Fabio Minazzi: 

On Epistemology, Objectivity and Axiological Neutrality in Science 

This book seeks to critically overcome the traditional dichotomy introduced by the empiricist tradition between knowledge and values. To do so, it refers to the composite tradition of European critical rationalism inaugurated by Kant and matured with the lesson of Husserl's phenomenology.
The book illustrates a normativist and transcendentalist conception of knowledge, showing its value
as well as its limits. The book is addressed to scholars, teachers and people interested in developing a new image of scientific knowledge without forgetting the role and importance of axiology for the life of all people.
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Fabio Minazzi: 

Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences  

Dans ce volume, pour la première fois, nous avons collecté de façon systématique et organique, une
série de documents théoriques et historiques, ainsi que des statuts, la liste des colloques et toutes les
publications,l’indication analytique de tous les membres de l’Académie, depuis sa fondation
jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Ce sont des informations prises dans plusieurs recherches menées aux archives de Bruxelles de cette institution, auxquelles est associée une documentation photographique de l’histoire de l’Académie. De cette façon, le lecteur et le chercheur intéressé disposent d’un instrument pour la connaissance analytique de l’histoire de cette Académie, qui se configure comme une contribution visant à ouvrir et favoriser de nouvelles recherches et de nouvelles études, qui, nous l’espérons, seront en mesure, dans un avenir proche, de mieux faire connaître et étudier l’histoire de cette prestigieuse académie
internationale; le but de cette institution coïncidant avec le défi de pouvoir faire dialoguer ouvertement les hommes et les femmes qui appartiennent aux différentes traditions conceptuelles et de pensée, afin de construire une société socratique du dialogue et d’une confrontation culturelle et théorétique plus sincère.  

Fabio Minazzi: 

Historical Epistemology and European Philosophy of Science

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the philosophy of science, with a focus on the 20th century European tradition. At first, it shows how the epistemological problem of the objectivity of knowledge and axiomatic knowledge have been previously addressed by transcendentalism, critical rationalism and hermeneutics. In turn, it analyses the axiological dimension of scientific research, moving from the traditional model of science and scientific methods to the construction of a new image of knowledge that draws on the philosophical tradition of the Milanese School. Using this historical-epistemological approach, the author rethinks the
Kantian transcendental, showing how it could be better integrated into the current philosophy of
science, to answer important questions such as the relationship between science and history,
scientific and social perspectives, and philosophy and technology, among others. Not only does this
book provide a comprehensive study of the evolution of European philosophy of science in the twentieth century, but it also offers a novel historical and epistemological approach that could be used to answer many pressing questions in contemporary societies.  

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Mauro Dorato: 

Science and Representative Democracy  

This enlarged English-language translation of Disinformazione Scientifica e Democrazia, Cortina, Milan, argues that the advancement of science depends on an exponential process of specialization, accompanied by the creation of technical languages that are less and less accessible to the general public. The book reveals how such a process must align with representative forms of democracies, in which knowledge and decision-making are pyramided in terms of the general interest. Despite being based on the principle of competence, the role of experts as mediators of scientific knowledge threatens the autonomy of the citizen and calls for new ways to increase the level of literacy about science and its philosophical and probabilistic foundations, thereby avoiding the risks of technocracies. Using an opposition between pluralism and conformism, Science and Representative Democracy reveals the obstacles to the functioning of both science and democracy.
Published in 2023  

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