Antonio Banfi (Vimercate, 30 September 1886 – Milano, 22 July 1957) was an Italian philosopher and senator. He is also noted for founding the Italian philosophical school called critical rationalism.[1]
Although influenced by the neo-Kantians in Marburg and Edmund Husserl, whom he knew personally, Banfi moved away from idealism and instead focused on Marxism, in particular historical materialism. Banfi joined the Italian Communist Party in 1947. He was elected to the Italian Senate in 1948 and again in 1953.
Banfi was a chair of the University of Milan's History of Philosophy department.[2] Among his students were Dino Formaggio and Mario Dal Pra.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Minazzi, Fabio (2022). Historical Epistemology and European Philosophy of Science: Rethinking Critical Rationalism and Transcendentalism. Cham: Springer Nature. p. 323. ISBN 978-3-030-96331-6.
- ^ a b Di Giovanni, Piero (2002). Le avanguardie della filosofia italiana nel XX. secolo (in Italian). Milano: FrancoAngeli. p. 157. ISBN 88-464-3693-8. OCLC 50261366.
- ^ Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa (2014). Phenomenology World-Wide: Foundations — Expanding Dynamics — Life-Engagements A Guide for Research and Study. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 482. ISBN 978-94-007-0472-5.
Bibliography
[edit]- Garin, E., "Banfi, Antonio" in Brochert, D. M. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Second Edition, vol. 1 (Thomson Gale, 2006), p. 476.
- Garin, E., History of Italian Philosophy, vol. 2 (Rodopi, 2008), p. 1292.
- Guiat, C., The French and Italian Communist Parties: Comrades and Culture (Frank Cass Publishers, 2003), pp. 144–150.
