Antonio M. Nunziante

I am Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Padua. I study naturalism as a philosophical framework for understanding human civilization, culture, and religion. I began my research working on Leibniz—particularly on concepts of life and organism—and later turned to American philosophical naturalism, focusing on Wilfrid Sellars and his engagement with modern Western philosophy. I have published articles and books on Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, and Sellars. My forthcoming book, Naturalism and Civilization: The Evolutionary Way to History, Culture, and Religion (Springer Nature, 2026), traces the transformation of naturalism from philosophical position into a normative framework shaping Western institutions and culture.