Francesco Valerio Tommasi (Rome, 1977) deals with history of philosophy, history of metaphysics and philosophy of religion. His research and publications mainly concern the "longue duréee" and the revisitation in modern and contemporary thought of themes from the classical metaphysical tradition, with a particular focus on transcendental philosophy.
He was qualified as Full Professor in the SSD M-Fil/06 (Call 2016, first term, unanimous decision), after having been qualified as Associate Professor (Call 2012, unanimous decision, renewed in 2017, again with unanimous decision).
Invited professor at the Pontificio Ateneo Anselmiano (where he teaches Critique of Metaphysics and Philosophy of Religion). At Sapienza, in addition to courses in History of Philosophy and History of Metaphysics, he also teaches courses of History of Metaphysics in Global Perspective for the degree course in Global Humanities.
He was Visiting Professor at the Libre Université de Bruxelles (Chaire Internationale 2024) Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil (2017) and has taught at the University of Roma Tre (2015-2016), the Universität zu Köln (2012) and the Universität Würzburg (2002-2003).
He is a member of the teaching board of the Doctorate in Philosophy at La Sapienza University of Rome. He has been thesis tutor, supervisor and member of doctoral committees in Italy and abroad.
Since 2022 he organizes and directs, together with Prof. Gualtiero Lorini of the Catholic University of Milan, the Transcendental Philosophy Permanent Seminar, which hosts several international speakers each year (among others, speakers included: D. Pradelle, A. Grandjean, R. Meer, G. Motta, G. Basile, A. Pelletier, E. Cafagna, E. Ficara, M. Fiorilli, G. Zöller, I. Römer).
He is a member (since 2017) of the Board of Directors of the Italian Association of Philosophy of Religion, of which he was Secretary until 2021.
He is a member of the inter-university project RUNIPACE (Rete Università per la Pace), of the International Curriculum Committee for the Rome-Jena double degree in 'Philosophy and German Idealism'. Since 2008 he is representative of the Philosophy Department of Sapienza University at EGSAMP (European Graduate School for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy).
His publications include the monographs "Philosophia transcendentalis. La questione antepredicativa e l'analogia tra la Scolastica e Kant" (Olschki 2008), "L'analogia della persona in Edith Stein" (Serra 2012), "Umanesimo profetico. La complicata relazione tra cattolicesimo e cultura" (San Paolo 2015). He edited the critical edition, together with Andreas Speer, of Edith Stein's translations of Thomas Aquinas' works for the Edith Stein Gesamtausgabe (four volumes at Herder 2008-2013). He has edited some ten collective volumes, including "Questioni di metafisica nel Settecento tedesco" (Archivio di Filosofia 2019), "Der Zyklop in der Wissenschaft. Kant und die anthropologia transcendentalis" (Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte 2018), "L'analogia" (Archivio di Filosofia 2016), "Incontro di civiltà" (Rubbettino 2012). He translated into Italian "Métamorphoses de la finitude" by E. Falque (San Paolo 2014). The full list of his publications is on the IRIS portal or at this link:
https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/FRANCESCO-VALERIO-TOMMASI_nC2970_IT.aspx
Video Presentation in the Faculty's innovative research series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XiDRk36jog