Milena Ivanova
@milenaivanova.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Newnham College
Thinks about science, beauty, AI and creativity
milenaivanova.co.uk
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Newnham College
Thinks about science, beauty, AI and creativity
milenaivanova.co.uk
New paper with my colleague Aisha Sobey on Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps.
philpapers.org/rec/IVACEO
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Milena Ivanova & Aisha Sobey, Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps - PhilPapers
AI-powered healthcare promises to solve current problems, offering more efficient, unbiased and accurate care to users. This chapter seeks to ground the promises of AI discourses within concerns of ep...
philpapers.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New paper with my colleague Aisha Sobey on Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps.
philpapers.org/rec/IVACEO
philpapers.org/rec/IVACEO
Duhem and Holism turns 4 years old www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...
#experiments #confirmation #valuesinscience #pierreduhem #philsci #philsky #Philosophy
#experiments #confirmation #valuesinscience #pierreduhem #philsci #philsky #Philosophy
Duhem and Holism
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Duhem and Holism
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July 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Duhem and Holism turns 4 years old www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...
#experiments #confirmation #valuesinscience #pierreduhem #philsci #philsky #Philosophy
#experiments #confirmation #valuesinscience #pierreduhem #philsci #philsky #Philosophy
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June 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.
June 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.
As I write my book exploring whether scientific experimentation can be automated, I once again come back to Duhem's good sense, about 20 years since I wrote my dissertation on it, later to evolve into my first journal article and eventually this book.
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Duhem and Holism
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Duhem and Holism
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June 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As I write my book exploring whether scientific experimentation can be automated, I once again come back to Duhem's good sense, about 20 years since I wrote my dissertation on it, later to evolve into my first journal article and eventually this book.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
My new piece 'Energy, Ethics & Sustainability: Towards an Integrated Environmental AI Ethics' is out and available to read here
#AI #EnvironmentalEthics #Sustainabilty #Climate
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#AI #EnvironmentalEthics #Sustainabilty #Climate
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Energy, Ethics & Sustainability: Towards an Integrated Environmental AI Ethics
Concern about climate change is ever-growing with Artificial Technologies often being touted as the potential ‘saviour’ to many of the Earth’s envi
newn.cam.ac.uk
May 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My new piece 'Energy, Ethics & Sustainability: Towards an Integrated Environmental AI Ethics' is out and available to read here
#AI #EnvironmentalEthics #Sustainabilty #Climate
newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news...
#AI #EnvironmentalEthics #Sustainabilty #Climate
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Fantastic paper which captures so much of what I have also found deeply problematic behind the misplaced narratives on the promises of GenAI in education. Absolute must read.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fantastic paper which captures so much of what I have also found deeply problematic behind the misplaced narratives on the promises of GenAI in education. Absolute must read.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By drawing on moralism debate in philosophy of art and the argument from the imaginative resistance, I offer conditions under which we can find value in AI generated art, despite our moral objections to AI.
#SpringerNature #AI #Art #Philosophy #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SpringerNature #AI #Art #Philosophy #AIEthics
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AI, art and morality - AI and Ethics
After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...
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May 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
By drawing on moralism debate in philosophy of art and the argument from the imaginative resistance, I offer conditions under which we can find value in AI generated art, despite our moral objections to AI.
#SpringerNature #AI #Art #Philosophy #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SpringerNature #AI #Art #Philosophy #AIEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excited to see more #PhilSci scholars employing diverse methodologies in their work. To that end, in our paper we used qualitative data analysis to understand the role of surprise in science.
#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Surprise in Science: A qualitative study - Erkenntnis
A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...
link.springer.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Excited to see more #PhilSci scholars employing diverse methodologies in their work. To that end, in our paper we used qualitative data analysis to understand the role of surprise in science.
#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Is #AIart really art? The end of art? Bad art? I explore how artistic exploitation, data bias and environmental cost can prevent us from engaging with AI art. Yet, I argue that artists can employ this immorality well, helping us overcome our imaginative resistance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
AI, art and morality - AI and Ethics
After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...
link.springer.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is #AIart really art? The end of art? Bad art? I explore how artistic exploitation, data bias and environmental cost can prevent us from engaging with AI art. Yet, I argue that artists can employ this immorality well, helping us overcome our imaginative resistance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy Earth Day 💚 Today is a good opportunity for us all to pause and think about our relationship to nature, new technologies and the future of our planet. I hope you enjoy this piece, I tried to be optimistic. #earthday2025 #AI #AIethics
In honour of Earth Day, our Teaching Associate Milena Ivanova has written her "Reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day", highlighting ecofeminism and virtue ethics as AI development and deployment increase. www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
Reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day - LCFI
Nearly forty years ago three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey published an article that would change the global mood forever. What Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin had disc...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Earth Day 💚 Today is a good opportunity for us all to pause and think about our relationship to nature, new technologies and the future of our planet. I hope you enjoy this piece, I tried to be optimistic. #earthday2025 #AI #AIethics
What could providing students with knowledge and skills to support climate justice look like in the context of AI development and deployment? Read my reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day #AI #Earthday @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
Reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day - LCFI
Nearly forty years ago three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey published an article that would change the global mood forever. What Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin had disc...
www.lcfi.ac.uk
April 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What could providing students with knowledge and skills to support climate justice look like in the context of AI development and deployment? Read my reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day #AI #Earthday @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
Should environmental interests feature in the development and deployment of #AI ? Can feminism inform our answers to this question? At the Rosalind Franklin Women in STEM Conference I look into what a promising Integrated Environmental AI Ethics could look like 💚@newnhamcollege.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Should environmental interests feature in the development and deployment of #AI ? Can feminism inform our answers to this question? At the Rosalind Franklin Women in STEM Conference I look into what a promising Integrated Environmental AI Ethics could look like 💚@newnhamcollege.bsky.social
Excited to go back to my HPS roots with this new Unit I designed on all things Henri Poincare! From conventionalism, structuralism, values in science, creativity, aesthetics, he continues to be my biggest inspiration and I can't wait to teach this course in the Fall www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/under...
Undergraduate awards: Certificate in Philosophy: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind and Political Philosophy | Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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April 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excited to go back to my HPS roots with this new Unit I designed on all things Henri Poincare! From conventionalism, structuralism, values in science, creativity, aesthetics, he continues to be my biggest inspiration and I can't wait to teach this course in the Fall www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/under...
So honored that my work was mentioned on ABC National in Australia! AoS comes in around 7:30min 💗 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/live-event-what-use-is-philo[…]LvjMSm0NpkvlQ2yU9gMvdHJ7EinEz6DoBm_aem_Vljmf5iPfWV2YrzZxO2k7A
April 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
So honored that my work was mentioned on ABC National in Australia! AoS comes in around 7:30min 💗 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
I really loved making this book with the wonderful @srdfrench.bsky.social and am so happy others value it. So grateful to Chiara Ambrosio for writing this review, which bring me to tears every time I read it (and I do read it often enough in my impostur moments).
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Milena Ivanova and Steven French, The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-032-33718-0. £110.00 (hardback). | The British Journal f...
Milena Ivanova and Steven French, The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-032-33718-0. £110.00 (hardback). - Volume 57 Issue 1
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April 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I really loved making this book with the wonderful @srdfrench.bsky.social and am so happy others value it. So grateful to Chiara Ambrosio for writing this review, which bring me to tears every time I read it (and I do read it often enough in my impostur moments).
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I am thrilled to be part of the Rosalind Franklin STEM Conference at Newnham College dedicated to the question: What’s next for Green Energy?
In my talk 'Energy, ethics and sustainability' I will be exploring the ecological cost of AI and present a new integrated approach to environmental AI ethics.
In my talk 'Energy, ethics and sustainability' I will be exploring the ecological cost of AI and present a new integrated approach to environmental AI ethics.
April 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am thrilled to be part of the Rosalind Franklin STEM Conference at Newnham College dedicated to the question: What’s next for Green Energy?
In my talk 'Energy, ethics and sustainability' I will be exploring the ecological cost of AI and present a new integrated approach to environmental AI ethics.
In my talk 'Energy, ethics and sustainability' I will be exploring the ecological cost of AI and present a new integrated approach to environmental AI ethics.
I will be keynote at the Open Minds Conference at the University of Manchester, an event supporting Masters and PhD students in all areas of philosophy in their academic journey. Please consider participating and spread the word.
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philevents.org/event/show/1...
Open Minds XVIII
Open Minds XVIII
The eighteenth annual philosophy conference for postgraduate students in philosophy
organized by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester
Event date and loc...
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March 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I will be keynote at the Open Minds Conference at the University of Manchester, an event supporting Masters and PhD students in all areas of philosophy in their academic journey. Please consider participating and spread the word.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
I am very excited to be keynote speaker for this amazing conference on The Role of Technology in Illustration, the call for papers is still open for those interested in participating in this debate with a diverse range of practitioners
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
Research Symposium | Artistic Research Studio
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March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I am very excited to be keynote speaker for this amazing conference on The Role of Technology in Illustration, the call for papers is still open for those interested in participating in this debate with a diverse range of practitioners
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
I am so sad to hear that Micheal Friedman has passed away. It is hard to put into words how much impact he made on our field. His Dynamics of Reason inspired my PhD thesis, which he later examined, offering invaluable guidance. He led with so much kindness and generosity, great loss for our field.
I regret to information the Bluesky philosophy community that Michael Friedman, noted philosopher of science and ground-breaking historian of Kant, neo-Kantianism, and logical positivism has died. May his memory be a blessing. #philsci
March 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am so sad to hear that Micheal Friedman has passed away. It is hard to put into words how much impact he made on our field. His Dynamics of Reason inspired my PhD thesis, which he later examined, offering invaluable guidance. He led with so much kindness and generosity, great loss for our field.
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1 woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the uk.
1 in 9 girls under the age of 18 will or have experienced sexual assault or abuse.
Girls age 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape/attempted rape.
Violence against women and girls has risen 37% since 2018.
1 in 9 girls under the age of 18 will or have experienced sexual assault or abuse.
Girls age 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape/attempted rape.
Violence against women and girls has risen 37% since 2018.
March 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1 woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the uk.
1 in 9 girls under the age of 18 will or have experienced sexual assault or abuse.
Girls age 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape/attempted rape.
Violence against women and girls has risen 37% since 2018.
1 in 9 girls under the age of 18 will or have experienced sexual assault or abuse.
Girls age 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape/attempted rape.
Violence against women and girls has risen 37% since 2018.
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There are many ways to study rocks up-close! 🔬💎 These thin section drawings and images are of feldspar-pyroxene xenoliths, brought up from beneath Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, by erupted basalts🌋 #ThinSectionTuesday #Petrology
February 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
So beautiful 💗
What is the role of surprise in science? In this paper we offer the first empirical analysis of surprise drawing from interviews with 215 scientists and show that surprise is often experienced as an aesthetic response, framing its properties, triggers and outcomes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Surprise in Science: A qualitative study - Erkenntnis
A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...
link.springer.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
What is the role of surprise in science? In this paper we offer the first empirical analysis of surprise drawing from interviews with 215 scientists and show that surprise is often experienced as an aesthetic response, framing its properties, triggers and outcomes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...