Evandro Agazzi

Evandro Agazzi was born in Bergamo (Italy). He completed his studies in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan and in Physics at the State University of the same city; he then did postgraduate study and research stays at the Universities of Oxford, Marburg and Münster. He obtained the venia legendi in Philosophy of Science (1963) and in Mathematical Logic (1966), and occupied several teaching positions: at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Genoa (Advanced Geometry, Complementary Mathematics, Mathematical Logic), at the Higher Normal School of Pisa (Symbolic Logic), at the Catholic University of Milan (Philosophy of Science, Mathematical Logic), before and after becoming full professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Genoa (1970). He also had the chair of Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Science at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland (1979-1998), and a chair of philosophy in the Department of Humanities of the Autonomous Metropolitan University/Campus of Cuajimalpa of Mexico City (2009-2013). He also  taught as a visiting professor at the Universities of Düsseldorf, Berne, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Geneva, as well as at other universities for shorter times. At present he is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Genoa and full Professor in the Department of Bioethics of the Universidad Panamericana of Mexico City. He was an invited speaker at many international congresses and conferences, and has given numerous lectures in all continents. He is Doctor honoris causa  of the Universities of Cordoba, Santiago del Estero and Cuyo/Mendoza (Argentina), Ricardo Palma of Lima (Peru), Urbino and Varese (Italy), Colegio de Estudios de Posgrado de la Ciudad de México.

He is President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science (Brussels), He was President, and is now Honorary President, of the International Federation of the Philosophical Societies (FISP), of the International Institute of Philosophy (Paris), and of several other Academies and learned institutions of different countries. In the past he was (twice) President of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, of the Ligurian Philosophical Association, of the Italian Philosophical Society, of the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and of many other learned institutions. He was also Treasurer of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanities of UNESCO. He was member of the Italian National Committee for Bioethics and is currently member of the Committee for the Ethics of Research and Bioethics of the Italian National Research Council.