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Personal Informations
Name: Michele Ginammi
Born: May 23, 1983, Bergamo (Italy)
AOS: Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Mathematics
AOC: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Logic
Education
2015 – Ph.D. in Philosophy of Mathematics, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy).
2007 – Laurea Specialistica (M.A. equiv.) in Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy).
2005 – Laurea Triennale (B.A. equiv.) in Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy).
2002 – Diploma di Maturità Classica, Liceo Classico Statale “Paolo Sarpi”, Bergamo (Italy).
Research Stays Abroad
2019 – Visiting researcher at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands).
2017-2018 – Visiting researcher at the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg.
2011 – Visiting student at the University of Missouri, Columbia (MO), United States of America.
Scholarships and Awards
2008 – Winner of a three year-award scholarship for a Ph.D. course at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy).
2013 – Winner of a ten month-award scholarship at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy).
2015 – Winner of a one year-award scholarship for a master in librarianship at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy).
Contributed Talks (*=invited speaker)
13 Feb. 2019 – (*) IHPST and Paris-Sorbonne (Paris, France). Talk for the seminar “MathsApp” (IHPST and Paris-Sorbonne). Title of the talk: “Expecting the rules of chess to reflect those of the solar system”.
4 Dec. 2018 – (*) Politecnico (Milano, Italy). Talk for the course “Progettazione architettonica e urbana” (Lorenzo de Stefani, Alisia Tognon, Pietro Giuseppe Crespi). Title of the talk: “Substantivalism vs. Relationism. Philosophy of Space between Newton and Leibniz”.
9 Nov. 2018 – University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands). Talk for the sixth annual OZSW conference, 9-10 Nov. 2018. Title of the talk: “To be or not to be… sets!”.
28 Oct. 2018 – (*) Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (Munich, Germany). Talk for the conference “Analogical Reasoning in Science and Mathematics”, 26-28 Oct. 2018. Title of the talk: “Expecting the rules of chess to reflect those of the solar system”.
3rd Sept. 2018 – Paris-Lodron University (Salzburg, Austria). Talk for the IMPS workshop 2018 (Irvine-Munich-PoliMi-Salzburg network in philosophy and foundations of physics), 3-4 Sept. 2018. Title of the talk: “Analogical reasoning between physics and mathematics”.
22nd Jun. 2017 – University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy). Talk for the Triennial International Conference of the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS), 21st-23rd June 2017. Title of the talk: “Applicability Problems Generalized”.
27th May 2016 – University of Chieti-Pescara (Chieti, Italy). Talk for the Second Conference of the Italian Network for the Philosophy of Mathematics (FilMat), 26th-28th May 2016. Title of the talk: “Applicability Problems Generalized”.
12th Dec. 2015 – Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Talk for the 3rd annual OZSW conference, 11th-12th December 2015. Title of the talk: “An alternative reconstruction of the discovery of the omega minus particle”.
3rd Nov. 2015 – Institute Henry Poncaré (Paris, France). Talk for the 3rd Congress of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP), 2nd-4th November 2015. Title of the talk: “The heuristic effectiveness of mathematics and the discovery of the omega minus particle”.
26th Jun. 2014 – University of Lille 1 & University of Lille 3 (Lille, France). Talk for the conference “Metaphysics of Science”, 5th Meeting of the Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS), 25th-27th Jun. 2014. Title of the talk: “Applicability and Indispensability”.
3rd Apr. 2013 – Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (Munich, Germany). Talk for the conference “The Analysis of Theoretical Terms” (Munich, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, 3rd-5th Apr. 2013). Title of the talk: “Avoiding Reification”.
25th Sept. 2012 – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). Talk for the conference “Filosofia della matematica: dalla logica alla pratica. Giovani studiosi a confronto” (Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore, 24th-26th Sept. 2012). Title of the talk: “Struttura e applicabilità” (“Structure and Applicability”).
23rd Jun. 2011 – Università degli Studi, Milano (Italy). Talk for the conference “Due giornate di studio sulla filosofia della matematica” (Milano, Università degli Studi, 22nd-23rd Jun. 2011). Title of the talk: “L’irragionevole efficacia. Il problema filosofico dell’applicabilità della matematica” (“The Unreasonable Effectiveness. The Philosophical Problem of the Applicability of Mathematics”).
Seminars and Teaching Experience
Sept.–Dec. 2018 – Polytechnic University (Milan, Italy). Lecturer for the course “Philosophy of Science and Technology” (Prof.~Giovanni Valente).
9th Apr. 2018 – Paris-Lodron University (Salzburg, Austria). Seminar for the Philosophy Department Seminars. Organized by Laurenz Hudetz. Title of the seminar: “To be or not to be… sets”. Number and background of participants: 10 (graduate students, researchers, Associate and Full Professors).
10th Mar. 2017 – Paris Lodron University, Salzburg (Austria). Seminar for the Philosophy Department Seminars. Organized by Lena Zuchowsky. Title of the seminar: “Mathematical Models and Heuristic Effectiveness”. Number and background of participants: 10 (Ph.D. students, researchers, Associate and Full Professors).
11th Jun. 2012. Università degli Studi, Milano (Italy). In collaboration with Andrea Sereni (Università “Vita e Salute” S. Raffaele, Milano). Seminar for the workshop “Gruppo di lettura di filosofia della matematica” (Milano, Università degli Studi, 11th-12th Jun. 2012), organized by SELP and COGITO. Title of the seminar: “Applicabilità e indispensabilità” (“Applicability and Indispensability”). Number and background of participants: 20 (Ph.D. students, researchers).
Jun. 2011 – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). Seminar for the course Storia e filosofia della matematica (Prof. Gabriele Lolli). Title of the seminar: “Gödel, Kant e gli universi rotanti” (“Gödel, Kant and the Rotating Universes”). Number and background of participants: 15 (undergaduate students, Ph.D. students, Associate and Full professors).
Mar. 2011 – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). Seminar for the course Storia della Logica (Prof. Massimo Mugnai). Title of the seminar: “Science Without Numbers. Introduzione al nominalismo matematico di H. Field” (“Science Without Numbers. Introduction to Field’s Mathematical Nominalism”). Number and background of participants: 20 (undergraduate students, Ph.D. students, researchers, Associate and Full professors).
2009-2016 – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). In collaboration with Gabriele Galluzzo (now Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK) and Giorgio Lando (now Research Fellow at the Università dell’Aquila, Italy). I organize and led several sessions of the Scuola Normale Superiore weekly seminars in metaphysics and analytic philosophy. Number and background of participants: 10 (Ph.D. students, researchers, Associate and Full professors).
2006-2007 – Public Libraries of Azzano San Paolo, Ponte San Pietro, Mozzo (Bergamo, Italy). I organized and lectured several introductory courses (6 lessons each one) in philosophy and critical thinking. The courses were organizated with the support of the municipalities of Azzano San Paolo, Ponte San Pietro, and Mozzo. Number and background of participants: 10-30 (no background required).
Service to the profession
Referee – Foundations of Science, Erkenntnis, Synthese, European Journal for Pragmatism and American Philosophy.
Organization – Organization of the conference “Analogical Reasoning in Science and Mathematics”, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (Munich, Germany), 26-28 Oct. 2018.
Publications
See here.
Languages
Italian: native speaker
English: fluent, both oral and written
French: basic, both oral and written
German: basic, both oral and written
Dutch: basic, both oral and written
Computer Skills
Operating systems: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac.
Software: 
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