Ermanno Bencivenga | |
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Born | 1950 |
Education | University of Toronto (PhD) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Institutions | University of California, Irvine |
Main interests | logic, ethics, political philosophy |
Ermanno Bencivenga is an Italian philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Bencivenga is known for his works on logic, ethics, and political philosophy.[1][2][3]
After graduating in philosophy from the State University of Milan, Bencivenga soon left Italy, moving first to Canada for PhD studies and then to the United States, where he embarked on his academic career teaching, since 1979, at the University of California, Irvine.
Several of his contributions have appeared over the years in various Italian newspapers like the La Stampa, il Sole 24 Ore, and l'Unità.[4]
Since 2021 he hosts on the Italian television channel Byoblu the programs titled Spazio d'Illusione (Space of Illusion), dedicated to the history of cinema,[5] and Spazio di Libertà (Space of Freedom), which is dedicated to philosophical issues.[6]
He currently speaks Italian, English, French, Spanish, and German. He also knows Latin and Ancient Greek.