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Department of History and Philosophy of Science

 

PhD student

Dissertation Title: A Bridge Between Approximation and Truth 
 
Supervisor: Hasok Chang Advisor: Tim Lewens 
College: Newnham (AHRC & Newnham College Scholarship)
 
Teaching (Supervisions)
 
Part II Paper 5: Epistemology and Metaphysics of Science (2024/2025, 2025/2026) 
Part II Paper 6: Ethical Issues in Psychiatry (2023/2024, 2024/2025) 
 
Publications 
 
Esposito E., Hofmann D., Coloni C., (2024). CAN A PREDICTED FUTURE STILL BE AN OPEN FUTURE? ALGORITHMIC FORECASTS AND ACTIONABILITY IN PRECISION MEDICINE, History and Theory, 63 (1), p. 4–24
 
Coloni C., (2026). The need for truth-in-practice, PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (forthcoming) 
 
Selected talks
 
«Truth and its approximations: A dynamic relationship», East European Network for Philosophy of Science (Kraków), 2024
«Three Problems for a Simple Picture of Approximation», BSPS (Glasgow), 2025
«Truthlikeness, Approximate Truth and the Problem of Informativeness», EPSA (Groningen), 2025 [Symposium]
 
Other roles 
 
Co-organizer of the online workshop  'Philosophy of Science in Practice — in practice' (here you can find a report of the event: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/Et71m6wUBR3wMy90?ref=email&loc=play)
Co-convenor of the OX-CAM-LON Philosophy of Medicine Society (Oxford, Cambridge, London) 
MCR Speaker Series Officer (Newnham)
 
Previous Experience
 
BA Philosophy (University of Bologna) 
MA Philosophical Sciences (University of Bologna) — Erasmus Project (LMU Munich), Visiting Research Stay (Bielefeld University)
 
University of Bielefeld, Student Assistant within the ERC Project 'PREDICT, The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast in Insurance, Medicine and Policing' (Grant 833749)