Indication: Giorgia Ccchinato – Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, UFMG
Period: August 11-22, 2025
Matteo Vincenzo d’Alfonso is a full professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Ferrara. He is coordinator of the joint PhD program “Transcendental Philosophy and Reflective Society” between the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR). A specialist in the thought of Fichte and Schopenhauer, for some years he has dedicated his research to reflecting on the development of the concepts of reason and rationality between the 19th and 20th centuries in dialogue with the sociological and economic sciences. He is editor of the journal Fichte-Studien. Beiträge zur Systematik der Transzendentalphilosophie. From 2018 to 2022 he was president of the Internationale Johann-Gottlieb-Fichte-Gesellschaft. He has worked as a visiting professor at prestigious universities and research centers in Germany, and in Brazil as a fellow of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Humboldt, Capes and Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH). He is the author of the monographs: Vom Wissen zur Weisheit. Fichtes Wissenschaftslehre 2011 (Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, 2005) and Il Male nel mondo. Schopenhauer nella costellazione post-kantiana (Milano: Mimesis, 2017).