Come work at Cà Foscari on scientific pluralism, styles of scientific reasoning and the philosophy of the human and social sciences! Please distribute widely 📢

SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 3w ago

Looking for an exciting research opportunity? 🚀 📢 Applications are now open for a Research Fellow position at Ca’ Foscari University, under the supervision of @mvagelli.bsky.social www.unive.it/web/it/17536...

If in Edinburgh today for the joint ESHS/HSS meeting, do drop by our roundtable on Late Hacking! We'll be discussing Hacking's later philosophy, his years at the Collège de France, and much more. Unfortunately I can't be there in person, but it's in excellent hands. Hope to see many of you there!

Delighted and very much looking forward to welcoming @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social as a Visiting PhD student to the @scipluproject.bsky.social at Ca' Foscari's Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage this fall and winter!

SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 4w ago

🎉We are delighted to welcome @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social as Visiting Researcher at Ca' Foscari. From Sept. 2026 to Feb. 2027, he will work under the supervision of @mvagelli.bsky.social on Feyerabend, style, and pluralism in the history and philosophy of science More info: www.unive.it/data/agenda/...

From yesterday’s conference on Foucault’s 100th anniversary: @mvagelli.bsky.social presenting on Ian Hacking on Foucault and the philosophical abuses of the past.

SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many thanks to Prof. Elisabetta Basso and the University of Pavia for this inspiring conference marking Foucault’s 100th anniversary (Thursday, 21 May), and for inviting @mvagelli.bsky.social to speak on Ian Hacking, archaeology, and the philosophical uses and abuses of the past.

Many thanks to Prof. Elisabetta Basso and the University of Pavia for this inspiring conference marking Foucault’s 100th anniversary (Thursday, 21 May), and for inviting @mvagelli.bsky.social to speak on Ian Hacking, archaeology, and the philosophical uses and abuses of the past.

🎉 Throwback to last week’s full-house event: “What Science for What Society?” with Jason C. Alexander & Chrysostomos Mantzavinos, and Eleonora Montuschi as a discussant. Great discussion on science & democracy! Many thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined the discussion!

SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📍If you’re in Venice tomorrow, don’t miss this event organised as part of SCIPLU! What Science for What Society? A roundtable on science & democracy with Jason C. Alexander and Chrysostomos Mantzavinos. 🏛 Ca’ Foscari, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà 🗓 5 May 2026 | 🕒 14:45–17:30 No registration needed.

📍If you’re in Venice tomorrow, don’t miss this event organised as part of SCIPLU! What Science for What Society? A roundtable on science & democracy with Jason C. Alexander and Chrysostomos Mantzavinos. 🏛 Ca’ Foscari, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà 🗓 5 May 2026 | 🕒 14:45–17:30 No registration needed.

La scorsa settimana @mvagelli.bsky.social è stato invitato alla Fondazione De Santillana per un dialogo su “Giorgio de Santillana: mito, scienza e conoscenza”. Grazie alla Fondazione per l’organizzazione di questo bellissimo evento e per l’opportunità! Bellissime anche le foto ricevute! 📸✨

The workshop concludes with a talk by @annaziel.bsky.social on “Ludwik Fleck on Democracy and Objectivity in Sciences,” featuring a vivid description of pre‑war Lviv and its intellectual milieu.

For the third talk of the Fleck in Discussion workshop, Melinda Fagan joined us online with a presentation titled “Fleck and the Pragmatists.”

The second talk today featured @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social on "Habent Sua Fata Libelli: On the Reception of Ludwik Fleck’s Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1935)", followed by a lively Q&A with an engaged audience and Klaus Zittel as discussant.

Starting the Fleck in Discussion workshop with an introduction by @mvagelli.bsky.social and a presentation by Guillermo Címbora Acosta: "Reconsidering Fleck’s Epistemology: From Sociological Reductionism to Pluralistic Historicism"

Thrilled to host the Fleck in Discussion workshop today at Ca' Foscari University organised by @mvagelli.bsky.social. Scholars will discuss Ludwik Fleck’s work and its contemporary relevance. Many thanks to Guillermo Címbora Acosta, @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social, Melinda Fagan & @annaziel.bsky.social !

Il 22 aprile @mvagelli.bsky.social sarà a Venezia, in Giudecca, alla Fondazione De Santillana per un incontro divulgativo: Giorgio de Santillana: mito, scienza e conoscenza 🧠✨ Un grande grazie alla Fondazione per l’invito! 👉 Info e iscrizioni: www.desantillanafoundation.com/currentlyonv...

📽️ The recording of our last HISTEPS session with Sophie Roux and Lucie Fabry is now available on the SCIPLU YouTube channel: youtu.be/_4eCPM6NnEQ?... 🤓 Stay tuned for further updates from the HISTEPS Working Group and from the SCIPLU Project!

Lovely day and truly stimulating discussion yesterday in Cambridge. Thank you to the hosts, the discussants and all the participants for their questions and remarks!

While preparing for tomorrow’s book symposium in Cambridge, I find myself thinking back to the wonderful discussion + the beautiful visit in Athens a few weeks ago. Thank you to all the great discussants, the organizers and the participants I had the privilege to conversate with!

Last session of HISTEPS 25/26 is happening in a few hours today!

SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 Join us this afternoon for the last session of the 2025/2026 HISTEPS Seminar Series, with a talk by Lucie Fabry and Sophie Roux on Bachelardismes and anti-bachelardismes! ✍️ Don't forget to sign up to receive updates on our upcoming activities!

🤓📆 Join us on Monday 9 March for the last session of the 2025/2026 HISTEPS Seminar series, with a talk by Lucie Fabry and Sophie Roux on “Authors Meet Critics: Bachelardismes et anti-bachelardismes. Controverses épistémologiques des années 1960” ✍️ To receive the link: forms.gle/JugWrbJsVfbE...

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📽️ The recording of March #HISTEPS session is available on YouTube! Many thanks to Matteo Collodel for his talk: Against Authority: Political Roots of P. K. Feyerabend’s Epistemology Our last session will be next Monday 9 March More info here: pric.unive.it/projects/sci... youtu.be/49BvrnWXenE?...

Matteo Collodel: Against Authority: Political Roots of P. K. Feyerabend’s Epistemology

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Thrilled that next Wed, March 11 (1–3pm) I’ll be discussing my book at a special CamPoS session in Cambridge. Huge thanks to Hasok Chang & Matt Farr for hosting, and to Cristina Chimisso & Nick Jardine for serving as discussants and providing comments. If you’re around Cambridge, do join us!

Hot off the press! 📚 Heureux de recevoir le denier numéro de Zilsel qui contient un dossier dédié à Hacking auquel j’ai eu le plaisir de contribuer ☕️🙂

⏰ EH11 CFP closes tomorrow (March 2)! Working on current topics in the medical sciences through the lenses of historical epistemology? Don’t miss the deadline — submit now and join us for this Paris edition. Please share! episthist.hypotheses.org

Still not quite over this moment. It was truly an honour (and I admit a bit awe-inspiring) to listen to Kostas Gavroglu — towering historian of science and former Minister of Education & Research in the Tsipras government — engage so thoughtfully with my book.

📢The HISTEPS WG Seminar is back with a 5th session, with Matteo Collodel on “Against Authority: Political Roots of P. K. Feyerabend’s Epistemology”. 📅February 12, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET) 🤓Register here: forms.gle/MzMbmkHh65dW... ℹ️More info: pric.unive.it/projects/sci...

So thrilled this is coming up in just 3 days! Sharing the updated poster for the Athens roundtable on Reconsidering Historical Epistemology (Feb 2). Happy to send the Webex link to anyone who’d like to join online — just message me.

📽️ The recording of our latest #HISTEPS session is now available on YouTube! Many thanks to Silke Körber for a wonderful talk and discussion on Different Shades of “Scientific Humanism”. Watch it here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtn6... See you at the next session on February 12!

Silke Körber: Different Shades of Scientific Humanism

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📢The HISTEPS WG Seminar Series is back with a fourth session, with Silke Körber on“Different Shades of ‘Scientific Humanism” 📅December 11, 16.00-17.30 (Venice Time, CET) 🤓Register here: forms.gle/9YJ2PbA58Yro... ℹ️More info: pric.unive.it/projects/sci...

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SciPlu Project@scipluproject.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📍See the full HISTEPS WG Seminar Series programme below. 🔗 To participate, please fill out this form: forms.gle/ws8fiU8LYvrB...

The Nagel-Hempel correspondence has just been published in the Vienna Circle Institute Library. Check it out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy

This book provides new perspectives on the twentieth-century history of philosophy of science through the person of Ernest Nagel

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🎄 HISTEPS Xmas treat! The recording of our last session with Marianne Janack on Pragmatism & Philosophy of Science is now on YouTube 🎥 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=T84Q... Next session: Jan 15 — see you there!

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