Emanuele Ratti
@emratti.bsky.social
#philsci (AI and biology); #AIEthics data ethics. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol. Past: Reilly Center at Notre Dame; JKU Linz. PhD: Foundations and Ethics of the Life Sciences, European School of Molecular Medicine (Milan)
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Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.
🚀Publication alert!
How have our conversations about #AIethics in healthcare changed? Where are they headed?
Excited to share my paper in BMC #MedicalEthics: “Ethical and social considerations of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare- a two-pronged scoping review”
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
How have our conversations about #AIethics in healthcare changed? Where are they headed?
Excited to share my paper in BMC #MedicalEthics: “Ethical and social considerations of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare- a two-pronged scoping review”
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Ethical and social considerations of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare—a two-pronged scoping review - BMC Medical Ethics
Background Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being designed, tested, and in many cases actively employed in almost every aspect of healthcare from primary care to public health. It is by now well establ...
doi.org
May 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚀Publication alert!
How have our conversations about #AIethics in healthcare changed? Where are they headed?
Excited to share my paper in BMC #MedicalEthics: “Ethical and social considerations of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare- a two-pronged scoping review”
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
How have our conversations about #AIethics in healthcare changed? Where are they headed?
Excited to share my paper in BMC #MedicalEthics: “Ethical and social considerations of applying artificial intelligence in healthcare- a two-pronged scoping review”
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Reviewer: "what about x, eh? The author does not consider it, checkmate! Oh, I'm so smart, you are so dumb" : rejection. But there is a 4-page section explicitly discussing x. #coolrejections #philsky #philsci #peronirotte
April 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reviewer: "what about x, eh? The author does not consider it, checkmate! Oh, I'm so smart, you are so dumb" : rejection. But there is a 4-page section explicitly discussing x. #coolrejections #philsky #philsci #peronirotte
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In an open access article in American Philosophical Quarterly 62.1, @emratti.bsky.social & Mark Graves ( @aiandfaith.bsky.social ) conceptualizes AI ethics via the capability approach, to help clarify and guide the ethical considerations of AI design. buff.ly/42YlLHs
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In an open access article in American Philosophical Quarterly 62.1, @emratti.bsky.social & Mark Graves ( @aiandfaith.bsky.social ) conceptualizes AI ethics via the capability approach, to help clarify and guide the ethical considerations of AI design. buff.ly/42YlLHs
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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
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Here is the Turing centenary conference we organized at BU's Center for Philosophy & History of Science when I was director:
www.bu.edu/cphs/colloqu...
& the Boston Studies volume Juliet & I edited from conference referenced below:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsky #HPS 🏳️🌈
www.bu.edu/cphs/colloqu...
& the Boston Studies volume Juliet & I edited from conference referenced below:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsky #HPS 🏳️🌈
February 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here is the Turing centenary conference we organized at BU's Center for Philosophy & History of Science when I was director:
www.bu.edu/cphs/colloqu...
& the Boston Studies volume Juliet & I edited from conference referenced below:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsky #HPS 🏳️🌈
www.bu.edu/cphs/colloqu...
& the Boston Studies volume Juliet & I edited from conference referenced below:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsky #HPS 🏳️🌈
Happy to share with you the final result of two years of work (with Giuseppe D'Agostino) at the intersection between #PhilSci and #Bioinformatics and recently accepted on Perspectives on Science.
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24609/
(thread below) 1/5
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24609/
(thread below) 1/5
Beyond 'Trapped Pets' and 'Red Buttons': Bioinformatics as an Experimental Discipline - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
January 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Happy to share with you the final result of two years of work (with Giuseppe D'Agostino) at the intersection between #PhilSci and #Bioinformatics and recently accepted on Perspectives on Science.
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24609/
(thread below) 1/5
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24609/
(thread below) 1/5
New paper in American Philosophical Quarterly:
A Capability Approach to AI Ethics.
We propose a conceptualization of #AIEthics via the capability approach, and show the significant theoretical and concrete benefits of using this approach #PhilTech
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...
A Capability Approach to AI Ethics.
We propose a conceptualization of #AIEthics via the capability approach, and show the significant theoretical and concrete benefits of using this approach #PhilTech
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...
A Capability Approach to AI Ethics
Abstract. We propose a conceptualization and implementation of AI ethics via the capability approach. We aim to show that conceptualizing AI ethics through the capability approach has two main advanta...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
January 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New paper in American Philosophical Quarterly:
A Capability Approach to AI Ethics.
We propose a conceptualization of #AIEthics via the capability approach, and show the significant theoretical and concrete benefits of using this approach #PhilTech
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...
A Capability Approach to AI Ethics.
We propose a conceptualization of #AIEthics via the capability approach, and show the significant theoretical and concrete benefits of using this approach #PhilTech
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti...
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Back to the office today at Politecnico, and I had a nice parcel waiting for me – the new Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods, with my and @emratti.bsky.social chapter on big data for causal inference and competing views on quantity and quality of data.
dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
January 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Back to the office today at Politecnico, and I had a nice parcel waiting for me – the new Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods, with my and @emratti.bsky.social chapter on big data for causal inference and competing views on quantity and quality of data.
dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Just read in a philosopher's book: "In shifting gears on my boat..." - I wish I was an academic 50 years ago #academicsky #philsky
July 4, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Just read in a philosopher's book: "In shifting gears on my boat..." - I wish I was an academic 50 years ago #academicsky #philsky
JOB ALERT! 3-years position in Bristol, epistemology and philosophy of AI #philsky #philsci #philtech
JOB ALERT! Lecturer, 3-years position, Department of Philosophy, UBristol! Teaching position with research time. Must be able to teach Epistemology and Philosophy of AI in particular. Ability to teach Philosophy of Science is a plus #philsky #philsci #philtech philjobs.org/job/show/26130
April 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
JOB ALERT! Lecturer, 3-years position, Department of Philosophy, UBristol! Teaching position with research time. Must be able to teach Epistemology and Philosophy of AI in particular. Ability to teach Philosophy of Science is a plus #philsky #philsci #philtech philjobs.org/job/show/26130
April 3, 2024 at 11:25 AM
JOB ALERT! Lecturer, 3-years position, Department of Philosophy, UBristol! Teaching position with research time. Must be able to teach Epistemology and Philosophy of AI in particular. Ability to teach Philosophy of Science is a plus #philsky #philsci #philtech philjobs.org/job/show/26130
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Evelyn Fox Keller was born OTD in 1936.
“There is no magic lens that will enable us to look at, to see nature unclouded … uncolored by any values, hopes, fears, anxieties, desires, goals that we bring to it."
#philsci #histsci #Complexity #STS #WomeninSTEM #Feministsky
“There is no magic lens that will enable us to look at, to see nature unclouded … uncolored by any values, hopes, fears, anxieties, desires, goals that we bring to it."
#philsci #histsci #Complexity #STS #WomeninSTEM #Feministsky
March 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Evelyn Fox Keller was born OTD in 1936.
“There is no magic lens that will enable us to look at, to see nature unclouded … uncolored by any values, hopes, fears, anxieties, desires, goals that we bring to it."
#philsci #histsci #Complexity #STS #WomeninSTEM #Feministsky
“There is no magic lens that will enable us to look at, to see nature unclouded … uncolored by any values, hopes, fears, anxieties, desires, goals that we bring to it."
#philsci #histsci #Complexity #STS #WomeninSTEM #Feministsky
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MORE JOBS! Two postdoctoral positions opened up in my Open Science team: 20 months each, start Jan 2025, deadline for applications: May 6. One focused on science policy, the other on inequity in research. Details:
[1] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...;
[2] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens... #philsci
[1] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...;
[2] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens... #philsci
March 15, 2024 at 9:20 AM
MORE JOBS! Two postdoctoral positions opened up in my Open Science team: 20 months each, start Jan 2025, deadline for applications: May 6. One focused on science policy, the other on inequity in research. Details:
[1] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...;
[2] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens... #philsci
[1] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...;
[2] portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens... #philsci
When you ask the editor what happened with that paper you have submitted 15 months ago
March 10, 2024 at 9:18 AM
When you ask the editor what happened with that paper you have submitted 15 months ago
Excited to share that my symposium "Machine learning in science beyond opacity" has been accepted at #PSA24 ! It has been organized with Alessandro Facchini and
Alberto Termine (IDSIA Lugano)
Juan Durán (Delft),
Anais Rameau (Weill Cornell Medicine),
Jan-Willem Romeijn and
Hanna van Loo (Groningen)
Alberto Termine (IDSIA Lugano)
Juan Durán (Delft),
Anais Rameau (Weill Cornell Medicine),
Jan-Willem Romeijn and
Hanna van Loo (Groningen)
March 1, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Excited to share that my symposium "Machine learning in science beyond opacity" has been accepted at #PSA24 ! It has been organized with Alessandro Facchini and
Alberto Termine (IDSIA Lugano)
Juan Durán (Delft),
Anais Rameau (Weill Cornell Medicine),
Jan-Willem Romeijn and
Hanna van Loo (Groningen)
Alberto Termine (IDSIA Lugano)
Juan Durán (Delft),
Anais Rameau (Weill Cornell Medicine),
Jan-Willem Romeijn and
Hanna van Loo (Groningen)
A thread: new publication in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics! Read this article if you want to integrate moral and political philosophy in #aiethics modules #philtech #philai #philsky 1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 19, 2024 at 1:24 PM
A thread: new publication in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics! Read this article if you want to integrate moral and political philosophy in #aiethics modules #philtech #philai #philsky 1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I guess it only makes sense that I received my copies of the book the same day of a scheduled blood donation, so I can think about the book in the hospital that looks over my favourite building in Milan (Torre Velasca).
February 6, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I guess it only makes sense that I received my copies of the book the same day of a scheduled blood donation, so I can think about the book in the hospital that looks over my favourite building in Milan (Torre Velasca).
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3-year postdoc position at University of Bristol to work with me on my Foundations of Longtermism project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust!
The project will run September 2024 - August 2027.
It will focus on the decision-theoretic and ethical foundations for longtermist arguments.
The project will run September 2024 - August 2027.
It will focus on the decision-theoretic and ethical foundations for longtermist arguments.
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
February 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
3-year postdoc position at University of Bristol to work with me on my Foundations of Longtermism project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust!
The project will run September 2024 - August 2027.
It will focus on the decision-theoretic and ethical foundations for longtermist arguments.
The project will run September 2024 - August 2027.
It will focus on the decision-theoretic and ethical foundations for longtermist arguments.
New paper in the EJPS with Federica Russo! The science and values literature largely pays attention to how values influence science; here we show, with examples from medicine and AI, how scientific concepts and methods too can promote some values rather than others link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 6, 2024 at 10:04 AM
New paper in the EJPS with Federica Russo! The science and values literature largely pays attention to how values influence science; here we show, with examples from medicine and AI, how scientific concepts and methods too can promote some values rather than others link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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What qualities make a good scientist, according to scientists?
In our latest paper in @historyofscience.bsky.social (with Kim Hajek and Herman Paul), we explore how postwar American historians, psychologists, and physicists responded to this question.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In our latest paper in @historyofscience.bsky.social (with Kim Hajek and Herman Paul), we explore how postwar American historians, psychologists, and physicists responded to this question.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 9, 2024 at 7:59 AM
What qualities make a good scientist, according to scientists?
In our latest paper in @historyofscience.bsky.social (with Kim Hajek and Herman Paul), we explore how postwar American historians, psychologists, and physicists responded to this question.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In our latest paper in @historyofscience.bsky.social (with Kim Hajek and Herman Paul), we explore how postwar American historians, psychologists, and physicists responded to this question.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Has anyone traced how the move towards rigorization of geometry and real analysis in the 19th century, and the movement away from appeals to geometric intuition, parallels the move towards objectivity in science that Daston and Galison describe? #philsky #histsky #histsci #philsci
November 17, 2023 at 12:46 PM
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The Humanities Department at MacEwan University (in which department I happen to work) is looking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science. Details here:
www.macewan.ca/about-macewa...
www.macewan.ca/about-macewa...
Opportunity Details
www.macewan.ca
November 10, 2023 at 7:28 PM
The Humanities Department at MacEwan University (in which department I happen to work) is looking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science. Details here:
www.macewan.ca/about-macewa...
www.macewan.ca/about-macewa...
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My dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Research Integrity and Philosophy of Science / Ethics. Please share widely with anyone who may be interested. Apply until Dec. 3, 2023. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
workingat.vu.nl/ad/assistant...
workingat.vu.nl/ad/assistant...
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science and Research Integrity / Ethics - 4. Working at VU
Location: AMSTERDAM FTE: 1 Job description The department of philosophy has a vacancy for an assistant professor in philosophy of science and research integrity or research ethics. Areas of specialisa...
workingat.vu.nl
November 10, 2023 at 1:39 PM
My dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Research Integrity and Philosophy of Science / Ethics. Please share widely with anyone who may be interested. Apply until Dec. 3, 2023. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
workingat.vu.nl/ad/assistant...
workingat.vu.nl/ad/assistant...