Vittorio Hösle

Who is Vittorio Hösle?

Vittorio Hösle is an Italian-born German philosopher. Having begun his academic career with extraordinary success, including the completion of his doctorate at age 21, he is the author of many distinguished works, including Hegels System, Morals and Politics, and Der philosophische Dialog. He advances an “objective idealist” theoretical philosophy, which attempts to revitalize Platonic and Hegelian thought, while also drawing from Karl-Otto Apel. His practical philosophy is a modified Kantianism, which also draws much from Hans Jonas.

Having been “alienated by the contemporary situation of his country’s university system,” he has been in the United States since 1999, at the University of Notre Dame. There he is the Paul Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters. Since 2008, he has also served as the founding Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.