Reason and No-reason from Ancient Philosophy to Neurosciences Old Parameters, New Perspectives

R. Loredana Cardullo is full professor of History of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Catania, Department of Education, of which she is currently Deputy Director. Her scientific interests mainly concern Aristotelian thought and Neoplatonism. Among her most recent publications: Asclepio di Tralle. Commentario al libro Alpha meizon (A) della Metafisica di Aristotele, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno 2012; Aristotele, Metafisica ? a ?, Roma. Introduzione, traduzione e commento, Carocci 2013; 'Sulla categoria aristotelica della sostanza. Variazioni esegetiche da Plotino ad Ammonio', Peitho. Examina Antiqua 1 (5) / 2014, pp. 59-89; Attualità di Aristotele? L'ilemorfismo alla base di alcune proposte morali contemporanee, in Percepire, apprendere, agire. I filosofi antichi di fronte al problema mente-corpo, a cura R.L. Cardullo e G.R. Giardina, Academia Verlag, Sankt Augustin 2017, pp. 57-81.Francesco Coniglione is full professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Catania. He has been president of the Italian Philosophical Society and is currently President of the Degree Course in Educational Sciences. In recent years, he has carried out a research on the knowledge society under the Seventh Framework Program of the EU (Through The Mirrors of Science, New Challenges for Knowledge-Based Societies, Ontos Verlag, Heusenstamm 2010). He has published volumes and papers on the history of European and Polish scientific philosophy and is currently pursuing a broad research on the intersection between scientific rationality and 'Rejected Knowledge'. Among his most recent works: 'Quale conoscenza per la 'Società della conoscenza'?', Bollettino della Società Filosofica Italiana, 2015; 'Galileo and Contemporary Epistemology. Do we still have something to learn from Galileo's 'methodological revolution'?', Przeglad Filozoficzny, 2016.