Vanessa A. Seifert
Philosophy of Chemistry_ Philosophy of Science
As though there has never been a time when the only comfort lay in the impossibility of forever
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I am the PI of the project PExAI (greek for 'play' but acronym of "Predicting and Explaining with AI"!) and a former Marie Curie fellow (project CReaCaL).
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Im based at the University of Athens but Im also a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol.
My research initially revolved around chemistry's relation to quantum physics and has now extended to wider issues including scientific realism, metaphysics of chemistry (i.e. laws, causation and natural kinds), and- more recently- the philosophy of AI. My general approach is to investigate standard issues in the philosophy of science from the perspective of chemistry. Here are all my publications​.
Im also engaged in public writing: I've co-created Jargonium.com and Im the writer of the column 'Thought Experiments' in Chemistry World magazine. These articles, together with interviews and recorded talks, can be found here.
My background is in Chemical Engineering (National Technical University of Athens). I hold an MSc in Philosophy of Science (LSE) and completed my PhD at the University of Bristol under the supervision of James Ladyman. Here is my cv.