Person Maurizio Ferraris

Maurizio Ferraris ist Professor für Philosophie an der Universität Turin und Direktor des LabOnt (Laboratory for Ontology).

Maurizio Ferraris is a full professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Turin. He is the president of Labont (Center for Ontology) and also the president of »Scienza Nuova«, an institute of advanced studies aimed at planning a sustainable future. Visiting professor at Harvard, Oxford, Munich, and Paris, newspaper columnist, author of successful television programmes and over seventy books, he has determined a new course of thought and studies in at least six areas: history of hermeneutics, aesthetics as theory of perception, social ontology, metaphysics, technological anthropology, and philosophy of economics.

Born 1956; Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin and president of Labont (Center for Ontology). He is also the director of "Scienza Nuova”, an institute of advanced studies - dedicated to Umberto Eco and uniting the University and the Polytechnic of Turin.