Curriculum Vitae
Daniel Antonio Di Liscia
March 2017
Department Address
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy
Mailing Address:
Ludwigstrasse 31
D-80539 München
Germany
Phone: (+49) (0)89 2180-72572
E-mail: [email protected]
Personal Information
Date of birth: 14/02/61
Married, three children
Address: Preysingstr. 30, 81667 München
Daniel Antonio Di Liscia
Primary research areas
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Late Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science (Aristotelianism – Calculatores
Tradition)
Renaissance Cosmology (Copernicus – Kepler)
Classical Modern Epistemology in connection with history of Science and Philosophy
(Carnap – Popper – Kuhn – Lakatos; Wheweel – Duhem – Koyré)
Academic Positions
Since 2015
Research collaborator at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LudwigMaximilians-Universität Munich) with own Project: “Die Geometrisierung der
Metaphysik im Spätmittelalter: Jacobus de Neapoli und die Tradition De perfectione
specierum” (project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). In the context of
this project, organisation of the international conference Quantifying Aristotle. The
Impact, Spread and Decline of the Calculatores Tradition (funded by the DFG and the
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung).
2013-2015
Research collaborator at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LudwigMaximilians-Universität Munich). Responsible for the “Calculatores-Project”:
“From a logic-mathematical standpoint: Richard Swineshead and the calculatores
tradition” (project funded by LMU Munich’s Institutional Strategy LMUexcellent
within the framework of the German Excellence Initiative), see:
http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/archive/diliscia_20140203/index.html
Thenceforth teaching at this institute.
During 2011
Visiting professor at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina): Seminar for Ph.D.
students about the subject “Science and Theory of Science in the Middle Ages:
The Analysis of Motion in the 14th Century”
During 2010
Visiting professor at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
(Laboratoire ESR), France (February, 1 –June, 30)
During 2009
Visiting professor at Universidad Tres de Febrero (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Lectures on History of Ancient and Medieval Science. Supervision of Master’s and
Ph.D. Students. Conference at the University of La Plata.
During 2008
Visiting professor at Universidad Tres de Febrero (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Lectures
on History of Ancient and Medieval Science
During 2007
Visiting professor at the University of Buenos Aires: Seminar for Ph.D. students on
the subject “Science and Theory of Science in the Middle Ages: The Case of the
so-called scientiae mediae (Optics, Astronomy and analysis of motion)”. Conferences
at the University of Quilmes and at the Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Buenos
Aires
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01.04.200431.12.2008
“Wissenschaftlicher Leiter” (Scientific Director) of the Kepler-Kommission at
the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München)
01.04.200231.03.04
Scientific Collaborator at the Kepler-Kommission (Bayerische Akademie der
Wissenschaften, München)
2003-2013
University teaching position at the Seminar für Geistesgeschichte und Philosophie der
Renaissance of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Special fields:
Mathematics and Astronomy in the Renaissance
01.02.9931.10.01
Scientific Collaborator in the Copernicus-Edition: Collaboration for volume 9:
Biographica copernicana (2004)
1991-1992
Teacher for the subject “Philosophy” at the Secondary School Tarbut, Buenos
Aires
1986-1987
Assistant lecturer in the subject “Introducción al Conocimiento Científico”
(Introduction to Philosophy of Science), CBC -U.B.A.
Education
24.02.2003
Doctoral Degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Dissertation:
“Zwischen Geometrie und Naturphilosophie. Die Entwicklung der
Formlatitudenlehre im deutschen Sprachraum” (Between Geometry and Natural
Philosophy. The development of the doctrine of the latitude of forms in the
German-speaking world). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Keßler (Philosophie);
Prof. Dr. Menso Folkerts (Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften), Prof. Dr. Ulises
Moulines (Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie). Note: summa cum laude. The work
deals specifically with the concept of scientia media in the late Middle Ages and
discusses the connection between logic, mathematics and physics in the analysis of
motion which is characteristic for Nicole Oresme and his followers in the 15th
Century. Quite a number of hitherto unknown texts are published and studied for
the first time in my Ph. Dissertation.
1981-1989
University Study (University of Buenos Aires).Title: Licenciado en Filosofía.
Thesis: „El problema del movimiento en el De configurationibus de Nicolás Oresme“
(The Problem of the motion in Oresme’s De configurationibus).
Fellowships
01.01.9831.12.98
Doctoral Fellowship of Fundación Antorchas (Proyecto A- 13532/1 - 108) for
writing the Ph.D. Diss. in Germany
01.04.9301.01.98
Fellowship of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) Subject: „Die
Frage nach der Kontinuität-Diskontinuität zwischen der spätscholastischen
Naturphilosophie und der galileischen Mechanik“ (The Question about the
Continuity or Discontinuity between the late Medieval Physics and the Galilean
Mechanics). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Keßler (Seminar für Geistesgeschichte
und Philosophie der Renaissance; LMU München) and Prof. Dr. M. Folkerts
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(Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften LMU München)
01.05.9130.12.92
Conicet. Fellowship 2. Subject: „Los precursores de Galileo“ (The Precursors of
Galileo). Same supervisor
01.04.8901.05.91
Fellowships research of Conicet (National Council for Technology and Scientific
Research). Fellowship 1. Subject: „Movimiento, naturaleza y cosmos: de la física
parisina del siglo XIV a la mecánica de Galileo“ (Motion, Natur and Cosmos:
From the Paris Physics School in 14th. Century to Galileo’s Mechanics).
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Ranea
Teaching activity at the University of Munich (LMU)
WiSe 2015/16
Die Prinzipien der Philosophie von René Descartes
SuSe 2015
René Descartes:
Spätrenaissance.
WiSe 2014/15
Die Philosophie des Spätmittelalters und der Renaissance von einem logischmathematischen Standpunkt: Die Calculatores.
WiSe 2013/14
Die Vorbereitung der Galileischen „Wissenschaft der Bewegung“ im
aristotelischen Spätmittelalter.
WiSe 2012/13
Kosmologie und Paradigmenwechsel in der Renaissance: Thomas Kuhn und
die kopernikanische Revolution.
WiSe 2011/12
Tradition und Innovation in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der
Spätrenaissance. Ausgewählte Texte von Copernicus, Bacon, Galilei, Kepler
und Descartes.
WiSe 2011/12
Die philosophischen Grundlagen der Mathematik in der Spätrenaissance:
Kepler – Galilei – Descartes.
WiSe 2010/11
Zeit, Bewegung und Kontinuum in der Philosophie des Spätmittelalters und
der Renaissance.
SuSe 2010
Tradition und Innovation in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der
Spätrenaissance. Ausgewählte Texte von Copernicus, Bacon, Galilei, Kepler
und Descartes.
WiSe 2008/09
Platonismus und Aristotelismus in der Kosmologie der Renaissance: Johannes
Keplers Mysterium Cosmographicum im Kontext.
SuSe 2008
Kosmologische Revolution und Paradigmenwechsel zwischen Nicolaus
Copernicus ( 1473–1543) und Johannes Kepler (1571–1630): Thomas Kuhns
Vorarbeiten zur Struktur der wissenschaftlichen Revolutionen (together with
Dr. Patrick J. Boner).
WiSe 2007/08
Johannes Kepler und die Kosmologie der ausgehenden Renaissance.
Philosophie,
Wissenschaft
und
Methode
in
der
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SuSe 2007
Die Mathematisierung der Physik im aristotelischen Kontext: Zur Tradition der
Calculatores im Spätmittelalter und in der Renaissance.
WiSe 2005/06
Was ist Zeit? Philosophische Ansätze zum Zeitbegriff von der Antike bis zur
Renaissance.
SuSe 2005
Theorie und Praxis der Astrologie in der Renaissance: Kepler und andere
(together with Dr. Friederike Boockmann).
WiSe 2004/05
Tradition und Innovation in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft der
Spätrenaissance: Ausgewählte Texte von Copernicus, Bacon, Galilei, Kepler
und Descartes.
SuSe 2004
Die epistemologischen Hintergründe der wissenschaftlichen Revolution in
der Spätrenaissance: Keplers Hypothesenbegriff und der Status der
Astronomie.
Wise 2003/04
Naturphilosophische Hintergründe der neuen Astronomie: Keplers Mysterium
Cosmographicum.
Languages
Spanish
Native speaker. Numerous lectures and publications
German
Fluent. Dissertation. Numerous lectures and publications
English
Very good knowledge. Presentations and publications
Italian
Very good knowledge. Presentations and publications
French
Good knowledge (five-month research stay in France)
Portuguese
General basic knowledge
Polish
General basic knowledge
Danish
General basic knowledge
Latin
Very good knowledge (research on and edition of Latin philosophical and
scientific texts)
Ancient
Greek
General basic knowledge
National and International Scientific Collaborations
Since
August 2011
Associate Member of the commission 41 (Johannes Kepler) of the International
Astronomical Union (IAU)
2009-2011
Participation in the Project M:444 ARG-11311310 of the German Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft [with partial support of Conicet, Argentina] for a
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collaboration research work between the universities of Buenos Aires (Prof. Dr. J.
Legris) and Paderborn (Prof. Dr. V. Peckhaus) dealing with History of Logic.
Special focus: Karl Prantl as an historian of medieval logic
2009-2010
Participation in the Project EEDA (“Une Époque en Édite une Autre”) at the
University of Nantes, France (Direction of the Project by Prof. Everlyne Barbin
and Prof. Gerhardt Stenger). Two presentations on the Kepler-Edition from the
19th Century
18-20, Dec.
2008
Co-organisation of the Conference at Strasbourg: “Physique, métaphysique,
‘physique céleste’ Autour de l’Astronomia Nova de Johannes Kepler (1609)”.
Coordinators : E. Mehl (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg) and Daniel A. Di
Liscia (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Kepler-Kommission)
17.08.07
Appointment as “Miembro Asociado del Centro de Estudios Filosóficos Eugenio
Pucciarelli (Sección Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia)” der Academia Nacional de
Ciencias de Buenos Aires
Academic Administration and External Funding
2004-2008
As the Scientific Director of the Kepler-Commission at the Bavarian Academy of
Sciences I was responsible for the management of all its ordinary activities and the
coordination of the work of eight scholars, who worked at the Commission or
were directly connected with it. This included, apart from my own research work,
the administration of the budget, the supervision of the research work, the
administration of the library (including copies of all known Kepler-manuscripts,
aprox.’ ten thousand pages), the negotiation of special work contracts, the contact
with other scholars and institutions, the supervision of the register, and the
conduct of negotiations with the editorial houses for the publication of the
research work.
2013-15
The above mentioned project (Di Liscia / Leitgeb) was supported by the
University of Munich (LMU) with 150.000 €.
Since 2015
The above mentioned project (Di Liscia) is being supported by the DFG with
281.248 €.
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