Michela Massimi

1998 – 2002       M.Phil. / Ph.D. in Philosophy (London School of Economics).
1993 – 1997       Laurea in Philosophy, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
 

• Philosophy of Science 
• History and philosophy of modern physics
• Early Modern Philosophy (Kant and neo-Kantianism).

• Lorenzo Spagnesi (2017-present) School of Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences, Kant and the regulative role of reason. A perspectival reading.(primaruy supervisor, PhD)
• Franklin Jacoby (2016–2019): The Hunt for Reality. Perspectives, Models and Plurality in the Physical Sciences. School of Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences (primary supervisor, PhD)
• Laura Jimenez (2015–2019)  School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (primary supervisor, MPhil)
• Nicholas Rebol (2014–2019): The limits of a statistical mechanical account of the arrow of time, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Science (primary supervisor, MPhil)
• Ana-Maria Cretu (2014–2017):  What good is realism about natural kinds? School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (primary supervisor, PhD)
• Sander Klasse (2014–2017): Beyond the dichotomy: a critical examinarion of critical realism, School of Divinity (secondary supervisor, PhD)
• Anna Nadal Ortin (2013-2017): Mental activity in Descartes's causal-semantic model of sensory perception, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (secondary supervisor, PhD)

• Andrea Polonioli (2012–2015): Rationality debate in philosophy and cognitive science, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (co-supervisor, PhD)

PHIL10038 Realism, Relativism and Reality (shared Hons. / MSc course)

PHIL10171 Science, Nature and Social Values (shared Hon./ MSc course)

In the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Edinburgh

• Philosophy Postgraduate Director (July 2013—2015)

• Founder and leader of the Research Cluster in Philosophy of Science (2012–)

• Philosophy Deputy Research Director (Sept. 2012 –2015)

• Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science, Member of the Self-Assessment Team, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (Sept. 2012–2015).

• Member of the PPLS Marketing Committee (2012–2013)

• Deputy Director, Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Normativity, and Mind (2014–present)
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences representative for the Media Service Refresh Project Board (2014–2015)
• Steering Committee, Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Studies
• Chair and Convenor of the annual lecture series New Enlightenment Lectures (Edinburgh Women in Philosophy of Science)
• Chair of the Philosophy Gender Climate Committee (2014-2015)

• Non-Professorial representative to the Senatus (1 August 2013–31 July 2015).

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