Stefano Besoli is Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy in the
Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies at the
University of Bologna. He has done research mainly on
epistemological issues, with a special emphasis on the conceptual
problems of German post-Hegelian philosophy. He has published books
on Lotze, Windelband, Lask, Husserl and on phenomenology of knowledge, as
well as a number of articles concerning the theory of truth and of
judgment, the philosophy of perception, and the relationships
between logic and psychology in both the phenomenological and the
Neokantian tradition. He has edited and translated works by
Brentano, Twardowski, Husserl, Reinach and Scheler. He has been
editor of volumes on neocriticism, the notion of state of affairs,
phenomenological realism, neokantianism and phenomenology, L.
Binswanger and the phenomenological Psychopathology. He has been
editor of special issues on W. James. Th. Lipps, Stumpf, Scheler
and Bolzano. He is the editor of the journal "Discipline
Filosofiche" and of two series: "Quodlibet Studio“ Discipline
Filosofiche" and "Le forme dell'anima".
Education and university positions:
1979: Graduated in Philosophy at University of Bologna
1983: Researcher in Theoretical Philosophy at University of
Bologna
1998: Associate Professor in Theoretical Philosophy at University
of Bologna
2005: Professor in Theoretical Philosophy at University of
Bologna
Editorial or scientific activity:
Editor of review «Discipline filosofiche»
Editor of series Quodlibet Studio-Discipline filosofiche
Editor of series Le forme dell'anima (Quodlibet)
Member of Scientific Board of «Rivista di Storia della
Filosofia»
Member of Comité scientifique international de «Philosophie»
Member of Scientific Board of «Phainomenon. Journal of Phenomenological Philosophy»
Member of Scientific Board of «Magazzino di Filosofia
Member of Scientific Board of «Phenomenology and Mind»
Member of Advisory Board of Umweg (Inschibboleth)
Member of Janus. Texte und Monographien über die Kategorien (Olms Verlag)
Member of Scientific Board of Studies in Neo-Kantianism (Federico II University Press)
Member of Scientific Board of Fenomenologie (Editrice La Scuola)
Member of Scientific Board of series Quodlibet Studio-Antropologia e filosofia
Member of Scientific Board of Series Quodlibet-Clinica ed esistenza
Professional and scientific Societies:
Member:
Hermann-Cohen Gesellschaft (Zürich)
Leibniz-Gesellschaft (Hannover)
Sodalitas Leibnitiana (Torino)
Archives Husserl et Groupe de recherches sur les philosophies
allemandes (Paris, ENS)
Centre of Phenomenology and Sciences of the Person (Univ.
Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano)
Centro italiano di Ricerche Fenomenologiche (Roma)Laboratorio di ricerche fenomenologiche dell'Università della Calabria
Membro del direttivo della SiFIT (Società italiana di Filosofia Teoretica)
Consulta Nazionale di Filosofia
Società Filosofica Italiana (S. F. I.)