Vincenzo Cappelletti (2 August 1930, in Rome – 21 May 2020, in Rome) was an Italian philosopher and historian of science. He taught at the University of Perugia, the Sapienza University of Rome, and the Roma Tre University. In 1957, he co-founded the magazine Il Veltro with Aldo Ferrabino. From 1970 to 1992, he was general director of the Treccani Institute. From 1970 to 2011, he was president of the Domus Galilaeana. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2001, and received honorary doctorates from the University of El Salvador and the University of Buenos Aires.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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