The Philosopher

Aldo Gargani

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Nationality:
Italian
Schools:
Wittgensteinian philosophy
Branchs:
Aesthetics, History of philosophy
Period:
20th-century, 21st-century

The synopsis

Aldo Giorgio Gargani (1933 in Genova – 18 June 2009 in Pisa) was an Italian philosopher. He studied philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Oxford University, and Queen's College, Oxford. He was professor of Aesthetics and History of Philosophy at the University of Pisa. He is considered to be the most important Italian scholar of Wittgenstein. His writings introduced many British and American authors to an Italian audience.

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