Alberto Jori

{{Short description|Italian philosopher (born 1965)}}

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Alberto Jori (born 1965) is an Italian neo-Aristotelian philosopher.

Born in Mantua, on his father's side he is the descendant of an old noble Swiss family of barons (Freiherren) from Ticino and patricians from Zurich.See :de:Patriziat (Alte Eidgenossenschaft)See Swiss nobility On his mother's side he is related to a long Jewish line of Mantuan rabbis, from which the kabbalists Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (also known as the Ramaz), Solomon Aviad Sar Shalom BasileaSee :de:Solomon Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea and the mathematician Gino Fano were also members. He studied in Padua, Cambridge and Heidelberg and received a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2003, with his book on Aristotle, he won the prize of the International Academy of the History of Science (Paris, Sorbonne).{{cite web| url=http://www.aihs-iahs.org/en/prizes| title=Academy prizes| publisher=International Academy of the History of Science| accessdate=January 22, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924092232/http://www.aihs-iahs.org/en/prizes| archive-date=2014-09-24| url-status=dead}} He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen, Germany,{{cite web| url=https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/philosophie-rhetorik-medien/philosophisches-seminar/mitarbeiter/prof-dr-phil-habil-alberto-jori.html | title=Profile| publisher=University of Tübingen| language=German| accessdate=January 22, 2014}} and is an exponent of the School of "Practical Philosophy".

He is a member of the following academic institutions: "Accademia Ambrosiana", "Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana", and "International Academy of the History of Science" and is also co-founder of the "Academia Judaica/'Tarbut' - International Academy of Jewish Studies".