Antonio Aliotta (18 January 1881 – 1 February 1964) was an Italian philosopher. He was born in

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and studied philosophy at the

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, graduating in 1903. His initial work was in experimental psychology. In 1912 he won the Paladin prize for his work, ''La reazione idealistica contro la scienza''. He became professor of theoretical philosophy at the

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from 1913 to 1919, then served as a professor at the

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until 1951. Aliotta died in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aliotta, Antonio 1881 births 1964 deaths People from Salerno 20th-century Italian philosophers University of Florence alumni Academic staff of the University of Padua Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II