- 'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei' and link to the
Library
The 'Accademia dei Lincei', established by Federico Cesi in 1603, organizes conferences, seminars, meetings and awards prizes and scholarships for promoting and coordinating scientific knowledge within cultural unity and universality. The 'Accademia' is split into two classes: the Class of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and the Class of Ethical Historical and
Philological Sciences.
- "Ettore Majorana" Centre
Many graduates go to the EMSC in order to study new issues arising in many different subjects; the centre takes account of more than 100 subjects.
On the web site it is possible to see the projects of the Centre, whose main purposes are the improvement of contemporary life and the studies on alternative sources of energy.
This Centre, dedicated to Ettore Maiorana (an Italian physician), is located in the ancient pre-medieval town of Erici but there are also 23 international centres. In 1982, Paul A.M. Dirac, Antonino Zichichi and Piotr Kapitza wrote - and more than 10,000 people signed - THE ERICE STATEMENT. It affirms that science is to comprehend and analyse the fundamental laws of nature while technology is to understand how human strength can be used. It is important to learn how to manage technology because everyday choices are moral and not scientific.
The essential choice is to prevent human life from a catastrophic third world war and to pursue peace and not war. This statement refers also to the ICSC- World Laboratory, a non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations, which was established by The Erice Statement and has the contribution of the Italian Government. This Laboratory promotes science in developing countries through scientific voluntary service.
- Centre for the Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, CNR
The seat of the Centre for the Studies in Contemporary Philosophy is in Genova. The Centre was established in 1964 as a group of researchers of the Faculty of Literature at the Institute of Philosophy. Afterwards it began to cooperate with the Centre for Rosminian Studies of Stresa. Today, with the conclusion of the research about Rosmini, the Centre focuses on the studies of the 1800's and 1900's philosophical thought, logic, epistemology and philosophy of science and bioethics.
- Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies "Luigi Pareyson"
The Centre is located in the Department of Philosophical Studies of the University of Turin. The centre aims to promote the research on philosophical-religious matters, especially on Luigi Pareyson. It promotes conferences, seminars, courses of studies, research, scientific publications, national and international cultural exchanges and awards scholarships. The collection of bibliographic sources is available for public consultation, in order to increase and spread philosophical-religious culture.
- 'Centro Studi per la Filosofia Mitteleuropea' - Trento
The Centre deals with new areas of psychology. On the web site there is the link to the periodical Axiomathes, a quarterly that deals with ontology, metaphysics, logic, epistemology, philosophy of language and history of philosophy.
- Foundation 'Collegio S. Carlo' - Modena
The College was established during the 17th century as Collegium Nobilium. In 1970, it became a university college and, at the moment, it is reserved for the students of the University of Modena. It has an autonomous educational project that tries to help and support the curriculum of students. Its main aim is the individual development and the education of a leading class, that can understand the complexity of the contemporary world. To this purpose the College provides the supervision of tutors.
- Foundation 'Istituto Gramsci'
The Gramsci Foundation, established in 982, deals, on the one hand, with historic and philosophical research and, on the other hand, with collecting bibliographic and archivist material about the life and theory of Antonio Gramsci and the Italian Communist Party.
The Foundation promotes many publications, like the Annales and the periodical Studi Storici, that since 1995 deals with historical methods. From the Foundation's site it is possible to have access to the library, established in 1950 when the volumes of Gramsci's private library were brought from Moscow to Rome.
- Institute and Museum of History of Science, Firenze
This web site, always updated, gives the opportunity to consult the general catalogue of the library of the Institute and Museum of History of Science. The Institute's Library is specialized in History of Science and of Technique and contains about 80,000 books, both Italian and international periodicals, a section dedicated to technical tools, the Archive of the Conference of Italian Scientists and the Archive of the Royal Museum of Natural History.
Among the many publications of the Institute, we want to mention the periodicals Physis, and Nuncius, an international periodical about History of Science. Among the many projects carried on, there are the restoration of the telescope of Galileo Galilei, a research about Galilean Lexicon, the Archive of the Images (ICONA) and the catalogue of scientific instruments (SIC).
- 'Suor Orsola Benincasa' Institute
In this monastery it was located the school of the Religious Congregation, that gave the name to this Institute.
In 1988 Italian Government awarded the Institute with the Special Prize for Culture for its scientific, didactic and editorial activities.
Among many activities, we can remember those organized for the Jubilee (for example the sponsorship for expositions and prizes) and the collaboration with the faculty of &qout;Conservazione dei Beni Culturali&qout; and local institutions.
- 'Lessico Intellettuale Europeo'
The final aim of Lessico Intelletuale Europeo is to analyse the history of philosophy and science as a reconstruction of the development of linguistic instruments used by these disciplines along the centuries. For this reason the institute has organized researches about terms, seminars and international conferences about methodological and historical-linguistic questions.
Through the web site, it is possible to consult the Institute's publications catalogue (in chronological order), the commentaries catalogue and the research projects database.
- 'Scuola Normale Superiore' - Pisa
The School is divided into two classes, which follow the traditional and original division: the Class of Literature and Philosophy and the Class of Mathematic, Physics and Natural Science. The School, as an academic institute, does not substitute but integrate the university. Students must register with one of the Faculties of the University of Pisa (Literature and Philosophy, Mathematic, Physics and Natural Science). The fundamental aim of the School is teaching students about the instruments and methodologies of scientific research.
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