Paul Piccone

Paul Piccone (Italian: [pikˈkoːne]; January 17, 1940 – July 12, 2004) was an Italian-American philosopher, critical theorist, intellectual historian, and most notably the founder and long-time editor of the journal Telos.

He was born in L'Aquila in Italy to a family that emigrated to Rochester, New York in the mid-1950s. In 1968, he and others started the journal Telos, which he edited until his death in 2004.

He completed a doctorate in philosophy at the University at Buffalo (State University of New York) in 1970. He then taught at Washington University in St. Louis until 1977.