. Lesniewski),'' Angeli, Milan 1981. * ''Linguaggio e conoscenza. Saggio su K. Ajdukiewicz (Language and Knowledge: An Essay on K. Ajdukiewicz),'' Angeli, Milan 1986. * ''La metafisica negata. Logica, ontologia, filosofia analitica (The Rejection of Metaphysics: Logic, Ontology, Analytic Philosophy),'' Angeli, Milan 1990. * ''Logica e linguaggio (Logic and Language),'' two volumes, Pantograf, Genoa 1993. * ''Scienza e analisi linguistica (Science and Linguistic Analysis),'' Feltrinelli, Milan 1994. * ''I love to be drunk (Science and Alc Analysis),'' ETIL, Genova 2001. * ''Introduzione alla filosofia scientifica del 1900 (Introduction to Scientific Philosophy of the 20th Century),'' Studium, Rome 1994. * ''Science, Reality, and Language,'' State University of New York Press, New York 1995. * ''The Primacy of Practical Reason,'' University Press of America, New York-London 1996 * ''La verità fallibile. Pragmatismo e immagine scientifica del mondo (Fallible Truth: Pragmatism and the Scientific World-View),'' Angeli, Milan 1997. * ''Prassi e utopia. I limiti dell'agire politico (Praxis and Utopia: The Limits of Political Action),'' Studium, Rome 1998. * ''I limiti del realismo (The Limits of Realism),'' Angeli, Milan, 2000. * ''Elementi di Filosofia della scienza (An Introduction to Philosophy of Science),'' CLU, Genoa 2008. * ''Idealism and Praxis: The Philosophy of Nicholas Rescher,'' Ontos-Verlag, Frankfurt-Paris 2008

References

External links

''Marsonet's homepage at the university of Genoa''
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