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
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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).