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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fresh off the press: the Fall 2026 issue of @Foucault Studies 📚 It has a long review essay by Samuel Talcott on my book Reconsidering Historical Epistemology. It's a joy to see it read so closely and thoughtfully. Thank you, Samuel, and thank you to the editors! Link 👇🏾 @foucault-news.bsky.social

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New (open access) paper out 🚨 I discuss style, boundary concepts, Gombrich, Goodman, Feyerabend. Theoretical and stylistic pluralism. And obviously Hacking. Happy to discuss these further! Link in the comments below ⬇️

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Special issue alert 📣 Our selection of papers from #ENPOSS2025 (Venice) is out now in Philosophy of the Social Sciences! Models, evidential pluralism, social kinds, and more. Several pieces are open access. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/posa/56/5 @scipluproject.bsky.social

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Delighted to share that my article “Historical Epistemology and the ‘Marriage’ of the History of Science and Philosophy of Science” has now appeared in Chinese translation in the special issue “Thought and the Times: History and Philosophy of Sciences” 🇨🇳

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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!

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The Late Ian Hacking’s Legacy for the History of Science: Reasoning, Kinds, Trees of Life

This roundtable reconsiders the profound and ongoing influence of Ian Hacking which has shaped research in the history of science for decades and continues to inspire scholarship spanning statistics, ...

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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!

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🎉 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!

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

📍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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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! 📸✨

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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"

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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 !

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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...

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📽️ 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!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🤓📆 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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HISTEPS WG Seminar series 2025/2026 Registration Form

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📽️ 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?...

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

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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 ☕️🙂

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

⏰ 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

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Episthist – Research Network on the History and the Methods of Historical Epistemology

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

📢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...

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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.

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📽️ 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!

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Silke Körber: Different Shades of Scientific Humanism

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📢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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HISTEPS WG Seminar series 2025/2026 Registration Form

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Adam Tamas Tuboly @tuadam.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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

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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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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

🎄 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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Marianne Janack : Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science default

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

📢 Pleased to share that my chapter “Bachelardian and Continental Epistemologies” is out in The Routledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science After Kant (Padovani & Tuboly): www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

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The Routledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science After Kant

The History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) is a relatively new yet rapidly growing field. Emerging from diverse approaches within the history and philosophy of science, it encompasses a wide range o...

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Delighted to announce a roundtable discussion of my book Reconsidering Historical Epistemology 🗓️ Feb 2, 2026 📍 Athens (NKUA) Truly honoured - and excited - to have such outstanding scholars engaging with my work. Flyer attached ⬇️

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

My contribution examines Hacking’s styles of scientific reasoning in relation to Foucault’s archaeology of discourse, focusing on the shift from positivity to truthfulness. I argue the transition is not merely terminological. Happy to share a pre-print!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Happy (and humbled) to see my work cited in Paolo Mancosu’s newly revised SEP entry on Mathematical Style: plato.stanford.edu/entries/math... The entry is a wonderful - and now classic - overview of how “style” has been used in mathematics and philosophy.

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Mathematical Style (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Oscar @oscarw.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Now out in Studies in HPS! 'Artefactualism and the twofold experience of modelling': authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH3%7E8yu... Short article building on the phenomenology of modelling experience as discussed in @msuarez.bsky.social's excellent book, Inference and Representation.

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This is happening TODAY: only a few hours left to register and join the conversation on pragmatism and philosophy of science ;)

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I’m *very* excited to announce that the special issue of The Monist that I co-edited with Paul Roth is finally out! It includes my new paper alongside a fantastic set of contributions. academic.oup.com/monist/issue... Happy to share a pre-print of my article—just ask!

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

If you find yourselves in Venice tomorrow, come and say hi! The talk will be followed by beers 🍻

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

📢 Are you in Venice next week? Join us for @mvagelli.bsky.social 's talk: “What’s in It for the (Scientific) Pluralist? Styles of Reasoning between Disunity and Integration” 📆 Wednesday, December 3 | 17:30–19:00 📍 Ca’ Foscari University, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Biral

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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Here is the video of #HISTEPS with a great talk by Adam Tuboly, check it out! Next session is on Dec 11: “Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science” with Roberto Gronda (Pisa), Marianne Janack (Hamilton College) and Giancarlo Marchetti (Perugia) Register at this link: forms.gle/YkAFmG7rMraE...

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🎉 Last HISTEPS session was a success! Flavia Padovani discussed Hans Reichenbach (pictured here) and C.I. Lewis on the Pragmatic A Priori. Thanks to all the participants! 📅 Next up on 6 November: Adam Tamas Tuboly on “Otto Neurath's Emigration: Planning Logical Empiricism in the British Muddle”

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SciPlu Project @scipluproject.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📝 Join us tomorrow for the first online session of HISTEPS with a talk by Flavia Padovani "Hans Reichenbach and C.I. Lewis on the Pragmatic A Priori: Cognition and Values" (see 2025/2026 programme below) 📅 16 Oct 16:00-17:30 (CET) 🔗 To register and receive the link, please contact: sciplu@unive.it