Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science,[1] a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and the president-elect of the Philosophy of Science Association.[2] Her research has involved scientific perspectivism and perspectival realism,[3] the Pauli exclusion principle, and the work of Immanuel Kant.[4]
Michela Massimi | |
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| Alma mater | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Philosophy of science |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | Pauli's exclusion principle : a philosophical perspective (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Redhead |
Education and career
editMassimi has dual Italian and British citizenship.[4] After studying philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome from 1993 to 1997,[1] she completed a Ph.D. in 2002 at the London School of Economics, and after three years of postdoctoral research as a Junior Research Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge, she became a Lecturer in history and philosophy of science at University College London in 2005. She moved to the University of Edinburgh in 2012 and became professor there in 2015.[5]
She was co-editor-in-chief of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science from 2011 to 2016, and has been elected as president of the Philosophy of Science Association for the 2023–2024 term.[2]
Recognition
editMassimi was the Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Medalist and Lecturer of the Royal Society in 2017, speaking on "Why philosophy of science matters to science,"[6] and she won the Lakatos Award of the London School of Economics in 2023 for her 2022 book Perspectival Realism.[7]
She was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018, and as Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2019.[2] She was also elected to the Academia Europaea in 2019.[5]
Books
editMassimi is the author of Pauli’s Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle (Cambridge University Press, 2005)[8] and Perspectival Realism (Oxford University Press, 2022).[7]
Her edited volumes include:
- Kant and Philosophy of Science Today (Cambridge University Press, 2008)[9]
- Philosophy and the Sciences for Everyone (Routledge, 2014)[10]
- Kant and the Laws of Nature (with Angela Breitenbach, Cambridge University Press, 2017)[11]
- Understanding Perspectivism: Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects (with Casey D. McCoy, Routledge, 2019)[12]
- Knowledge from a Human Point of View (with Ana-Maria Creţu, Springer, 2020)
References
edit- ^ a b Michela Massimi: Bio, retrieved 2021-02-15
- ^ a b c "Michela Massimi, Professor", Staff profiles, University of Edinburgh, retrieved 2021-02-15
- ^ Ball, Philip (24 May 2018), "Questioning truth, reality and the role of science", Quanta Magazine (Interview)
- ^ a b West, Peter; Massimi, Michela (January 2018), "Interview with Invited Speaker Michela Massimi, Philosophy as a Way of Life", Perspectives, 8 (1): 31–34, doi:10.2478/pipjp-2018-0004, S2CID 214625173
- ^ a b "Michela Massimi", Members, Academia Europaea, retrieved 2021-02-15; see also attached curriculum vitae
- ^ "Why philosophy of science matters to science", Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Prize Lecture, Royal Society, May 2018, retrieved 2021-02-15
- ^ a b The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (6 July 2023). "Michela Massimi wins the 2023 Lakatos Award". The London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ Reviews of Pauli's Exclusion Principle:
- Faye, Jan (September 2006), "Principles and quantum revolutions", Metascience, 15 (3): 573–577, doi:10.1007/s11016-006-9045-x, S2CID 171052377
- Kragh, Helge (March 2009), British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 60 (1): 235–238, doi:10.1093/bjps/axn056, JSTOR 25591996
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - MacKinnon, Edward (December 2006), Isis, 97 (4): 773–774, doi:10.1086/512904, JSTOR 10.1086/512904
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ryckman, Thomas (July 2007), Kantian Review, 12 (2): 187–189, doi:10.1017/s1369415400001023, S2CID 170358360
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Staley, Kent W. (September 2007), The British Journal for the History of Science, 40 (3): 455–457, doi:10.1017/S0007087407000210, JSTOR 4500761, S2CID 210415675
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- ^ Reviews of Kant and Philosophy of Science Today:
- Pollok, Konstantin (August 2010), "Review", Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- Stan, Marius (Fall 2011), HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, 1 (2): 364–367, doi:10.1086/661208, JSTOR 10.1086/661208
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- ^ Review of Philosophy and the Sciences for Everyone:
- Rojas Durán, Edgar Eduardo (January–June 2016), "Review" (PDF), Signos Filosóficos (in Spanish), 18 (35): 203–206
- ^ Reviews of Kant and the Laws of Nature:
- Leech, Jessica (October 2018), "Review", Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- McNulty, Michael Bennett (May 2018), Kantian Review, 23 (2): 338–343, doi:10.1017/s1369415418000110, S2CID 171602708
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Pluder, Michael (May 2020), Kant-Studien (in German), 111 (2): 326–329, doi:10.1515/kant-2020-0027, S2CID 219548884
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Winegar, Reed (April 2018), "Review", Journal of the History of Philosophy, 56 (2): 377–378, doi:10.1353/hph.2018.0040, S2CID 172083311
- ^ Reviews of Understanding Perspectivism:
- Matthews, Lucas J. (November 2019), "Review", Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- Rueger, Alexander (February 2020), "Some perspective on perspectivism", Metascience, 29 (2): 193–196, doi:10.1007/s11016-020-00501-7, S2CID 213784697