Degree in Sociology (thesis on the Sociology of knowledge, titled: Protestantism and Secularization. The breaking sacred Universe, supervisor Prof. A. Cavicchia Scalamonti), University of Naples “Federico II” on 29 / 3/ 1988 Degree in Philosophy (thesis in Theoretical philosophy, titled The powers of the rational and the irrational: a comparison of R. Otto and M. Heidegger, supervisor Prof. E. Mazzarella), University of Naples “Federico II “on 17/03/1998; Ph.D. in Philosophy (Cycle XV) at the Department of Philosophy A. Aliotta, Faculty of Humanities of the University of Naples “Federico II “, an examination successfully passed on 23/2/2004, with a thesis entitled: Heidegger’s Interpretation of Descartes. Origins and problems; Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy “A. Aliotta” for the A. Y. 2008/2009, with a project concerning the relationship between philosophy and life sciences in the classical and contemporary German philosophy; Research Assistant at the Department of Philosophy “A. Aliotta “for the A. Y. 2009/2010; Researcher in the History of Philosophy (M-FIL/06 SSD), with the appointment of 23.12.2010 and service outlet in the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Naples “Federico II”, on 28.12 .2010. LANGUAGES Deutsch, English, Français ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES (TEACHING) Collaborative learning activities at the Chair of the History of Modern Philosophy and History of Historiography of philosophy, with the performance of the following years: A.Y. 1998/1999: Interpretazioni novecentesche di Descartes: Husserl, Cassirer, Heidegger, per un totale di 21 ore di lezione; A.Y. 1999/2000: Nietzsche come pensatore ‘storico’, for a total of 24 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2000/2001: Vico e Descartes: un confronto ancora aperto, for a total of 24 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2001/2002: Nietzsche lettore della filosofia moderna: Lutero, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, for a total of 22 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2002/2003: La disputa tra Erasmo e Lutero sul libero arbitrio, for a total of 19 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2005/2006: La Fenomenologia dello Spirito di Hegel: un’interpretazione della ‘Vorrede’ e dell’ ‘Einleitung’ per un totale di 8 ore di lezione; A. Y. 2006/2007: Il significato e il ruolo del De nostri temporis studiorum ratione di G. B. Vico nell’insieme del suo pensiero, for a total of 14 hours of teaching. A. Y. 2007/2008 (primo semestre): Seminario su: Descartes tra biografia e filosofia: il Discorso sul metodo come autobiografia filosofica, for a total of 8 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2008/2009 (primo semestre): Seminario sulle Meditazioni metafisiche di Descartes, for a total of 10 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2009/2010 (primo semestre): Seminario sul Discorso di Metafisica di W. G. Leibniz, for a total of 16 hours of teaching; A. Y. 2010/2011 (primo semestre). Seminario su Cassirer storico della filosofia moderna, for a total of 24 hours of teaching. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES as a winner of scholarship for four years, partecipations to the Seminars organized by the University of Naples “Federico II” in collaboration with the Centro Studi M. Mangrella “Eboli (Salerno) with the followings titles: -Politica, arte, religione nel pensiero di Ernst Bloch (Eboli, 28-31 July 2000); -Tra memoria e futuro. Riflessioni sul pensiero ebraico (Eboli, 29-31 July 2001); -Filosofia e Scienze. Problemi di Bioetica (Eboli, 29-31 July 2002); -L’Etica dell’età della Tecnica. Questioni di Bioetica (Eboli, 29-31 July 2003). -Under the activities of the Summer schools of higher education organized by the “Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici”, Riccardo De Biase has won a scholarship to participate in the seminar entitled: Theory of Reminiscence and mathematical Intuition, (Parma, Italy) on 9, 10 and 11 July 1999; -Even as the winner of a Scholarship, Riccardo De Biase has participated in the seminar co-organized by the “Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici” and by the “Institut für Europäische Philosophie”, entitled: Die Heideggersche Linke, and given by Profs. Hans Georg Gadamer and Gianni Vattimo, on the 6, 7 and 8 December 2000 in Heidelberg; – Under the “Project of international exchange with foreign Universities and research Institutes for the short term mobility of teachers, researchers and scholars”, Riccardo De Biase has received a financial Fund targeted to stay at the ‘Philosophisches Seminar II’ of the Albert Ludwigs ‘Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau, in the period between 1/3/2002 and 30/3/2002; – Under the ‘Socrates-Erasmus 2002’ Project, Riccardo De Biase has received a scholarship program which provides for the stay at the ‘Ruhr University’ of Bochum in the period from 26/6/2002 to 30 / 9 / 2002. – during the days from 16/12/2002 to 19/12/2002, Riccardo De Biase has participated in Reggio Emilia (Italy) to the XIII National Congress of the PhD in Philosophy, organized by ‘Istituto Antonio Banfi’, with a lecture entitled: Heidegger’s interpretation of Descartes. Sources and problems. – even under the ‘Project of international exchange with foreign Universities and research Institutes for the short term mobility of teachers, researchers and scholars’, in order to complete the experience of the previous academic year, Riccardo De Biase has received the renewal of financial Fund to stay at the ‘Philosophisches Seminar II’ of the Albert Ludwigs’ Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau, in the period between 11/3/2003 and 17/4/2003; – as a participant at the international Conference The Philosophers and Mediterranean Sea, (11.15.2009), Riccardo De Biase read a report entitled Heidegger pensatore mediterraneo? – as a participant at the international Conference Symbol and Culture. At 80 Years from the ‘Philosophy of symbolic Forms’, (Naples on 15/16.11.2010), Riccardo De Biase read a report entitled: An interpretative Hypothesis: morphological Historicism in E. Cassirer; – as a participant at the international Summer School HOMELANDS IN TRANSLATION (Procida, 13-19 September 2010), Riccardo De Biase, read a report entitled: The concept of Heimat in M. Heidegger.