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Michela Massimi

Philosophy of Science

Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science. She is professor of philosophy of science at the University of Edinburgh, and she has served as Vice President of the European Philosophy of Science Association from 2015 to 2019 and as President of the Philosophy of Science Association from 2023 to 2024. She has published extensively on realism in science, on perspectival realism in the philosophy of science, on local knowledge, and on the philosophical and conceptual foundations of the right to participate in science.

Facts
Defining Moment
Won the Lakatos Award of the London School of Economics in 2023 for the 2022 book Perspectival Realism 1
Notable Publication
Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle (2005) 1
Office Held
President of the Philosophy of Science Association (2023-2024) 1
Classification
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
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Philosophy of Science, Branches of Philosophy
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Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science.
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1. Wikipedia: Michela Massimi
  • Article body, publications list
    Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle
  • Article body, offices sentence
    President of the Philosophy of Science Association (2023-4)
  • Article body, awards sentence
    won the Lakatos Award of the London School of Economics in 2023 for her 2022 book Perspectival Realism
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science.
  • In Branch: Philosophy of Science, Lead
    Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science.
  • In Group: Other Philosophy Of Science Traditions, Lead
    Michela Massimi is an Italian and British philosopher of science.
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