Giovanni Ventimiglia is Full Professor of Philosophy and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. Founder of the Lugano Institute for Philosophical Studies in 2003, he teaches medieval philosophy and ontology, and has published widely in these fields, including: Is the Thomistic Doctrine of God as "Ipsum Esse Subsistens" Consistent? (2018), Tommaso d’Aquino (2014), To be o esse? (2012) and Differenza e contraddizione(1997).