Roberto Ardigò
Roberto Ardigò ( born January 28, 1828 in Casteldidone ( province of Cremona ); † September 15, 1920 in Mantua ) was a leading philosopher of the Italian positivism, educator and professor of history of philosophy in Padua.
Life
Ardigò was first priest in Mantua and oriented before his positivist position on Neoplatonic ideas. 1869, publication has been indexed by him, he himself suspended. He rejected the 1870 dogmatized papal infallibility and gave 1871 conviction grounds to a clerical career, in order to participate in the scientific elucidation of Italy after the unifications. Ardigò now worked first as a philosophy teacher at the high school in Mantua, then from 1881 to 1909 as a professor in Padua.
He worked to epistemological, ethical, socio-philosophical and legal positivist themes. In addition, he was the first Italian scientist who devoted himself under the influence of Comte from 1886 of sociology. This played empiricism and, unlike Comte, psychology a prominent role. The work of Ardigò contributed to the establishment of this science in Italy. The He founded the school of thought also participated in the debate over the autonomy of legal philosophy and sociology.