George di Giovanni (born 1935) is anemeritus professor of philosophy atMcGill University. He specializes inGerman idealism,nineteenth century philosophy,phenomenology (Husserl andMerleau-Ponty), andphilosophy of religion.^[1][2]

George di Giovanni completed his classical studies in Rome at the Ginnasio Torquato Tasso, and pursued university studies in Toronto and, periodically, in Germany. He earned his PhD from theUniversity of Toronto in 1970, with a dissertation titled "Contingency: Its Foundation in Hegel’s Logic of Becoming," under the supervision ofEmil Fackenheim.^[3][4][5]

Di Giovanni produced a new translation ofHegel'sScience of Logic in 2010, following previous translations by Johnston and Struthers (1929) and A. V. Miller (1969). In addition to his translation, di Giovanni wrote a substantial introduction that, according toJohn W. Burbidge, provides the best discussion of the development of Hegel's logic during theJena period.^[6] In this introduction, di Giovanni argues that, unlike general or formal logic, Hegel's logic is best interpreted as a form ofKantian transcendental logic.^[7] Several reviewers have noted that di Giovanni's translation represents an improvement over previous English versions.^[8][9]

In his workBetween Kant and Hegel, co-edited withH. S. Harris, di Giovanni provided translations of selected writings byK. L. Reinhold,G. E. Schulze,S. Maimon, andJ. S. Beck, which had a major impact on the anglophone reception ofGerman idealism.^{[10][11][12][13]}

• Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Fredrich (2010). Di Giovanni, George (ed.).Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: The Science of Logic.doi:10.1017/9780511780240.ISBN 978-0-511-78024-0.
• Giovanni, George Di; Harris, Henry Silton (2000).Between Kant and Hegel, Texts in the Development of Post-Kantian Idealism. Hackett.ISBN 978-0-87220-505-5.
• Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich (1995). Giovanni, George di (ed.).Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill.doi:10.1515/9780773564121.ISBN 978-0-7735-6412-1.

• Karl Leonhard Reinhold and the Enlightenment. Studies in German Idealism. Vol. 9. 2010.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3227-0.ISBN 978-90-481-3226-3.

• Di Giovanni, George (2021).Hegel and the Challenge of Spinoza: A Study in German Idealism, 1801-1831.doi:10.1017/9781108906999.ISBN 978-1-108-90699-9.^[14]
• Di Giovanni, George (2005).Freedom and Religion in Kant and His Immediate Successors: The Vocation of Humankind, 1774-1800.doi:10.1017/CBO9780511498084.ISBN 978-0-521-84451-2.

• 1935 births
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• Hegel scholars
• 20th-century Canadian philosophers
• University of Toronto alumni
• 21st-century Canadian philosophers
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