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Stefano Canali

@stefanocanali.bsky.social
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Philosopher of science at Politecnico di Milano, interested in medicine, data, epidemiology, digital technology, health. Previously @iphilluh.bsky.social, @stsucl.bsky.social. 🍝👔🤌👨‍💻🇪🇺 www.stefanocanali.net

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PIPoLS: People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences @pipols-italy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
⏳Come partecipare: Invia il tuo abstract di 150 parole qui: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec... Scadenza invio proposte: 19 luglio 2026 Avviso di selezione: settembre 2026
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📢 Happening later today (13th March 2026 at 15.30 CET)! Wedinar to present the latest Special Issue of Mefisto (doi.org/10.4454/mefi...) that I co-edited with Claudio Davini on the "pragmatic turn" in philosophical debates on health and disease.
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025) | MEFISTO. Journal of Medicine, Philosophy, and History
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Starting in a bit: our workshop “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome”, today March 2nd and tomorrow March 3rd at Politecnico di Milano, co-organised by Thomas Bonnin and me. www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos... #philsci #philsky #postgenomics
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Workshop – “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome” – META | PoliMi
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We conceived this series to put into words the experience of #philsci researchers from Eastern n Central Europe. There are 2 entries from @boruttrpin.bsky.social and @danielkostic.bsky.social Thanks to both! These are stories of success and resilience, but read about the darker sides too and learn.
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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📣 TPI Event @Nijmegen, 25 February "Joining Forces to Accelerate Animal-Free Innovation" #NAM #animalstudies Programme: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
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TPI Nijmegen | Radboud University
On 25 February, a symposium will mark the launch of TPI Nijmegen: the partnership for the Transition to Animal-Free Innovation.
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Emanuele Ratti @emratti.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New #philsci #philsky paper on #ML and #scientificmodelling! link.springer.com/article/10.1... “Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account” We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge 1/4
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Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account - Synthese
Synthese - We provide an analysis of theory-ladenness in machine learning (ML) in science, where ‘theory’ (that we call ‘domain-theory’) refers to the domain knowledge of...
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Forget the winter Olympics, we’ve got @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano (not in Cortina)! #philsci #philsky
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European Philosophy of Science Association @epsaphilsci.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🎺 EPSA27 Venue - Call for Bids *Deadline: December 10* The European Philosophy of Science Association calls for proposals for the venue of EPSA27, its 11th Biennial Conference, to be held in 2027. For details, see philsci.eu/news/13550199
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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA27 Venue - Call for Bids
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New paper, the first of 2026, and it's a big one! 📗Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology, out in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #philsky #philsci #histsci
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Evidence-based medicine and the promises and limits of digital health and wearable technology
New approaches to biomedical evidence are emerging in relation to innovative technologies and data sources. These include digital health, which promis…
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
📢Job ad! Join us at Politecnico di Milano in an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophy of science and biomedical engineering on transitions from animal research, with a 3-years postdoc (submission deadline: 12 January 2026) www.meta.polimi.it/3-years-post.... #philsci #philsky #sts
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3 Years Postdoc: Transitions From Animal-Based Approaches in Biomedicine – META | PoliMi
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Come find me in Ivrea! Full day of activities about data and #bigdata and their present and futures, including activities with high-schools students in the morning and a public lecture in the evening. forumdemocraticodelcanavese.it/eventi.html #philsci #philsky
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PROSSIMO EVENTO | forumdemocraticodelcanavese.it
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
On my way to Statale University to talk about health personalisation and tailored medicine: dipafilo.unimi.it/it/eventi/fi...
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Filosofia e Cibo. Primo incontro
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PhilHeaD @philhead.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I filosofi di PhilHeaD non lavorano da soli: parlano, discutono e progettano con medici e professionisti della salute Seminari, convegni e percorsi di mentorato creano uno spazio dove teoria e pratica si incontrano #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 #philmed #philhead #philsky
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
At the Science Festival in Genova (www.festivalscienza.it/programma-20...) to discuss the intertwining of science and values in medicine, with a @philhead.bsky.social roundtable with me, Cristina Amoretti, Paolo Vineis, Maria Frega. Pretty nice to bring philosophy of science to a science festival!
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PhilHeaD @philhead.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Vuoi partecipare alle attività di PhilHeaD e iscriverti alla mailing list? Dettagli a questa pagina ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ philhead.org/contatti-2/
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Informazioni generali: Cristina Amoretti (cristina.amoretti[at]unige.it) Eventi: Juri Panicucci (juri.panicucci2[at]unibo.it) Mailing List: Stefano Canali (stefano.canali[at]polimi.it) Programma di…
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If around Padova on Nov 3, join the Italian launch of film Data Shadows, in conversation with outstanding colleagues & National Centre for Biodiversity. Dialogues on data rights and nature, extractive epistemologies, public science and constructive ways forward ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/data-...
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Data Shadows: i dati si svelano - Orto Botanico di Padova
Lunedì 3 novembre, a partire dalle ore 16, il Teatro botanico ospiterà in prima visione nazionale la proiezione del film Data Shadows
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci
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Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
In Wageningen this week for Rachel Ankeny’s inaugural lecture @w-u-r.bsky.social and celebrate her seminal work for philosophy of science in practice and beyond. #philsky #philsci
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci
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Davide Serpico @davideserpico.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
It was amazing to hear from scholars I’ve long admired, all of whom engaged deeply with the project’s themes and with each other’s presentations 💙 Extremely grateful for the many insightful contributions and for the personal exchanges that made these days so valuable #NormativeKinds #Unimi
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Philosophical treats in Milan this week, thanks to the conference organised by @davideserpico.bsky.social and Francesco Guala for the end of their Normative kinds project. #philsci #philsky
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Martin Zach @mzach.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Soon... Registration still open! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci Link: pmpos.flu.cas.cz/host-microbe...
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Great session on precision medicine with @simonlohse.bsky.social and great conference @ishpssb2025.bsky.social – so many notes and papers to go through, enough for the rest of the summer and more. #HPS #philmed #philsci #STS
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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We had a fantastic session at #ishpssb2025 , including this talk by Alessandro Demichelis and @stefanocanali.bsky.social I hope the airport strikes in Portugal don't make the return journey of ISH folks too difficult!
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
At STS Italia and immensely excited to hear the first keynote from Ruha Benjamin!
Ruha Benjamin at podium with colorfully illustrated slide displaying title ‘Dystopia, Utopia or UStopia: Whose Imagination are we Living In?’
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Almost all ready to go (almost…) for the 10th STS Italia conference, from tomorrow to Friday at Politecnico. stsitalia.org/conference-2...

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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Look at that! You can find me together with other wonderful colleagues on the for the Council of ISHPSSB, my favourite philosophy society. drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #philsky @ishpssb2025.bsky.social
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 05/05/2025
What makes a particular #experiment 'pursuitworthy'? Do criteria differ across scientific fields? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I have extended the deadline for submissions to our topical collection on these issues. Please help us spread the word! 👇 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci #philsky #HPS
Call for papers announcement from the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, published by Springer. The special issue is titled 'The Pursuitworthiness of Experiments Across the Sciences,' with guest editors Enno Fischer (TU Dresden) and Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (KU Leuven). The new deadline for submissions is 30 June 2025.
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Enno Fischer @ennofischer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky
Job ad for position in DFG project: "Progress through Principles: An Epistemology of Foundational Assumptions Guiding Contemporary Physics"
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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A minority of researchers - under 30% - have used AI to edit or write their papers, according to a Nature survey published today. Those that have used AI, more often than not didn't disclose it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
Chart showing results of Nature survey. A minority of researchers say they have used generative AI to edit, translate, or write their papers. 

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18% said 'yes, I've done this without disclosing AI use'
10% said 'yes, I've done this and I disclosed AI use'
43% said: 'no, I've not done this but would be willing to'
29% said 'no, I've not done this and wouldn't consider it'.
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Ending the week with a treat, @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social in Milano, giving a talk at Bocconi University! And look, from the room you could see Torre Velasca (the best building in Milan) and the Duomo (if you squint).
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ISHPSSB2025 @ishpssb2025.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Registrations for #ISHPSSB2025 are open! Check here ➡️ ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... #hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Nice crowd at my talk today at the Centre for gender studies @unisr.bsky.social, where I presented my and Chris Hesselbein’s work on digital health tech for women’s health (#femtech) and its epistemic and political limitations – more here: doi.org/10.1007/978-... #philsci #philsky
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I’ve spent part of the afternoon attending Phyllis Illari's inaugural lecture ad professor at @stsucl.bsky.social. Phyllis is one of my first mentors, supervised my masters' dissertation – someone to look up to, an example of the philosophers/philosophy we need. www.eventbrite.com/e/live-strea...
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LIVE STREAM - STS Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor Phyllis Illari
Professor Phyllis Illari's Inaugural Lecture titled: Causality and Collaboration
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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Can't quite get myself to listen to this, but here's the interview that Carrie Figdor did with me on my recent book newbooksnetwork.com/operationism... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #philsci, #philosophy, #psychology, #HPS, #HOPOS, #metascience
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Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Hey BlueSky, it’s been a while, sorry, but today I am back at the University of Milan Statale to present at the Normative Kinds Seminar (sites.unimi.it/guala/normat...), kindly invited by Francesco Guala and @davideserpico.bsky.social.
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Normative Kinds Project (2023-2025) – Francesco Guala
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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Our special issue co-edited with @chrish6699.bsky.social and @stefanocanali.bsky.social is finally out! "Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures" www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/2...
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Information, Communication & Society
Special Issue: Metaverse Datafication: Technologies, Definitions, and Futures. Guest Editors: Chris Hesselbein, Paolo Bory and Stefano Canali. Volume 28, Issue 5 of Information, Communication & Societ...
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Really scary and troubling, see more details and great reporting by @nature.com here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📩 Submissions for ENPOSS 2025 (Venice, 10-12 Sept) are now open! Submit your abstract by March 15 at the following link: easychair.org/conferences/... Help spread the word—share this post widely!
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Log in to EasyChair for ENPOSS 2025
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Roberta Spada @robialmuseo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Last day to submit an abstract for the next STS Italia conference! #sts #histtech #histsci #philsci
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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I am beyond excited to announce the imminent arrival of my book. Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Brief chapter summaries below (1/10)
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Operationism in Psychology
Analyzes psychological research to offer insights into how methodological and ontological questions are intertwined.   Psychology has seen an intense debate about the lack of replicability of results ...
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Roberta Spada @robialmuseo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
One more month to submit an abstract at the STS Italia Conference. Check out our panel on artefacts and practices in the science and technology museum! 📺🔧🔭 #histsci #histtech #sts #philsky #philsci
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Back to the office today at Politecnico, and I had a nice parcel waiting for me – the new Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods, with my and @emratti.bsky.social chapter on big data for causal inference and competing views on quantity and quality of data. dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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fabio iapaolo @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
CfA: "Simondon and AI: A Collective Individuation in the Year of His Birth Centenary". Join @susanaaires.bsky.social, @ludovico-rella.bsky.social and me at #STSItalia2025 in Milan next June! Abstracts due 3 February 2025. For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
On Jan 16 join us for the Munich launch of the art film Data Shadows - born of a collaboration with Jacob van der Beugel & Oliver Page, it explores the lives of data in ways that I find magical ✨ info & trailers: opensciencestudies.eu/datashadowsf... To register: tumthinktank.de/event/data-s...
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Data Shadows – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments
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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
📢 We’re hiring! We are currently looking for a Lecturer in Medicine, Health and Society to join our Department from Sept 25. For more info and to apply, please visit: bit.ly/41CTiXk Closing Date: 2nd March 2025 #medicine #health #society #science #technology #WeAreSTS
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
New paper out with @pbory.bsky.social and Chris Hesselbein! We discuss new forms of data and datafication in the metaverse and, echoing seminal work by @zephoria.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social, we present six provocations for metaverse datafication. doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Six provocations for metaverse datafication: an emergent cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon
Although the ‘metaverse’ is still the feverish pipedream of tech companies and venture capitalists, it is also a powerful imaginary for channelling enormous resources towards deepening and extendin...
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Stefano Canali @stefanocanali.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Today at Politecnico: guest talk by Roberto Fumagalli @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on his work on precautionary arguments in cases of severe uncertainty in science and policy www.meta.polimi.it/roberto-fuma...
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Roberto Fumagalli (King’s College London): “A novel type of precautionary argument for situations of severe uncertainty in science and policy” – META | PoliMi
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