Lorenzo Giovannetti
My research interests are in Ancient Philosophy, particularly Plato, ancient metaphysics, and theories of language. I have also worked on Plato’s conception of mimesis and theatre. I extensively utilize a lexicological approach and have delved into Plato’s use of verbs of vision (verba videndi) and the vocabulary of experience. My first monograph, ‘Eidos and Dynamis’ (available in Open Access below), received recognition of excellence from the International Plato Society. Additionally, I possess competence in Early Analytic Philosophy, Semantic Externalism, and debates concerning Realism and Anti-realism.
Professional Appointments
2024 – Present
Adjunct Professor in History of Ancient Philosophy at Sapienza Università di Roma
2023 – Present
Researcher (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at ILIESI-CNR
2023 – Present
National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in History of Philosophy (ASN, II fascia 11/C5)
2022 – 2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ILIESI-CNR
2021 – 2023
Adjunct Professor in History of Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
2021
DAAD Postdoctoral Short-term Grant at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Supervisor: Prof. Klaus Corcilius
2020 – 2021
Contracted Researcher at Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici
2018
Research Fellow at Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici
Education
2014 –2018
PhD in Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” and Università Roma Tre. Title of Doctor Europaeus (University of Sussex). Supervisors: Prof. F. Aronadio and Prof. M. Morris
2012 – 2014
M.A. in Philosophy, 110/110 e lode (with honours) at Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Publications
Monographs:
Eidos and Dynamis: the Intertwinement of Being and Logos in Plato’s Thought, Dynamis. Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Press, 2022 (Open Access).
Reviewed in Elenchos 2023 (2), The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition (advance article), Philosophie Antique (advance article).
Peer-reviewed articles and chapters:
- Time, Being and Language in Plato’s Timaeus, in V. Ilieski, D. Vázquez, S. De Bianchi (eds.), Plato on Time and the World, Palgrave Mcmillan, London (2023): 47-75.
- La dialettica e il Bene. Discussione di Sarah Broadie, Plato’s Sun-like Good, Cambridge 2021, Lo Sguardo, 34 (2022): 339-355 (Open Access).
- The Trial Analogy: The Object-Centeredness of Theaetetus 200e-201c, Ancient Philosophy, 42 (2) (2022): 409-418.
- L’origine dell’imitazione e la natura delle cose nel Libro X della Repubblica, Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica, CXV (2023): 285-300.
- Teatro e verità nei libri III e V della Repubblica di Platone, Estetica. Studi e Ricerche, XIII (3) (2022).
- Structure and Sense of the Seventh Deduction in Prm. 164B5-165E1, in Plato’s Selected Papers of the Twelfth Symposium Platonicum, Academia, International Plato Studies 41, Baden Baden (2022): 431-438.
- Between Truth and Meaning: A Novel Interpretation of the Symploke in Plato’s Sophist, Elenchos, 42(2) (2021): 261-290.
- Before any Possible Error: A Platonic Argument in Realism, Synthesis. Journal for Philosophy, 1 (2021): 48-67 (Open Access).
- Time, Knowledge and the Telos: Jaakko Hintikka, Interpreter of Plato, Platonic Investigations 9.2 (2018): 43-55.
- Ryle, Platone e il Parmenide, Fogli di Filosofia 8, articolo 8 (2016).
- Su aisthesis e genesis nella prima definizione di episteme nel Teeteto, Fogli di Filosofia 6, articolo 2 (2015).
Edited volumes:
- Le metamorfosi dell’odio. Percorso interdisciplinare tra storia, filosofia, letteratura (co-editor Dr. Francesca Alesse), Rosenberg&Sellier, Torino 2023 (Open Access).
- The Real and the Known: Comparative Perspectives in Ancient and Modern Philosophy, (co-editor Prof. Silvia De Bianchi), Thaumàzein. Online Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2023 (Open Access).
- The Sustainability of Thought. An Itinerary through the History of Philosophy, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020.
- Le forme del vedere. Studi lessicologici sui verba videndi nel corpus Platonicum, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020.
Chapters in volume:
- L’odio e la sua espressione nella Grecia classica in F. Alesse e L. Giovannetti (eds.) Le metamorfosi dell’odio, Rosenberg&Sellier, Torino 2023.
- Il valore filosofico del basanizein in Platone in F. Aronadio (a cura di), Platone e l’esperienza. Sette studi lessicologici, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2022.
- Basanizo in F. Aronadio (a cura di), Platone e l’esperienza. Sette studi lessicologici, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2022.
- THEAOMAI in F. Aronadio (a cura di), Variazioni sul tema del vedere. Saggi sui verba videndi nella Grecità classica, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2021.
- The onto-epistemic nature of Plato’s Forms in The Sustainability of Thought. An Itinerary through the History of Philosophy, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020 (Open Access).
- THEOREO, in Le forme del vedere. Studi lessicologici sui verba videndi nel corpus Platonicum, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020.
- The Sustainability of Thought in The Sustainability of Thought. An Itinerary through the History of Philosophy, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020 (Open Access).
- Le Forme del vedere in Le forme del vedere. Studi lessicologici sui verba videndi nel corpus Platonicum, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2020.
Affiliations
Full Member of SISFA (Società Italiana di Storia della Filosofia Antica)
Full Member of the International Plato Society
Full Member of International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Full Member of SIFA (Società Italiana di Filosofia Analitica)