EU-funded project led by @MatteoVagelli examining the concept of scientific pluralism and defining a new understanding of it based on the notion of “style”
Welcome to the official account dedicated to the SCIPLU project, an EU-funded research initiative led by
@MatteoVagelli and hosted at @CaFoscari. SCIPLU examines the concept of #scientificpluralism, aiming to develop new understandings through the notion of "style."
From yesterday’s conference on Foucault’s 100th anniversary: @MatteoVagelli presenting on Ian Hacking on Foucault and the philosophical abuses of the past.
Many thanks to @BassoElis and @unipv for organising this inspiring conference on Foucault’s 100th anniversary (Thursday, 21 May) and for inviting @MatteoVagelli to speak on Ian Hacking and Foucault, with a great programme, including @clements_niki!
@Sciences_Avenir Bonjour @Sciences_Avenir, je vous ai écrit au sujet de deux anciens articles (Hors-Série 2001 & 2004 sur Ian Hacking) non disponibles en ligne. Pourriez-vous me dire s’il serait possible d’y accéder ? Merci beaucoup !
Many thanks to @BassoElis and @unipv for organising this inspiring conference on Foucault’s 100th anniversary (Thursday, 21 May) and for inviting @MatteoVagelli to speak on Ian Hacking and Foucault, with a great programme, including @clements_niki!
Many thanks to @BassoElis and @unipv for organising this inspiring conference on Foucault’s 100th anniversary (Thursday, 21 May) and for inviting @MatteoVagelli to speak on Ian Hacking and Foucault, with a great programme, including @clements_niki!
🎥 Next intervention from our Fleck in Discussion workshop: Prof. Anna Zielinska explores Ludwik Fleck on Democracy and Objectivity in Sciences.
https://t.co/LwipLz2wFb
🎥 We’re pleased to share interventions from our 'Fleck in Discussion' workshop at @CaFoscari held on 23 April. Grateful to all our speakers for such a stimulating discussion!
First up: Guillermo Címbora on Reconsidering Fleck’s Epistemology.
https://t.co/p2XPdJUtoD
🎉 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!
📍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.
🏛 @CaFoscari
🗓 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.
🏛 @CaFoscari
🗓 5 May 2026, 14:45–17:30
No registration needed.
La scorsa settimana @MatteoVagelli è stato invitato alla Fondazione De Santillana per il dialogo: 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 Anna Zielinska on “Ludwik Fleck on Democracy and Objectivity in Sciences,” featuring a vivid description of pre‑war Lviv and its intellectual milieu.
The second talk of today's workshop on Ludwik Fleck, featured Miguel de la Riva 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 @MatteoVagelli 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 @CaFoscari organised by @MatteoVagelli.
Scholars will discuss Ludwik Fleck’s work and its contemporary relevance. Many thanks to Guillermo Címbora Acosta, Miguel de la Riva, Melinda Fagan & Anna Zielinska!
Il 22 aprile @MatteoVagelli sarà a Venezia 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: https://t.co/qgejWsFE3b
📽️ The recording of our last HISTEPS session with Sophie Roux and Lucie Fabry is now available on the SCIPLU YouTube channel: https://t.co/Fz7rBBuka8
🤓 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!
📢 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!
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