Elena Casetta

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Elena Casetta

Bio || Bio

Elena Casetta is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science of the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon. She has been a post-doctoral researcher at University of Torino (Italy), where she is member of the Laboratory for Ontology (LabOnt). She has been Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, Post-doctoral Fellow at IHPST (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques), CNRS/Paris 1/ENS, Paris, and Fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America.

Her areas of specialization are: Philosophy of Biology, Analytic Ontology, and Metaphysics. Elena authored around twenty articles and book chapters in English and Italian as well as the volumes La sfida delle chimere. Realismo, pluralismo e convenzionalismo in filosofia della biologia [The Chimeras' Challenge. Realism, Pluralism, and Conventionalism in Philosophy of Biology], Milano, Mimesis, 2009; and Filosofia della biologia [Philosophy of Biology], Roma, Carocci, 2013.

Áreas de Interesse || Current Research

  1. Philosophy of Biodiversity
  2. Politics of Biodiversity conservation
  3. Species Problem
  4. Natural Kinds
  5. Gender Studies

Situação no CFCUL || Position at the CFCUL

Membro Integrado Doutorado


Grupos de Investigação || Research Groups

Filosofia das Ciências da Vida (Membro)

Área de Investigação História e Filosofia da Medicina (Colaborador)

 

Linhas Temáticas || Thematic Lines

Medicina Personalizada: Desafios Bioéticos e Filosóficos (Membro)

Unidade da Ciência e Interdisciplinaridade (Membro)


Projecto Pós-Doc || Post-Doc Research Project

SFRH/BPD/84683/2012
Biodiversity: A Philosophical Challenge
Orientação: Olga Pombo e Jorge Marques da Silva
Início: 2013

 

Contactos || Contacts

Campo Grande, C4.3.24 - 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

+351 217 500 000 (Ext. 24112)

elenattesac@gmail.com

Produção Científica (Selecção) || Scientific Production (Selection)

Publicações || Publications

Livros / Books
Editados / Editor
  1. 2015, Biodiversity, Guest Editor, Rivista di Estetica, ns 59 (2/2015).
  2. 2014, Social Objects. From Intentionality to Documentality (with P. Bojanic, G. Torrengo), Rivista di Estetica, 57.
  3. 2014b, Mettere a fuoco il mondo. Conversazioni sulla filosofia di Achille Varzi (with V. Giardino), Isonomia, Rivista online di Filosofia – Epistemologica – ISSN 2037-4348, Vol. IV.
  4. 2014a La biodiversité en question. Enjeux philosophiques et scientifiques (with J. Delord), Paris, Les Éditions Materiologiques.
  5. 2012b, Making Sense of Gender, Sex, Race and the Family (with V. Tripodi), Humana.Mente, 22/July.
  6. 2012a, A partire da Documentalità (with P. Kobau and I. Mosca), Rivista di estetica, 50.
  7. 2009, Convenzioni (with A.C. Varzi), Rivista di estetica, 44.
Autor/ Author
  1. 2013, Filosofia della biologia (with A. Borghini), Roma, Carocci. [2015, Under contract, Metaphysics of the Life Sciences, London-New York, Bloomsbury]
  2. 2009, La sfida delle chimere. Realismo, pluralismo e convenzionalismo in filosofia della biologia, Milano, Mimesis.
Capítulos de Livros / Book Chapters
  1. 2014 forthcoming, "Facing the Big Sixth. From Prioritizing Species to Conserving Biodiversity" (with J.Marques da Silva) in E. Serrelli, & N. Gontier (Eds.), Macroevolution - Explanation, Interpretation, Evidence, Springer.
  2. 2014b, «La question de la biodiversité face aux problème des espèces», in E. Casetta & J. Delord (Eds.), La biodiversité en question. Enjeux philosophiques et scientifiques, Paris, Les Éditions Materiologiques.
  3. 2014a, "Science" (with G. Torrengo), in T. Andina (Ed.), Bridging the Analytical Continental Divide. A Companion to Contemporary Western Philosophy, Boston-New York, Brill.
  4. 2013d, "Algumas observações sobre a função dos monstros biológicos na nossa metafísica", in A. Barbosa & R. Santos (Eds.), Filosofia das Ciências da Vida – Estudos, Lisboa, CFCUL.
  5. 2013c,"That Frightening Frankenmetaphor!" (with L. Tambolo), in N. Michaud (Ed.), Frankenstein and Philosophy, The Open Court Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, 49-58.
  6. 2013b, "Sesso", in M.G. Turri (Ed.) Manifesto per un Nuovo Femminismo, Milano, Mimesis.
  7. 2013a, "Ontologia delle specie biologiche: una proposta convenzionalista", in C. Tatasciore, P. Graziani, G. Grimaldi, Prospettive Filosofiche. Ontologia, Acireale, Bonanno.
  8. 2012b, The Temporal Boundaries of Biological Species, in P. Graziani, G. Grimaldi (Eds.), Open Problems in Philosophy of Sciences, London, College Publications: 35-45.
  9. 2012a, "Scienza (o della misura del mondo)" (with G. Torrengo), in T. Andina (Ed.), La filosofia contemporanea, Roma, Carocci: 223-255.
  10. 2010, "Categories, Taxa, and Chimeras", in M. D'Agostino, G. Giorello, F. Laudisa, T. Pievani and C. Sinigaglia (Eds.), New Essays in Logic and Philosophy of Science, London, College Publications: 264-278.
  11. 2008b, "Biologia", in M. Ferraris (Ed.), Storia dell'Ontologia, Milano, Bompiani: 465-74.
  12. 2008a, "Monismo e pluralismo" (with L. Angelone), in M. Ferraris (Ed.), Storia dell'Ontologia, Milano, Bompiani: 325-41.
  13. 2004, "RedPill®" (with A.C. Varzi), in M. Cappuccio (Ed.), Dentro la matrice. Metafisica, virtualità e tecnologia in Matrix, Milano, Alboversorio: 29-37.
Artigos / Articles
  1. 2014, Are Species Social Objects? Some Notes, Rivista di Estetica, 57: 173-83
  2. 2014, J. Marques da Silva (with E. Casetta), "The Evolutionary Stages of Plant Physiology and a Plea for Transdisciplinarity", Axiomathes, DOI 10.1007/s10516-014-9257-4.
  3. 2014b, "Biodiversity Surgery. Some Epistemological Challenges in Facing Extinction" (with J. Marques da Silva), Axiomathes, DOI 10.1007/s10516-014-9244-9.
  4. 2014a, "Metafisica mostruosa", Isonomia, Rivista online di Filosofia – Epistemologica – ISSN 2037-4348, Vol. IV: 25-36.
  5. 2012, "Quel che resta dei generi naturali" (with A. Borghini), Rivista di estetica, 49: 247-273.
  6. 2011, "Tratti, sessi e generi. Un dialogo" (with A. Borghini), Bioetica, 1/2011: 35-53.
  7. 2010b, "Note in margine a Documentalità. Perché è necessario lasciare tracce di Maurizio Ferraris", Biblioteca della libertà, XLV settembre-dicembre, n. 199 online.
  8. 2010a, "Dall'ornitorinco alle chimere: una sfida al realismo tassonomico", Intersezioni, 2: 277-296.
  9. 2008, "Nomi in crisi di identità" (with A.C. Varzi), Rivista di estetica, 38: 143-56.
  10. 2007, "Le tigri di Putnam", Rivista di Filosofia, 98/1, 1: 47-76.
  11. 2004, "La teoria mereotopologica della nicchia", Rivista di estetica, 26: 129-48.
Traduções / Translations
  1. 2007, A.C. Varzi, Boundaries; “Confini. Dove finisce una cosa e inizia un’altra”, in A. Bottani and R. Davies (Eds.), Ontologie regionali, Milano, Mimesis, 2007: 209-222.
  2. 2009, L. Franklin-Hall, Plato’s Joints; “Il macellaio di Platone”, Rivista di estetica, 44.
  3. 2009, K. Miller, Deciphering Person-identity Conventionalism; “Decifrare il convenzionalismo dell’identità personale”, Rivista di estetica, 44.
  4. 2009, I. Westerhoff, Construction All the Way Down? A Problem for Goodmanian Constructivism; “Costruzioni senza fine. Un problema per il costruttivismo goodmaniano”, Rivista di estetica, 44.

Reviews, Introductions and Conclusions
  1. 2014c, (with G. Torrengo), "Social Objects. An Overview in the Light of Contemporary Social Ontology", Rivista di estetica, 57: 3-9.
  2. 2014b, "Conclusion" (with J. Delord), La biodiversité en question. Enjeux philosophiques et scientifiques, Paris, Les Éditions Materiologiques.
  3. 2014a, "Introduzione" (with V. Giardino), Isonomia, Rivista online di Filosofia – Epistemologica – ISSN 2037-4348, Vol. IV: 9-14.
  4. 2012b, "Between Science and Philosophy: New Perspectives on Gender, Sex, Race, and the Family" (with V. Tripodi), Humana.Mente, 22/July 2012: III-VII.
  5. 2012a, "Dalla Documentalità al nuovo realismo" (with P. Kobau and I. Mosca), Rivista di estetica, 50: 3-7.
  6. 2009, "Introduzione", Rivista di estetica, 44: 3-10.
  7. 2005, Review of Benjamin Morison's On Location: Aristotle's Concept of Place, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, (with A.C. Varzi), Dialectica, 59/1: 75-81.
 

Reuniões Científicas || Scientific Meetings

Comunicações / Talks
  1. 2015 "Introduction. Biodiversity and its discourses", International Conference «Evaluating Biodiversity», Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Fondamenti, Universidade de Urbino, 22 June.
  2. 2014 'Tracciare i confini del vivente. Il counting problem e gli individui biologici', DESCRIVERE E INTERPRETARE IL VIVENTE - LE UNITA' DEL DISCORSO, Seminar of the "Associazione Francesco Barone", Forlì, 14-15 of November.
  3. 2014 'Documentalità e overload informativo: fino a che punto possiamo discutere i dati?', XXXVIII CONGRESSO DELL'ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DI EPIDEMIOLOGIA, Naples 6th of November.
  4. 2014 (with A. Borghini) Presentation of "Filosofia della biologia" (Carocci 2013). With the participation of Alessandro Minelli. Padua, Bibioteca Vallisneri, 25th of June.
  5. 2014 (with A. Borghini) Presentation of "Filosofia della biologia" (Carocci 2013). With the participation of Tiziana Andina, Luca Illetterati, Diego Marconi. Turin, Circolo dei lettori, 23rd of June.
  6. 2014 'Ethical Responsibilities in the Big Sixth', VIII Jornadas Ibéricas. Debates da Filosofia da Ciência Contemporânea, 27-29 Maio 2014. Teclabs – Centro de Inovação, Campus da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 28th of May.
  7. 2014 'Facing Extinction. Ethical Responsibilities and Practical Challenges', Porque devemos preservar a biodiversidade? Uma análise ética da conservação, workshop organized by the Centro de Biodiversidade, Genómica Integrativa e Funcional, the Sociedade de Ética Ambiental, and the Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, 3rd of April.
  8. 2014 'Biodiversity Surgery' (with J.M. da Silva), talk at the Seminar of Philosophy of Language and Mind, University of Milan, 24th of March.
  9. 2014 'Il problema delle specie' , Researches in Ontology between Russia and Italy, Second videoconference between the University of St. Petersburg State University and University of Torino, Sala multimediale del Rettorato, University of Torino, 18th of February4.
  10. 2013 'Questioni di vita. Conversazioni tra filosofia e biologia' (with A. Borghini). Lectiones commandinianae, University of Urbino, 17th of December.
  11. 2013 'From Ethics to Policies: US Endangered Species Acts and EU Natura 2000' (with J.M. da Silva), International conference Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, 4-6 December, 2013, Lisbon, 6th of December.
  12. 2013 Chair and discussant for the symposium "New Realism: Ontology and Epistempology" (participants: Mario De Caro, Manuel García-Carpintero, Maurizio Ferraris, Teresa Marquez), International conference Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, 4-6 December, 2013, Lisbon, 5th of December.
  13. 2013 Symposium "New light on species essentialisms in biology", ISHPSSB (International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology), Montpellier, 7-9 of July (with Francesca Merlin, Anouk Barberousse, Françoise Longy, Thomas Reydon. Chair: Sébastien Dutreuil) [Abstract accepted]
  14. 2013 'Dagli organismi agli individui darwiniani', lezione all'interno del seminario "Le eredità di Darwin", Scuola Galileiana, Aula Magna del Collegio Morgagni, Padua, 22nd of May.
  15. 2013 'Biodiversity. Some Philosophical Insights', BioFIG (Center for Biodiversity, Functional & Integrative Genomics) seminar, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, 18th of April.
  16. 2013 'Does the Species Problem affect Biodiversity Assessment?', Ciclo Ginásio, CFCUL, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon, 19th of March.
  17. 2012 'Species Matters. Toward a Multicriteria Species Concept in the Biodiversity Discourse', The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NYC, 14th of November.
  18. 2012 'Arguing for a Pluralistic Species Concept in the Assessment of Biodiversity', SOPHA 2012, Paris, 5th of May.
  19. 2012 'Sex', discussant, with Carola Barbero, of Vera Tripodi's Filosofia della sessualità and Nicla Vassallo's (ed.), Donna m'apparve, Circolo dei lettori, via Bogino 9, Turin, 1oth of April. [Invited talk]
  20. 2012 'La question de la biodiversité face au problème des espèces', Atelier interdisciplinaire. La biodiversité. Enjeux ethiques, philosophiques et scientifiques, IHPST, Paris, 23rd of February.
  21. 2011 'Outlining a Unified Framework for the Assessment of Biodiversity', EPSA 11 – The European Philosophy of Science Association Athens 7th of October.
  22. 2011 'A Framework for the Assessment of Biodiversity', ECAP 7 – Seventh European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Milan, 2nd of September. 2011 Commentator of Matthen Mohan, 'Species as Historical Kinds', Biological Hierarchies.
  23. 2011 meeting of the Consortium for the History and Philosophy of Biology, 3 of June, IHPST, Paris. [Invited talk] 2011 'Are Species Social Objects?', Social Ontology. From Intentionality to Documentality, 31st of May, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade. [Invited talk]
  24. 2011 In occasion of the second edition of Estetica Razionale (Raffaello Cortina, 2011) di Maurizio Ferraris, 'Estetica come aisthesis', with: Federico Vercellone, Pietro Kobau, Tiziana Andina, Carola Barbero, Elena Casetta, Davide Grasso, Alessandra Jacomuzzi, Daniela Tagliafico, Giuliano Torrengo. [Invited talk]
  25. 2011 'Outlining a Conventionalist Approach to Species Taxa', IHPST, Paris, 15th of March. [Invited talk] 2010 'Tratti, sessi e generi' (with A. Borghini), IV Italian Congress of Analytic Ontology, University of Bergamo, 18th of June. [Invited talk]
  26. 2010 'I confini temporali delle specie biologiche', High Formation School: Problemi aperti nella filosofia delle scienze, Cesena, 15th of April. 2009 'Ontologia delle specie biologiche', Italian Society for Philosophy (SFI), Francavilla al Mare (CH), 15th of October. [Invited talk]
  27. 2009 'Bioetica e enhancement', a cura della Consulta laica di bioetica "A. Vitelli" (with M. Mori, A. Borghini, M. Balistreri, R. Lala, L. Nave), 10th of October. [Invited talk]
  28. 2008 'What's Wrong with Taxonomic Conventionalism?', Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy (SIFA), University of Bergamo, 26th of September.
  29. 2008 7th Eidos Meeting, round table with Fabrice Correia, Philipp Keller, Christian Wüthrich, Marcel Weber, Laura Felline, 'Time in Physics, Biology, Metaphysics', University of Geneva, 19th of August.
  30. 2007 'Categories, Taxa, and Chimeras', International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS), University of Milan, 9th of October.
  31. 2007 'Categories, Taxa, and Chimeras', 5th Conference of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy (SEFA), University of Barcelona, 8th of September.
  32. 2005 'Les Tigres de Putnam', Cycle de Conférences de Philosophie, University of Geneva, 16th of December.
  33. 2005 'The Tao of Metaphysics' (with Philipp Keller), International colloquium 'On Identity: Ontological Perspectives', Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 26th of May.
Organização de Eventos / Event Organization
  1. 2015, Member of the executive committee and the scientific committee of the International Conference «Evaluating Biodiversity», Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Fondamenti, Universidade de Urbino, 22 June.
  2. 2013, Member of the organizing committee of the International conference Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, Lisbon, 4-6 December.
  3. 2013, Organizer of the Symposium: UNDERSTANDING AND CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY. Participants: Elena Casetta, Jorge Marques da Silva, Nathalie Gontier, Luís Borda-de-Água. International conference Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, University of Lisbon, 6th of December.
  4. 2012, organization (with P. Huneman) of "Atelier interdisciplinaire. La biodiversité. Enjeux ethiques, philosophiques et scientifiques, IHPST, Paris, 23rd of February.
  5. 2010, co-organization of Monumentum.doc: 11th Annual Lab0nt Workshop, 11-12 January.
  6. 2008, organization of the conference "Nanoart: Between Art, Science, and Perception", Infini.to, Parco dell'Astronomia e dello Spazio, Turin (with the support of Regione Piemonte e Compagnia di San Paolo), 7 June.
  7. 2007, Assistant to organization of VIEW Conference (8th International Computer Graphics Conference, Turin) and member of the VIEW Award 2007 International Jury, 6-9 November.