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Federica Rocky Bocchi
@federicabocchi.bsky.social
Postdoc at HPS Section @ University of Copenhagen. Environmental philosophy & critical metrology.
Impressive unimpressive stone collector, wears weird hats.
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I will be celebrating World Philosophy Day this week by giving a talk in Copenhagen on the profound influence of Kierkegaard’s philosophy on Niels Bohr’s view on the nature of physical reality and the ideal of an open world in his 1950 letter to the UN. Part of this conference openworld.ku.dk/ow25/
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Always a pleasure to be back @alisabokulich.bsky.social
It was great to have @federicabocchi.bsky.social back in town from Copenhagen to workshop her project on ethical issues in open biodiversity data with the Phi-Geo group today. #philsci
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is happening tomorrow, Sunday October 19th!
October 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Excited our paper "Are We in a 6th Mass Extinction?" accepted in 2022 is now out @ BJPS! It began as UROP project w/ undergrad Gloria, expanded to a COVID lockdown project w/ Phi-Geo group, Sect 5 became kernel Federica's dissert & Sect 7 Aja's dissertation. Read ⬇️
doi.org/10.1086/722107
#HPS ⚒️
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
New paper alert!
My paper "Turning Biodiversity Data into Evidence" has been accepted in BioSocieties, as part of a collection on the making and shaping of #data_communities.

PREPRINT: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26871/
Turning Biodiversity Data into Evidence: The Role of Protocols in the Epistemology of Evidence-Based Conservation - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
October 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Call for Abstracts
#HPS of Biodiversity
April 30 — May 2, 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstracts of 200-500 words should be submitted through: tinyurl.com/hpsbio. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 7, 2025. Co-organized by @federicabocchi.bsky.social
Second HPS of Biodiversity Meeting
Use this form to submit your abstract
tinyurl.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My article “What to do about data distance? Responsible alternatives to data sharing” now in Harvard Data Science Review as commentary on Groth & Borgman’s feature conceptualising data distance - a stimulating debate which I am grateful to be part of hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c4t7vqmm... #philsci
What to Do About Data Distance? Responsible Alternatives to Data Sharing
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
May 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Italian readers: articolo intervista sul “lato umano della scienza” e la relazione tra #scienza e #filosofia, messo insieme da Sofia Belardinelli a Padova: ilbolive.unipd.it/it/news/scie... #philsci 🧪
Il lato umano della scienza: la ricerca come attività sociale | Il Bo Live UniPD
La scienza è neutrale? I dati sono solo una rappresentazione dei fatti? A queste questioni si dedica la ricerca di Sabina Leonelli, filosofa della scienza, a cui abbiamo posto alcune domande sulla nat...
ilbolive.unipd.it
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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This Friday Phi-Geo grad @leticiacastillo.bsky.social will be giving an invited lecture at Tufts University on "Hidden Narratives in Paleontology: Toward Ethical & Inclusive Practices". #philsci #STS #PhiGeo #philsky ⚒️
March 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thanks, @frabellazzi.bsky.social, for co-organizing a great multidisciplinary workshop on Scale and Measurement at the Center for Philosophy and the Sciences at the University of Oslo. Here's a picture from @beccajackson.bsky.social 's talk on the Apgar Score and "Construct Realization".
March 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In these uncertain times, this is something to look forward to.

I will present a brand new project, "When Adequacy is Inadequate: a Pragmatist Approach to Accurate Measurement Democratization," with Carlos Santana. »https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/pragmatism-and-measurement-2/
February 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I received some copies of my forthcoming book in the mail!
The official release date is March 11
#hps #philsci #psychology #metascience #sts
February 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am honored to have been invited to present “Quantifying the Biodiversity Crisis: measurement and scaling issues” at the ScaM workshop on scale and measurement at the University of Oslo. Drawing from a collaboration with @alisabokulich.bsky.social

Check it out: www.hf.uio.no/english/rese...
ScaM workshop: on scale and measurement in the sciences - Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS)
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.hf.uio.no
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I am excited to give a talk, "Democratizing Measurements for Environmental Justice," at the AAAS Meeting in Boston on Feb. 15th. I argue that "Science Shaping Tomorrow" must be participatory and democratic starting from the foundation: measurement.
Details:
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
February 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Another #HPS talk of interest at the upcoming AAAS meeting in Boston on Saturday, February 15, 2025 is "Democratizing Measurements for Environmental Justice" by
Federica Bocchi @federicabocchi.bsky.social , University of Copenhagen
#philsci #philsky
January 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thanks to all those who joined my talk at #PSA2024! Special thanks to my coauthor, Carlos Santana, and the other symposium presenters: Tina Heger, Melissa Charenko, Aja Watkins, and Karen Kovaka.
November 16, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Publication alert! My paper, "Biodiversity Skepticism and Measurement Practices," is now available in Biology & Philosophy open access. It's my first attempt to link measurement theory and conceptual engineering to the practices of measuring biodiversity.
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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Don't forget to check out the Underrepresented Philosophy of Sciences Scholars (UPSS) Session highlighting PSA's UPSS Mentoring Initiative this weekend at #PSA24 in NOLA #philsci
Congrats to PSA UPSS Session winners:
Ian Peebles (ASU)
Vanessa Schipani (UPENN)
@lidasara.bsky.social (UT - San Antonio), &
Banin Diar Sukmono (UC Irvine)! 🎉
Join us for UPSS session taking place on Saturday, November 16th from 1:15-3:15 p.m. in Studio 1 at PSA in NOLA
philsci.org/upss_biennia...
November 13, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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New Stanford Encyclopedia article out today, written by myself and Katharine Jenkins: Feminist Metaphysics plato.stanford.edu/entries/femi...
#philsky
Feminist Metaphysics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
November 8, 2024 at 12:14 PM
See you in NOLA!
Friday November 15
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Federica & Aja

"No Lineation without Representation:
Making Earth System Boundaries
Objective"
@federicabocchi.bsky.social & Carlos Santana

"Data and Evidence Practices in Paleoclimatology
@melissacharenko.bsky.social

"Evidence in Fire Science"
Aja Watkins
November 9, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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Good morning, #phisky, #philsci, #conservation, #envhum and 🌎
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/
Biodiversity Skepticism and Measurement Practices - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
November 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Congratulations to new #HPS AAAS Fellows, incl
Kevin Elliott, Michigan State Univ
Pnina Geraldine Abir-Am, Brandeis Uni
Kristine Harper, University of Copenhagen (pic)
who were inducted at 150th AAAS Fellows Gala in DC on Saturday Sept 21st.
Read more about AAAS Fellows:
www.aaas.org/fellows/2023...
September 24, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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Day 2 of #SPSP2024, the day of our symposium "Demanding Evidence and Addressing Justice at the Intersection of Health and Environmental Sciences"!
Co-organised with @federicabocchi.bsky.social, with great talks by Federica, Ariane Hanemaayer, and Helena Alves Pinto.
May 18, 2024 at 5:33 AM
My paper "Metrics in biodiversity conservation and the value-free ideal" is now available OA in Synthese.
Here's the link: rdcu.be/dF0sC
April 28, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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Excited that my former PhDs @federicabocchi.bsky.social & Aja Watkins also had their #PSA24 symposium session "From Data & Evidence to Policy & Action in the Environmental Sciences" accepted, with great talks by them, Karen Kovaca, Tina Heger & @melissacharenko.bsky.social, & Carlos Santana #philsci
March 1, 2024 at 4:20 PM