Giulio Giorello Explained

Giulio Giorello
Birth Date:	14 May 1945
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Death Place:	Milan, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Alma Mater:	University of Milan

Giulio Giorello (pronounced as /it/; 14 May 1945 – 15 June 2020) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, and epistemologist.^[1]

Biography

Giorello graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1968 and in mathematics in 1971 at the University of Milan. While there, he studied under the philosopher Ludovico Geymonat.^[2] He then taught physics and natural sciences at the University of Pavia, University of Catania, University of Insubria^[3] and the University of Milan. Giorello was a professor of philosophy of science at the University of Milan;^{[4] [5]} he was also President of SILFS (Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science). He directed the "Scienza e idee" series by Raffaello Cortina Editore^[6] and collaborated on the cultural pages of the newspaper Corriere della Sera.^{[7] [8]}

In 2010, Giorello expressed his atheistic thought with work Senza Dio. Del buon uso dell'ateismo,^[9] but in the last years of his life he expressed an agnostic thought.

In March 2012 he was a speaker at the national congress of the Grand Orient of Italy in Rimini.^{[10] [11]} Giorello won the 4th edition of the 2012 Frascati Philosophy National Award.^[12]

Giorello died in Milan on 15 June 2020 due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[13] Three days before his death, he married his partner Roberta Pelachin.^[14]

Personal life

Giorello was a "comic book expert"; he wrote essays about Tex Willer and Topolino, and he also wrote the prefaces to Logicomix and Rat-Man: Superstorie di un supernessuno.^[15] In 2014, he co-created the comic "The philosophy of Donald Duck".

Works

• Saggi di storia della matematica, Milan, FER, 1974.
• Il pensiero matematico e l'infinito, Milan, UNICOPLI, 1982. .
• Lo spettro e il libertino. Teologia, matematica, libero pensiero, Milan, A. Mondadori, 1985.
• Le ragioni della scienza, with Ludovico Geymonat and Fabio Minazzi, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 1986. .
• Filosofia della scienza, Milan, Jaca Book, 1992. .
• Le stanze della ricerca, Milan, Mazzotta, 1992. .
• Europa universitas. Tre saggi sull'impresa scientifica europea, with Tullio Regge and Salvatore Veca, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1993. .
• Introduzione alla filosofia della scienza, Milan, R.C.S. libri & grandi opere, 1994. .
• Quale Dio per la sinistra? Note su democrazia e violenza, with Pietro Adamo, Milan, UNICOPLI, 1994. .
• La filosofia della scienza nel XX secolo, with Donald Gillies, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 1995.
• Lo specchio del reame. Riflessioni su potere e comunicazione, with Roberto Esposito, Carlo Sini and Danilo Zolo, Ravenna, Longo, 1997. .
• Epistemologia applicata. Percorsi filosofici, with Michele Di Francesco, Milan, CUEM, 1999. .
• I volti del tempo,with Elio Sindoni, Corrado Sinigaglia, Milan, Bompiani, 2001. .
• Prometeo, Ulisse, Gilgameš. Figure del mito, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2004. .
• Di nessuna chiesa. La libertà del laico, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2005. .
• Dove fede e ragione si incontrano?, with Bruno Forte, Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2006. .
• La libertà della vita, with Umberto Veronesi, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2006. .
• Il decalogo. I dieci comandamenti commentati dai filosofi, II, Non nominare il nome di Dio invano, with Gabriele Mandel, with CD, Milan, Albo Versorio, 2007. .
• La scienza tra le nuvole. Da Pippo Newton a Mr Fantastic, with Pier Luigi Gaspa, Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2007. .
• Libertà. Un manifesto per credenti e non credenti, with Dario Antiseri, Milan, Bompiani, 2008. .

External links

• • Short biography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giulio Giorello . The Future of Science Conference . 11 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723205856/http://www.futureofscience.org/speaker/GiulioGiorello%20.html . 23 July 2011 .
2. Web site: Lutto nel mondo della cultura È morto il filosofo Giulio Giorello. 2021-07-21. www.ecodibergamo.it. 15 June 2020 . it.
3. Web site: 2020-06-15. L'Insubria piange Giulio Giorello. 2021-07-21. La Prealpina - Quotidiano storico di Varese, Altomilanese e Vco.. it-IT.
4. Web site: 2014-10-27. Pope Francis: 'Evolution ... is not inconsistent with the notion of creation'. 2021-07-21. National Catholic Reporter. en.
5. News: 2014-10-28. Pope Francis: Big Bang and evolution confirm God exists. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-07-21.
6. Book: Promozione Scienza e Idee. it.
7. Web site: 2020-06-15. È morto a 75 anni Giulio Giorello, filosofo della scienza. 2021-07-21. Il Post. it-IT.
8. News: Giulio Giorello. La popsophia - Filosofia. 2021-07-21. Rai Cultura. it.
9. Book: Giorello, Giulio. Senza Dio. Del buon uso dell'ateismo. 2012. TEA. 978-88-502-2730-3. it.
10. Web site: Rimini, 3,000 Freemasons divided at the congress. Transparent in words, but armored lists. it. Il Fatto Quotidiano. March 26, 2012.
11. Web site: Rimini 30 March 1 April 2012–"Beyond the crisis, the compass of values to rediscover Man" Grand Lodge of the Grand Orient of Italy. Grand Orient of Italy. it. March 24, 2012.
12. Web site: Giulio Giorello si aggiudica il premio Frascati Filosofia – La Città Metropolitana. 2021-07-21. it-IT.
13. Web site: admin. The philosopher Giulio Giorello has died News1 English. 2020-06-16. en-US. 2020-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616234411/https://www.news1.news/en/2020/06/the-philosopher-giulio-giorello-has-died-2.html. dead.
14. News: Morto Giulio Giorello, filosofo della scienza e della libertà . 15 June 2020 . corriere.it . corriere.it . 15 June 2020.
15. Web site: Rumor. Mario A.. 2020-06-18. I fumetti nella filosofia di Giulio Giorello Artribune. 2021-07-21. it-IT.