Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil.

Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou

Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou

Corresponding Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences abroad since 2023

  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Research Areas:

  • Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
  • Natural philosophy
  • Theory of science
  • Interdisciplinary Study of Aristotle

Profile:

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Publications:

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Selected Memberships:

  • Greek Philosophical Society
  • Charles S. Peirce Society
  • Association of Fulbright Scholars of Northern Greece

Selected Prizes:

  • British Council Scholarship for post-graduate studies, Oxford University (1977-78)
  • Visiting Research Scholarship of the British Council, Oxford University (1986)
  • Erasmus Research Award, Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, UK (1990)
  • Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholarship, Harvard University (1991)
  • One of the ten Greek nominees for the “Woman of Europe” Award (1987), sponsored by the Council of Europe

Selected Publications:

  • Aristotle Today: Perspectives of Aristotle’s Philosophy of Nature and Contemporary Physics (inGreek, ZITI, 2010, pp. 254.).
  • Aristotle and Contemporary Science, D. Sfendoni-Mentzou, (ed.). Vols I. pp.300 & II pp.312 (PeterLang, 2000 & 2001).
  • Aristotle – Contemporary Perspectives on his thought. On the 2400th Anniversary since Aristotle’s Birth. D. Sfendoni-Mentzou, (ed.) (De Gruyter, 2018, pp. 366).
  • Proceedings of the World Congress “Aristotle 2400 Years.” D. Sfendoni-Mentzou, (ed.), pp. 845.(A.U.Th. & DI.K.A.M., 2019).
  • Sfendoni-Mentzou, Demetra “Aristotle’s Conception of φύσις in Light of Contemporary Scientific Thought,” pp.145-164. In L’heritage d’Aristote aujuourd’hui. Science, Nature et Societe, Francoise Graziani et Pierre Pellegrin eds (Edizioni dell’ Orso, 2020).