Luca Illetterati is a Professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Padua. He mainly studied topics concerning German classical philosophy with particular attention to Kant, Hegel and Heidegger. His filed of research includes the philosophy of nature, the concepts of life and organisms, the relationship between philosophy and science, with particular reference to biological sciences. He is also interested in the philosophy of translation and the possibility of a philosophical reading/understanding of contemporary art. His publications include: Hegel, Carocci, 2010; La filosofia come esperienza del pensiero e scienza della libertà. Un approccio a Hegel, CLEUP, 2009; Fra tecnica e natura. Problemi di ontologia del vivente in Heidegger, Il Poligrafo, 2002; Figure del limite. Forme ed esperienze della finitezza, Verifiche, 1996; Natura e Ragione. Sullo sviluppo dell’idea di natura in Hegel; Purposiveness. Teleology between Nature and Mind, Ontos Verlag, 2008 (with F. Michelini); Insegnare filosofia. Modelli di pensiero e pratiche didattiche, Utet, 2007.
