Giulio Giorello

Giulio Giorello was born in Milan in 1945. After a period of training in research funded by a grant from the Italian National Research Council Research (Logic and Mathematics section), he took up teaching positions in  the  Faculty  of  Engineering  of  the  University  of  Pavia,  Faculty  of  Philosophy  and  Humanities  of  the University  of  Milan,  and  the  Science  Faculty  of  the  University  of  Catania,  where  he  was  appointed  full professor of the foundations of mathematics.

 In 1978  he  became full professor  of Philosophy  of Science  at  the University of Milan and  remains in that position. Professor Giorello is member of the editorial board of several journals, including Rivista di Storia della Scienza, Prometeo, and Nuova Civiltà delle Macchine.  In September 2000 the President of Italy Carlo Ciampi honoured him with the title Benemerito della scienza e  della  cultura.  Since  2002  he  has  been  president  of  the  Italian  Society  of  Logic  and  the  Philosophy  of Science.  

Professor Giorello has published several books, including (with S. Morini), Parabole e catastrofi, Intervista a René  Thom  su  matematica,  scienza  e  filosofia  (Milano  1980;  translated  into  French,  Portuguese  and Polish);  Filosofia  della  scienza  (Milano,  1992);  La  filosofia  della  scienza  nel  XX  secolo  (with  D.  Gil ies; Roma-Bari 1995), Prometeo, Ulisse, Gilgameš. Figure del mito (Milano 2004), and Di nessuna chiesa.  La libertà del laico (Milano 2005).