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Massimiliano Simons

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Assistant Prof. in Philosophy of Technology Maastricht University, fascinated by #synbio, #experimentation, #historicalepistemology, #HOPOS, #HOPOT, #sciencefiction and #conspiracytheory - he/him

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Massimiliano Simons

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I will be at this great conference in Brussels on Arendt and philosophy of technology for the next few days #philtech

ethu.research.vub.be/conference-c...

Poster of conference on 'coming to terms with technology'

October 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Fons Dewulf in action at #epsa25, arguing for the use of constitutive a priori for thinking about historiography #epsa2025 @epsaphilsci.bsky.social

August 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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In the session right now, she is doing great #epsa25

August 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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It looks like the perfect day to read this ☀️

Book cover of Solar Politics by Oxana Timofeeva

August 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM

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July 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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There actually was a picture of me after all! #spt2025

June 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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Up next is keynote at #spt2025 by Robert Rosenberger on Sartre's letter opener and the hard problem in the philosophy of technology

June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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Continuing #spt2025 with session on maintenance and #philtech, starting with Mark Thomas Young on Artifact metabolisms: the material flows of an iphone

June 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Another Simondon talk at #spt2025! Luuk Stellinga uses Simondon to criticize the instrumentalism of humane AI

June 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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#spt2025 continues, now panel on instrumentalism, starting with Johannes Schick on 'technology' as a category (with Durkheim, Mauss, and Hubert) #philtech

June 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Final #spt2025 session of the day, starting with @ethicistforhire.bsky.social on #philtech and movies!

June 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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Next keynote at #spt2025 is @shannonvallor.bsky.social on 'de-coding humanity' #philtech

June 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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Final talk of the #spt2025 is on the usefulness of the concept of technoscience - and Gilbert Hottois of course appears!

June 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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The panel continues with the Delft empirical philosophy cluster on their empirical study of empirical philosophy #spt2025 #philtech

June 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Next at #spt2025, mixed panel in #philtech: Tijs Vandemeulebroucke on how philosophy of technology is always grounded in extractivism

June 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Session of #SPT2025 on Nelson Goodman, ways of worldmaking, and #philtech - opening by Alfred Nordmann

June 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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Currently in a session of #SPT2025 on intercultural #philtech: what is it? What does it do? What needs to be done? @esdit.bsky.social

June 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Massimiliano Simons

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Opening keynote by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social at the #spt2025 conference on 'intimiteit technologies' #philtech

June 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM

Massimiliano Simons

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This week there is a great conference on Bruno Latour as a philosopher in Paris! I will give a talk on anthropology of science, critique and the Latour-Serres connection.

See the full program here
lier-fyt.ehess.fr/evenement/le...

#philsci