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Elena CASTELLANI

Ruolo attuale:: Professore Ordinario
SSD:: PHIL-02/A - Logica e filosofia della scienza
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia

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Elena CASTELLANI

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Elena Castellani – CV

Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia (DILEF), Sezione di Filosofia

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Via della Pergola 60, 50121 Firenze

Lingue straniere conosciute: francese, inglese, tedesco.

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Formazione, borse di studio e di ricerca:

1983: Laurea (s.c.l.) in fisica teorica (relatore prof. R. Casalbuoni, Università di Firenze).
1986-1989: Borsa di dottorato in filosofia (Università Statale di Milano).
1990-1991: Borsa DAAD (Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Università di Colonia).
1991: Titolo di dottore di ricerca in filosofia.
1991-1992: Heinrich Hertz Stiftung (Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Università di Colonia).
1993-1994: Borsa CNR-NATO (Dip.to di Filosofia, Princeton. USA).
1998-2000: Borsa Post-Dottorato (Dip.to di Filosofia, Firenze).
2000-2002: Assegni di ricerca (Dip.to di Filosofia, Firenze).

Esperienza professionale:

2001-2002: Professore a contratto di 1) Fondamenti della fisica (corso di laurea in Fisica, Facoltà di SMFN, Università di Firenze) e 2) Didattica delle scienze (corso di laurea in formazione primaria,Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Università di Firenze).
2002-2005: Ricercatrice, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Firenze.
2005 - 2023: Professore Associato, Filosofia della scienza, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia (dal 2013: Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia), Università di Firenze.
4.12.2013: Abilitazione scientifica nazionale alle funzioni di professore di prima fascia nel settore concorsuale 11/C2-Logica, storia e filosofia della scienza. Ripresa il 30.07.2018
Dal 1.09.2023: Professore Ordinario, Filosofia della scienza, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia (dal 2013: Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia), Università di Firenze.

Incarichi fuori facoltà:

Affidamento di Fondamenti della fisica [2002-2004: corso di laurea in Fisica (v.o.), 2004-2008: corso di laurea specialistica in Scienze fisiche e astrofisiche (ex-509)]; affidamento di Storia e fondamenti della fisica, corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze fisiche e astrofisiche [2008-2013: Facoltà di SMFN, Firenze]; affidamento di Storia della scienza, corso di laurea triennale in Matematica [2010-2011: Facoltà di SMFN, Firenze; poi (2011-12; 2012-13) mutuazione (da LT in filosofia) di Filosofia della scienza, stesso corso di laurea].

Incarichi fuori Ateneo:

Lezioni nell'ambito del corso “Che cos'è la verità?”, Scuola di Studi Superiori dell'Università di Torino (SSST): 15.12.2012: 13.-14.12, 2013.

Dottorato di ricerca:

Dal 2005: Membro del collegio di dottorato in Filosofia, Università di Firenze.
Dal 2013: Membro del collegio di dottorato in Filosofia, Università di Pisa e Firenze

Organizzazione di workshops internazionali:

(con K. Brading): Symmetries in Physics: New Reflections, Oxford, 12-14 Gennaio 2001.
Structuralism in Physics II, Dip.to di Filosofia, Firenze, 30 Giugno 2003.
(con A. Cappelli, F. Colomo e P. di Vecchia): The Birth of String Theory, Galileo Galilei Institute (Arcetri), Firenze, 18-19 Maggio 2007
(con D. Rickles): Foundations of Dualities, DILEF, Firenze, 15-16.09.2014.
(con L. Felline): Models and Templates in Science, DILEF, Firenze, 16.11.18.
(con A. Borrelli e A. Blum): Beyond the Standard Model: Historical-Critical Perspectives, GGI, Arcetri (Firenze), 13-27.10.2019
(con R. Bruni e F. Pero): Objects, Properties and Relations, PRIN 2017 (The Manifest Image and the Scientific Image), DILEF, Firenze, 29-30.11.2021
(con E.Margoni): Spacetime is as spacetime does: pro and contra, DILEF, Firenze, 9.6.2023

Organizzazione di cicli di seminari:

(Dal 2000, in colllaboraz. con A. Cappelli e F. Colomo) Seminario interdisciplinare (Fisica-Filosofia), Dip.to di Filosofia e Dip.to di Fisica.
(Dal 2002, in collaboraz. con Bernini, Cantini, Minari) Seminario di Logica e Filosofia della scienza, Dip.to di Filosofia (ora DILEF).
Laboratorio di epistemologia e ontologia, Dip.to di Filosofia, 2004-2013.

Riconoscimenti:

Premio “Le Scienze 2002” per i Fondamenti della Fisica.

Visiting Senior Fellowships:

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy: 24.11-24.12/2015; 16.10-31.10/2017.
Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences, Amsterdam: 01.01-31.01/2018.

Erasmus Staff Mobility: Paris1 (Sorbonne-Panthéon), Paris: 2-8.12.18.
Visiting Fellow: MECS, Lüneburg, 16-23.06.19.

Interessi di ricerca:

Storia e filosofia della fisica, Filosofia dello spazio e del tempo, Aspetti ontologici delle teorie fisiche, Storia e significato delle simmetrie, Riduzionismo e emergenza, Strutturalismo in fisica, Realismo strutturale, Dualità fisiche, Storia e aspetti filosofici della teoria delle stringhe, Modelli e rappresentazione scientifica, Naturalness e Fine-Tuning, Filosofia della cosmologia.

Altre Attività:

da Gennaio 2008: Membro dell’editorial board della rivista Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.
da 2022: Membro dell’editorial board della rivista Philosophy of Physics.
(2014-2017): Membro del consiglio direttivo della Società Italiana di Logica e Filosofia della Scienza (SILFS).
Settembre 2017-Giugno 2021: membro dello Steering Committee della European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA).
Referee per le riviste Philosophy of Science, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Perspectives on Science, Theoria, Mind
Referee di progetti di ricerca (National Science Foundation; Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste), di progetti editoriali (Routledge, Macmillan), di posizioni (professorship) per conto di università straniere (Louvain, Sydney); External Examiner per tesi di dottorato (Leeds: tesi di K. McKenzie, 20.8.2012); External Reviewer per tesi di abilitazione (Vienna: Habilitation Thesis, R. Dawid, 2013).
Membro dei seguenti Comitati di Programma: EPSA 2007, Madrid (14.-17.11, 2007); “Seminar on the Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Gravity”, University of Illinois at Chicago (27.-29.11, 2013); “Seminar on the Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Gravity”, University of California, San Diego (13.-14.03, 2015); III Postgraduate Conference on Logic and Philosophy of Science, Urbino (30.05-01.06/2016); SILFS 2017, Bologna (20-23.06, 2017). Foundations 2018-The 19th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics, Utrecht (10.07-13.07, 2018), Foundations 2020-The 20th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics, Paris (8-10.07, 2020).
Membro della Commissione di preselezione DAAD, Roma, Goethe Institut, 6.02.2017.
Membro di: Comité de Sélection per un posto di professore (Filosofia della scienza), Università della Sorbona (Paris 4, 17.4-11.5, 2015; Paris 1, 28.4-18.5, 2017), ENS (Paris, 2020).

Deleghe:

Delegata dell'Ateneo (insieme a R. Casalbuoni) per il programma regionale Pianeta Galileo (2012-2020).
Delegata del DILEF (Dip.to Lettere e Filosofia) per le relazioni internazionali (da aprile 2013), per il programma Erasmus (da aprile 2013 a giugno 2022), per il ranking (dal 2022).
Membro del Consiglio Editoriale della Florence University Press (FUP) (dal 11 febbraio 2021).

Attività di divulgazione:

(da Nov. 2008) Rubrica bimestrale di “Scienza e filosofia” sulla rivista Le Scienze. Lezioni/relazioni a carattere divulgativo [SFI (Milano, 2008); CNR (Bologna, 2008); ISA (Bologna, 2009), LNF (Frascati, 2010), Pianeta Galileo (2009), Festa Scienza e Filosofia (III ediz., Foligno 2013); BergamoScienza 2015 (17.10.15: Simmetria, scienza e filosofia).].

Seminari o relazioni a convegni su invito all'estero:

Università/luoghi: Colonia, Oxford, Irvine, Parigi (CREA, CNRS, ENS, Paris1), Boston (Boston Colloquium), Banff (Canada), Leida, Utrecht, Outing Lodge (Minnesota), Costanza, Leeds, Jena, Grenoble, Monaco, Ginevra, Hannover, Amsterdam, Aachen, Edimburgo, Bratislava, Berlino, Stoccolma, Ovronnaz, Lisbona, Barcellona, Duke University (NC, USA)

Seminari/Relazioni in ambito internazionale (scelta dal 2007 in poi):

Structural Continuity and Intertheoretic Relations. 2nd Irvine-Florence Colloquium on Logic and Philosophy of Science, Irvine (Ca), 23.-24.3, 2007.
Structuralism, Objects and Dualities. Workshop “Structure, Objects and Causality”, Banff (Canada), 28-30.8, 2007.
Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations. 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Complutense University, Madrid 14.-17.11, 2007.
Curie’s Principle and Invariance Principles. Workshop: “Symmetry as a Modern Scientific Concept: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives”, Lorentz Center, Leiden, 11.-14.3, 2008.
Curie’s Principle, encore. Conference “Perspective in Physics and Philosophy”, École Polytechnique, Parigi, 16.-19.6, 2008.
Curie’s Principle, Determinism and Invariance. 3rd Irvine-Florence Colloquium on Logic and Philosophy of Science, Firenze, 18.-19.9, 2008.
Fundamentality, Emergence and Scales. Conference “Towards the origins of the Universe and matter”, CNRS,Paris, 22.-24.3, 2010.
Fundamentality and Duality. European Goodbye Conference to Jos Uffink, Utrecht, 15.7, 2011.
Symétrie et réalisme structurel. SoPha 2012, ENS, Paris, 4.-6.5. 2012.
Dualities: Philosophical reflections. Seven Pines Symposium XVI, Outing Lodge, Minnesota, 16.-20.5, 2012.
Structural Analogies, Multiple Descriptions and Alternative Approaches. Workshop “Theoretical Virtues in Theory Choice”, Konstanz, 12.-14.7, 2012.
Objects: A Structural Constructivist Approach (with L. Crosilla). Workshop “Symmetry, Structure and the Constitution of Objects”, Leeds, 21.8, 2012.
Duality Symmetries and Ontological Democracy. PSA 2012, San Diego (Ca.), 15.-17.11, 2012.
Models in theory building: the case of early string theory. DPG Conference, Jena, 25.2-1.3, 2013.
Elementary and Composite Objects: A Structural Approach. EPSA 2013, Helsinki, 28-31.8, 2013.
Dualities and ontological democracy. Workshop "Foundations of Dualities", Firenze, 15-16.09, 2014.
Which Curie's Principle? PSA 2014, Chicago, 6-9.11, 2014.
Histoire et approche philosophique des symétries. Séminaire Dautreppe "Matière et Symétrie", Grenoble, 3.12.14.
Dualities, Munich (MCMP, LMU), 27.01.2015.
Theories, models and representation: the role of structures. Conference "Realism and Objectivity", Matera, 15-17.9.2015.
(With F. Pero and T. Knuuttila) What structures are good for? From mapping to ascription. CLMPS 2015, Helsinki, 8.8.2015; EPSA15, Düsseldorf, 25.9.2015; 3rd Lisbon ICPOS, 14.12.16.
Scientific Methodology: A View from Early String Theory. Workshop "Why Trust a Theory?", Munich, 7-9.12.2015 (https://videoonline.edu.lmu.de/en/node/7492/346848).
Theoretical and physical equivalence: the case of weak/strong duality. Workshop "Underdetermination and Quantum Physics", Leeds, 20-21.5.2016.
Duality and emergence: the case of weak/strong duality. Genève (Geneva Symmetry Group and Beyond Spacetime project), 26.10.16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUwR05nXaRs)
Objects, structures and physics. Oxford, Corpus Christi, 23.11.16.
Symmetries in physics: historical and philosophical aspects, Trieste, SISSA, 18.1.17.
(With Nic Teh) The philosophy of symmetry: A survey of some recent themes, Conference "Symmetries and Asymmetries in Physics", Hannover, 6-8.07, 2017.
(With Tarja Knuuttila) Scientific Representation: The Landscape, MCMP (LMU), Munich, 25.10.17.
Scientific methodology and fundamental physics: the case of early string theory, Vossius Center, Amsterdam, 15.01.18.
(with A. Borrelli) Practices of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective, Worshop "Naturalness, Hierarchy, and Fine-Tuning", Aachen, 28.02-02.03, 2018.
Symmetries and Dualities, "XXI International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics", Urbino, 25.07-28.07.18.
Physical symmetries: An historical-epistemological survey, IHPST, Paris, 03.12.18.
Models and representation: What structures are good for, IHPST, Paris, 04.12.18.
Model-dependent vs model-independent searches, Workshop "Cross-disciplinary perspectives on model-independent searches", Edinburgh, 11-12.02.19.
The convergence argument for theory assessment, Worskhop "Quantum Spacetime '19", Bratislava, 14.02.19.
Varieties of Convergence: A Historical Perspective, Workshop "Non-Empirical Physics from a Historical Perspective", MPIWG, Berlin, 27-29.03.19.
Convergence, Unification, Robustness, Workshop "Non-empirical theory assessment: How far does it reachand where could it stumble?", University Campus, Stockholm, 6-7.06.2019.
Symmetries in Physics: Historical-Philosophical Reflections, INFN-Dip.to di Fisica (Colloquium), Torino, 22.11.19.
(with G. Schettino) Nested modalities: Case studies from astrophysical modeling, Workshop "Modeling the Possible", Vienna (online), 7.4.2021.
(with G. Schettino) Modeling and modalities in astrophysics, EPSA 2021, Turin, 15-18.09.2021.
(with A. Borrelli) Objects, structures and symmetries, Workshop "Objects, properties and relations", Florence, 29-30.11.2021.
SUSY:The Birth of an Idea, Workshop "Establishing the Philosophy of Supersymmetry", University Campus, Stockholm, 23-24.05.2022.
S-Duality: Metaphysical Reflections, Conference "Metaphysics BeyondSpacetime 2022", Ovronnaz, 15-18 June, 2022.
(with R. Dawid) Unification and the Element of Surprise, Workshop ''Theoretical Virtues and Non-Empirical Guides in Scientific Theory Development'', Aarhus, 23-24.11.2022.
(with E. Margoni) Cluster transfer: the RG case, Conference "Open topics in philosophy of physics", Lisbon, 12-14 June, 2023.
Convergence strategies for theory assessment, BIAP Workshop "Evidence,Knowledge and Scientific Theory", 27-29 June, 2023.
Symmetries and constraints, Worskhop "Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics 2023", 30 Nov-1 Dec, Duke University, 2023
Convergence strategies for theory assessment, 2nd HPP-NL Workshop, Utrecht, 08.04.2024.
(with E. Margoni) Knowledge transfer in theory building/appraisal, Workshop "Methodological Transformations in Fundamental Physics", Wuppertal, 15-18 September, 2024.

Pubblicazioni:

- Libri:

(ed.) Interpreting Bodies:Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.

Simmetria e natura.Dalle armonie delle figure alle invarianze delle leggi, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2000.

(ed.) Simmetria e realtà, special issue of Le Scienze (Italian version of Scientific American), n. 118, 2001.

(ed. with K. Brading) Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Feynman, special issue of Le Scienze, n. 35, November 2003 (in French: Feynman, special issue of Pour la Science, n. 19, 2004). In collaboration with Leonardo Castellani.

(ed. with A. Cappelli, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia), The Birth of String Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
(con M. Morganti), La Filosofia della scienza, Il Mulino, 2019.

- Selezione di articoli recenti:

E. Castellani (2024). Convergence strategies for theory assessment. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 104: 78-87.

E. Castellani, G. Schettino (2023). Nested modalities in astrophysical modeling. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 13: 11-31.

E. Castellani, E. Margoni (2022). Renormalization group methods: Which kind of explanation?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 95: 158-166.

E. Castellani; R. Dardashti (2021). Symmetry Breaking. In: Eleanor Knox, Alaistar Wilson. Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, pp. 620-631, London: Routledge.

E. Castellani, S. De Haro (2020). Duality, Fundamentality, and Emergence. In: D. Glick, G. Darby, A. Marmodoro (eds.), The Foundation of Reality: Fundamentality, Space and Time, pp. 195-216, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

A. Borrelli and E. Castellani (2019). The Practice of Naturalness: A Historica-Philosophical Perspective. Foundations of Physics, 49: 860-78.

E. Castellani (2019). Scientific Methodology: A View from Early String Theory. In R. Dawid, R. Dardashti, and K. Thébault (eds.), Epistemology of fundamental physics: Why trust a theory?, pp.173-183, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

E. Castellani (2017). Duality and 'particle' democracy. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 59: 100-108.

E. Castellani and D. Rickles (2017). Introduction to special issue on dualities. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physic, 59: 1-5.

K. Brading, E. Castellani and N.Teh (2017). Symmetry and symmetry breaking.The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

E. Castellani and J. Ismael (2016). Which Curie's Principle? Philosophy of Science, 83: 1002-1013.

E. Castellani (2012). Early string theory as a challenging case study for philosophers. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 63-78.

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Elena Castellani (2024). Convergence strategies for theory assessment. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 104, pp. 78-87, ISSN:0039-3681 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Brading, K.; Castellani, Elena; Teh, N. (2023). Symmetry and symmetry breaking. In: E.N.Zalta. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, pp. 1-53 The Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elena Castellani; Giulia Schettino (2023). Nested modalities in astrophysical modeling. EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, pp. 11-31, ISSN:1879-4920 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elena Castellani; Emilia Margoni (2022). Renormalization group methods: Which kind of explanation?. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 95, pp. 158-166, ISSN:0039-3681 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elena Castellani; Radin Dardashti (2021). Symmetry Breaking. In: Eleanor Knox, Alaistar Wilson. Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, pp. 620-631, London: Routledge, ISBN:9781138653078.

E. Castellani, S. De Haro (2020). Duality, Fundamentality, and Emergence. In: D. Glick, G. Darby, A. Marmodoro. The Foundation of Reality: Fundamentality, Space and Time, pp. 195-216, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN:9780198831501. DOI

Arianna Borrelli; Elena Castellani (2019). The Practice of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective. FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS, vol. 49, pp. 860-878, ISSN:0015-9018 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castellani, Elena (2019). Scientific methodology: A view from early string theory. In: R. Dawid, R. Dardashti, K. Thébault. Epistemology of fundamental physics: Why trust a theory?, pp. 173-183, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9781108470957. DOI

Elena Castellani (2019). Filosofia e teoria delle stringhe. In: Pierluigi Barrotta, Eleonora Montuschi. La filosofia della scienza in Italia, pp. 72-87 Armando Editore, ISBN:978-88-6992-607-5.

Elena Castellani; Matteo Morganti (2019). La filosofia della scienza. il Mulino, ISBN:978-88-15-27903-3

E. Castellani (2018). L'argomento della convergenza. LE SCIENZE, pp. 14-14, ISSN:0036-8083

Castellani, Elena (2017). Fin dove arrivano le teorie? Cosmologia scientifica e questioni filosofiche. RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA, vol. CVIII, pp. 201-213, ISSN:0035-6239

Castellani, Elena; Rickles, Dean (2017). Introduction to special issue on dualities. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS, vol. 59, pp. 1-5, ISSN:1355-2198 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castellani, Elena (2017). Duality and 'particle' democracy. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS, vol. 59, pp. 100-108, ISSN:1355-2198 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Castellani, Elena; Ismael, Jenann (2016). Which Curie's Principle?. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol. 83, pp. 1002-1013, ISSN:0031-8248 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

E. Castellani (2013). Les symétries comme guide heuristique. In: S. Le Bihan. Précis de philosophie de la physique, pp. 309-323, Paris: Vuibert, ISBN:9782311011005. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

E. Castellani; L. Castellani (2013). Feynman. La vita di un fisico irriverente. Milano: Le Scienze S.p.A., ISBN:9788830900783

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia (2012). Introduction and synopsis. In: A. Cappelli E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory, pp. 3-16, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press., ISBN:9780521197908.

E. Castellani (2012). Early string theory as a challenging case study for philosophers. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory, pp. 63-78, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia (2012). Introduction to Part IV. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory., pp. 221-235, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press., ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia. (2012). Introduction to Part VII. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia.. The birth of string theory., pp. 511-526, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia (2012). Introduction to Part V. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory., pp. 331-345, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia. (2012). Introduction to Part III. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia.. The birth of string theory., pp. 135-155, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press., ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia (2012). Introduction to Part II. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The birth of string theory., pp. 83-99, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli; E. Castellani; F. Colomo; P. Di Vecchia. (2012). Introduction to Part VI. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia.. The birth of string theory., pp. 421-446, Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia (2012). Appendix A: Theoretical Tool of the Sixties. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The Birth of string theory, pp. 569-578, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, O. Di Vecchia (2012). Appendix B: The Veneziano amplitude. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The Birth of string theory, pp. 579-585, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia (2012). Appendix C: From the string action to the Dual Resonance Model. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The Birth of string theory, pp. 586-603, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia (2012). Appendix D: World-sheet and target-space supersymmetry. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The Birth of string theory, pp. 604-619, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo,. P. Di Vecchia (2012). Appendix E: The field theory limit. In: A. Cappelli, E. Castellani, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia. The Birth of string theory, pp. 620-625, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9780521197908.

A.Cappelli; E.Castellani; F.Colomo; P.Di Vecchia (2012). The birth of string theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 9780521197908.

D. Howard; B. C. van Fraassen; O. Bueno; E. Castellani; L. Crosilla; S. French; D. Krause (2011). The physics and metaphysics of identity and individuality. METASCIENCE, vol. 20, pp. 225-251, ISSN:0815-0796

E. Castellani (2010). Simmetria e fisica. In: Autori vari. Pianeta Galileo 2009, pp. 97-108, Firenze: Consiglio regionale della Toscana.

E. Castellani (2010). Dualities and intertheoretic relations. In: M. Suárez; M. Dorato; M. Rédei. EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences, Vol. 2, pp. 9-19, New York: Springer, ISBN:9789048132515.

E. Castellani (2008). La filosofia della scienza. In: L. Fonnesu, M. Vegetti. Le ragioni della filosofia, Vol. 3, pp. 789-818, Firenze: Le Monnier Scuola, ISBN:9788800204866.

E. Castellani (2008). La rivoluzione scientifica. In: L. Fonnesu, M. Vegetti. Le ragioni della filosofia, Vol. 2, pp. 69-105, Firenze: Le Monnier Scuola, ISBN:9788800204859.

E. Castellani (2008). La nuova scienza: matematica e fisica. In: L. Fonnesu, M. Vegetti. Le ragioni della filosofia, Vol. 3, pp. 379-428, Firenze: Le Monnier Scuola, ISBN:9788800204866.

E. Castellani (2008). Newton. In: L. Fonnesu, M. Vegetti. Le ragioni della filosofia, Vol. 2, pp. 463-486, Firenze: Le Monnier Scuola, ISBN:9788800204859.

K. Brading; E. Castellani (2007). Symmetries and invariances in classical physics. In: J. Butterfield, J. Earman. Philosophy of physics (North Holland Handbook), pp. 1331-1367, AMSTERDAM: North Holland (Elsevier), ISBN:9780444530028.

E. Castellani, L. Castellani (2006). Feynman: een magistraal fysicus. Natuurwetenschap en Techniek, Veen Magazines, ISBN:9789076988955

E. CASTELLANI (2005). Verità e scienze fisiche. In: S. BORUTTI, L. FONNESU. La verità. Scienza, filosofia, società, pp. 13-33, BOLOGNA: IL MULINO, ISBN:8815107991.

E. Castellani (2004). Dirac on gauges and constraints. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, vol. 43, pp. 1503-1514, ISSN:0020-7748

E. CASTELLANI (2003). On the meaning of symmetry breaking. In: K. BRADING, E. CASTELLANI. Symmetries in physics. Philosophical reflections, pp. 321-334, CAMBRIDGE, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0521821371.

K. BRADING; E. CASTELLANI (2003). Introduction. In: K. BRADING, E. CASTELLANI. Symmetries in physics. Philosophical reflections, pp. 1-18, CAMBRIDGE, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0521821371.

E. CASTELLANI (2003). Symmetry and equivalence. In: K. BRADING, E. CASTELLANI. Symmetries in physics. Philosophical reflections, pp. 425-436, CAMBRIDGE, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0521821371.

K. BRADING; E. CASTELLANI (2003). Symmetries in Physics. Philosophical reflections. CAMBRIDGE, UK: Cambridge University Press, 0521821371.

E. Castellani, L. Castellani (2003). Feynman: la vita di un fisico irriverente. Milano: Le Scienze, ISBN:88-309-0078-8

E. Castellani (2002). Symmetry, quantum mechanics, and beyond. FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE, vol. 7, pp. 181-196, ISSN:1233-1821

E. Castellani (2002). Reductionism, emergence, and effective field theories. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS, vol. 33/2, pp. 251-267, ISSN:1355-2198

E. CASTELLANI (2001). Simmetria e realtà. Milano: Le Scienze S.p.A..

E. Castellani (2001). Rapporti interteorici e teorie di campo effettive. In: V. Fano, G. Tarozzi, M. Stanzione. Prospettive della logica e filosofia della scienza, pp. 153-159, Soveria Mannelli (CZ): Rubbettino.

E. CASTELLANI; P. MITTELSTAEDT (2000). Leibniz's principle, physics, and the language of physics. FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS, vol. 30, pp. 1587-1604, ISSN:0015-9018, Attuale:KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10013 Plenum Press:Book Customer Service, 233 Spring Street:New York, NY 10013:(212)620-8471, (212)620-8000, EMAIL: info@plenum.com, INTERNET: http://www.plenum.com, Fax: (212)807-1047:

E. Castellani (2000). Riduzionismo e Emergenza. Una nuova prospettiva filosofica dalla fisica delle particelle. In: G. Peruzzi. Scienza e realtà. Riduzionismo e antiriduzionismo nelle scienze del Novecento, pp. 84-100, Milano: Bruno Mondadori.

E. CASTELLANI (2000). Simmetria e natura. ROMA-BARI: LATERZA, ISBN:8842058173

E. Castellani (1999). Il concetto di simmetria. KOS, vol. 169, pp. 14-19, ISSN:0393-2095

E. Castellani; G. Peruzzi (1998). Foundations of physics and philosophy of physics: How to ‘philosophize’ in contemporary physics?. In: R. Pratesi, L. Ronchi. Waves, information and foundations of physics, pp. 377-390, Bologna: SIF.

E. CASTELLANI (1998). Interpreting Bodies. Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics. PRINCETON: Princeton University Press, 0691017247.

E. CASTELLANI (1998). Galilean particles: An example of constitution of objects. In: E. CASTELLANI. Interpreting bodies. Classical and quantum objects in modern physics, pp. 181-194, PRINCETON: Princeton University Press, ISBN:0691017247.

E. CASTELLANI (1998). Introduction. In: E. CASTELLANI. Interpreting bodies. Classical and quantum objects in modern physics, pp. 3-17, PRINCETON: Princeton University Press, ISBN:0691017247.

E. Castellani; P. Mittelstaedt (1997). Das Principium Identitatis Indiscernibilium in der Physik. In: M. Astroh, D. Gerhardus, G. Heinzmann. Dialogisches Handeln. Eine Festschrift für Kuno Lorenz, pp. 19-31, Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

E. Castellani (1996). Simmetria. In: P. Rossi, et al.. Dizionario di filosofia, pp. 364-365, Firenze: La Nuova Italia, ISBN:9788822117250.

E. Castellani (1996). Probabilità. In: P. Rossi, et al.. Dizionario di filosofia, pp. 306-307, Firenze: La Nuova Italia, ISBN:9788822117250.

E. Castellani (1995). Simmetria (storia del concetto di). In: Autori vari. Enciclopedia delle Scienze Fisiche, Vol. V, pp. 202-209, Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.

E. Castellani (1995). Quantum mechanics, objects and objectivity. In: C. Garola, A. Rossi. The foundations of quantum mechanics. Historical analysis and open questions, pp. 105-114, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publisher.

E. Castellani (1994). Sulla nozione di oggetto nella fisica classica e quantistica. In: C. Cellucci, M.C. Di Maio, G. Roncaglia. Logica e filosofia della scienza: Problemi e prospettive, pp. 385-392, Pisa: Edizioni ETS.

Elena Castellani (1992). Il principio di minima azione. IL CANNOCCHIALE, vol. 1 (1992), pp. 163-169, ISSN:0008-5618

R. Casalbuoni; E. Castellani; S. De Curtis (1983). THE O(N) MODEL: CALCULATION OF THE EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR ARBITRARY VALUES OF N. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, vol. B131, pp. 95-98, ISSN:0370-2693 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Elena CASTELLANI

Curriculum

Department of Humanitiesa and Philosophy, University of Florence

via della Pergola 60, I-50121 Florence, Italy

elena.castellani@unifi.it

Languages spoken: Italian, French, English, German

Education, Fellowships, Awards:

1978-83: University of Florence, Laurea (B.A.-MA) in theoretical physics. Thesis: “Composite operators in functional formalism” (R. Casalbuoni, advisor), summa cum laude (April 1983).

1986-1989: University of Milan, Ph.D. in philosophy with Fellowship awarded.

1990-1991: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Cologne, DAAD Fellowship.

1991: Ph.D degree. Thesis: “Symmetry and physical theories” (E. Rambaldi, advisor).

1991-1992: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Cologne, Heinrich Hertz Stiftung Fellowship.

1993-1994: Department of Philosophy, Princeton, CNR-NATO Advanced Fellowship.

1998-2000: Department of Philosophy, Florence, Postdoctoral position.

2000-2002: Department of Philosophy, Florence, Research Fellowship.

2001-2002: Department of Physics, Florence, Fixed term Lecturer in Foundations of Physics.

2002: Medal "Le Scienze" (Italian version of Scientific American) for the Foundations of Physics.

2002-2005: Permanent Researcher position at the Department of Philosophy, Florence.

2005 - 2023 : Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at the Department of Philosophy, Florence.

2013 (Dec., 4):National Academic Qualification as Full Professor in Philosophy of Science (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale alle funzioni di professore di prima fascia, sett. 11/C2-Logica, storia e filosofia della scienza). Re-confirmed: 30.07.18

2023-: Professor in Philosophy of Science, Department of Humanities and Philosophy, University of Florence.

Research Interests:

History and Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Space and Time, Philosophy of Quantum Field Theory, Ontological Aspects of Physical Theories, History and Meaning of Symmetries, Reductionism and Emergence, Structuralism in Physics, Structural Realism, Dualities, History and Philosophy of String Theory, Models and Scientific Representation, Naturalness and Fine-Tuning, Philosophy of Cosmology.

Books

(ed.) Interpreting Bodies:Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.

Simmetria e natura.Dalle armonie delle figure alle invarianze delle leggi, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2000.

(ed.) Simmetria e realtà, special issue of Le Scienze (Italian version of Scientific American), n. 118, 2001.

(ed. with K. Brading) Symmetries in Physics: Philosophical Reflections, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Feynman, special issue of Le Scienze, n. 35, November 2003 (in French: Feynman, special issue of Pour la Science, n. 19, 2004). In collaboration with Leonardo Castellani.

(ed. with A. Cappelli, F. Colomo, P. Di Vecchia), The Birth of String Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
(with M. Morganti), La filosofia della scienza, Il Mulino, 2019.

Some recent papers:

E. Castellani (2024). Convergence strategies for theory assessment. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 104: 78-87..

E. Castellani, G. Schettino (2023). Nested modalities in astrophysical modeling. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 13: 11-31.

E. Castellani, E. Margoni (2022). Renormalization group methods: Which kind of explanation?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 95: 158-166.

E. Castellani; R. Dardashti (2021). Symmetry Breaking. In: Eleanor Knox, Alaistar Wilson. Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, pp. 620-631, London: Routledge.

A. Borrelli and E. Castellani (2019). The Practice of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective. Foundations of Physics 49: 860-878.

E. Castellani (2019). Scientific Methodology: A View from Early String Theory. In R. Dawid, R. Dardashti, and K. Thèbault (eds.), Epistemology of fundamental physics: Why trust a theory?, pp. 173-183, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

E. Castellani (2017). Duality and 'particle' democracy. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 59:100-108..

E. Castellani and D. Rickles (2017). Introduction to special issue on dualities.Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physic, 59: 1-5.

K. Brading, E. Castellani and N. Teh (2017). Symmetry and symmetry breaking.The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

E. Castellani and J. Ismael (2016). Which Curie's Principle? Philosophy of Science, 83: 1002-1013.

Selected invited talks

Structural Continuity and Intertheoretic Relations. 2nd Irvine-Florence Colloquium on Logic and Philosophy of Science, Irvine (Ca), 23.-24.3, 2007.

Structuralism, Objects and Dualities. Workshop “Structure, Objects and Causality”, Banff (Canada), 28-30.8, 2007.

Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations. 1st Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Complutense University, Madrid 14.-17.11, 2007.

Curie’s Principle and Invariance Principles. Workshop: “Symmetry as a Modern Scientific Concept: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives”, Lorentz Center, Leiden, 11.-14.3, 2008.

Curie’s Principle, encore. Conference “Perspective in Physics and Philosophy”, École Polytechnique, Parigi, 16.-19.6, 2008.

Curie’s Principle, Determinism and Invariance. 3rd Irvine-Florence Colloquium on Logic and Philosophy of Science, Firenze, 18.-19.9, 2008.

Fundamentality, Emergence and Scales. Conference “Towards the origins of the Universe and matter”, CNRS, Paris, 22.-24.3, 2010.

Fundamentality and Duality. European Goodbye Conference to Jos Uffink, Utrecht, 15.7, 2011.
Symétrie et réalisme structurel. SoPha 2012, ENS, Paris, 4.-6.5. 2012.

Dualities: Philosophical reflections. Seven Pines Symposium XVI, Outing Lodge, Minnesota, 16.-20.5, 2012.

Structural Analogies, Multiple Descriptions and Alternative Approaches. Workshop “Theoretical Virtues in Theory Choice”, Konstanz, 12.-14.7, 2012.

Objects: A Structural Constructivist Approach (with L. Crosilla). Workshop “Symmetry, Structure and the Constitution of Objects”, Leeds, 21.8, 2012.

Models in theory building: the case of early string theory. DPG Conference, Jena, 25.2-1.3, 2013.

Dualities and ontological democracy. Workshop "Foundations of Dualities", Florence, 15-16.09, 2014.

Histoire et approche philosophique des symétries. Séminaire Dautreppe "Matière et Symétrie", Grenoble, 3.12.14.

Dualities, Munich (MCMP, LMU), 27.01.2015.

Theories, models and representation: the role of structures. Conference "Realism and Objectivity", Matera, 15-17.9. 2015.

Scientific Methodology: A View from Early String Theory. Workshop "Why Trust a Theory?", Munich, 7-9.12.2015 (https://videoonline.edu.lmu.de/en/node/7492/346848).

Theoretical and physical equivalence: the case of weak/strong duality. Workshop "Underdetermination and Quantum Physics", Leeds, 20-21.5.2016.

Duality and emergence: the case of weak/strong duality. Genève (Geneva Symmetry Group and Beyond Spacetime project), 26.10.16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUwR05nXaRs)

Objects, structures and physics. Oxford, Corpus Christi, 23.11.16.

Symmetries in physics: historical and philosophical aspects, Trieste, SISSA, 18.1.17.

(With Nic Teh) The philosophy of symmetry: A survey of some recent themes, Conference "Symmetries and Asymmetries in Physics", Hannover, 6-8.07, 2017.

(With Tarja Knuuttila) Scientific Representation: The Landscape, MCMP (LMU), Munich, 25.10.17.

Scientific methodology and fundamental physics: the case of early string theory, Vossius Center, Amsterdam, 15.01.18.

(with A. Borrelli) Practices of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective, Worshop "Naturalness, Hierarchy, and Fine-Tuning", Aachen, 28.02-02.03, 2018.

Symmetries and Dualities, "XXI International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics", Urbino, 25.07-28.07.18.

Physical Symmetries: An Historical-Epistemological Survey, IHPST, Paris, 03.12.18

Models and representation: What structures are food for, IHPST, Paris, 04.12.18.

Model-dependent vs model-independent searches, Workshop "Cross-disciplinary perspectives on model-independent searches", Edinburgh, 11-12.02.19.

The convergence argument for theory assessment, Worskhop "Quantum Spacetime '19", Bratislava, 14.02.19.

Varieties of Convergence: A Historical Perspective, Workshop "Non-Empirical Physics from a Historical Perspective", MPIWG, Berlin, 27-29.03.19.

Convergence, Unification, Robustness, Workshop "Non-empirical theory assessment: How far does it reachand where could it stumble?", University Campus, Stockholm, 6-7.06.2019.

(with G. Schettino) Nested modalities: Case studies from astrophysical modeling, Workshop "Modeling the Possible", Vienna (online), 7.4.2021.

(with G. Schettino) Modeling and modalities in astrophysics, EPSA 2021, Turin, 15-18.09.2021.

(with A. Borrelli), Objects, structures and symmetries, Workshop "Objects, properties and relations", Florence, 29-30.11.2021.

SUSY:The Birth of an Idea, Workshop "Establishing the Philosophy of Supersymmetry", University Campus, Stockholm, 23-24.05.2022.

S-Duality: Metaphysical Reflections, Conference "Metaphysics BeyondSpacetime 2022", Ovronnaz, 15-18 June, 2022.

(with R. Dawid) Unification and the Element of Surprise, Workshop ''Theoretical Virtues and Non-Empirical Guides in Scientific Theory Development'', Aarhus, 23-24.11.2022

(with E. Margoni) Cluster transfer: the RG case, Conference "Open topics in philosophy of physics", Lisbon, 12-14 June 2023.

Convergence strategies for theory assessment, BIAP Workshop "Evidence,Knowledge and Scientific Theory", 27-29 June, 2023.

Symmetries and constraints, Worskhop "Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics 2023", 30 Nov-1 Dec, Duke University, 2023

Convergence strategies for theory assessment, 2nd HPP-NL Workshop, Utrecht, 08.04.2024.

(with E. Margoni) Knowledge transfer in theory building/appraisal, Workshop "Methodological Transformations in Fundamental Physics", Wuppertal, 15-18 September, 2024.

Recent PSA/EPSA/LMPS talks:

Duality Symmetries and Ontological Democracy. PSA 2012, San Diego (Ca.), 15.-17.11, 2012.

Elementary and Composite Objects: A Structural Approach. EPSA 2013, Helsinki, 28-31.8, 2013.

Which Curie's Principle? PSA 2014, Chicago, 6-9.11, 2014.

(With F. Pero and T. Knuuttila) What structures are good for? From mapping to ascription. CLMPS 2015, Helsinki, 8.8.2015; EPSA15, Düsseldorf, 25.9.2015 (also presented at 3rd Lisbon ICPOS, 14.12.16.)

Selected papers:

see http://unifi.academia.edu/ElenaCastellani

Complete pubblications' list:

http://www.unifi.it/p-doc2-2013-200007-C-3f2a3d313a282c-0.html

More detailed CV (Italian):

http://www.unifi.it/p-doc2-2013-200007-C-3f2a3d313a282c-0.html

Teaching:

http://www.unifi.it/p-doc2-2013-200007-C-3f2a3d313a282c-0.html