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My research focuses on philosophy of biology. I am currently working on the epistemology of biological possibility, the role of biological stochasticity and historical contingency in development and evolution.
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News
A new preprint of a chapter from a collective book on contingency, written with Francesca Merlin, is now available.
Merlin F., Casali M., (forthcoming), Replaying life's developmental tape, In McConwell A, Millstein RL, Dietrich MR, Beatty J, Contingency Across the Life Sciences: How Accidents Can Be Consequential, Chicago
University Press.
Merlin F., Casali M., (forthcoming), Replaying life's developmental tape, In McConwell A, Millstein RL, Dietrich MR, Beatty J, Contingency Across the Life Sciences: How Accidents Can Be Consequential, Chicago
University Press.
A new review is now live — on a wonderful book about modeling the possible!
Casali M., (2026), The modal turn in scientific modelling: exploring possibility across the sciences, Knuuttila, Grüne-Yanoff T., Koskinen, Wirling Y. (eds.), Modeling the possible: perspectives from philosophy of science. London/Routledge, 2025, 296.
Here the Metascience journal page
Casali M., (2026), The modal turn in scientific modelling: exploring possibility across the sciences, Knuuttila, Grüne-Yanoff T., Koskinen, Wirling Y. (eds.), Modeling the possible: perspectives from philosophy of science. London/Routledge, 2025, 296.
Here the Metascience journal page
New published paper
Check it out!
Casali M., Merlin F., Vianelli A., (2025), Dissecting Stochasticity in Translation: Time in Start Codon Selection as a Case-Study, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology 17(2): 6.
Check it out!
Casali M., Merlin F., Vianelli A., (2025), Dissecting Stochasticity in Translation: Time in Start Codon Selection as a Case-Study, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology 17(2): 6.
I won the Poster and Flash Talk Prize at the Porto 2025 ISHPSSB conference for my poster Replaying life's developmental tape. Here is the full video.
To watch the high-definition video, follow the YouTube link.
To watch the high-definition video, follow the YouTube link.
The prize challenged participants to explain their research project—presented as a poster at ISH 2025—in one entertaining minute.
New edited Volumes
Casali M., Michon M., Pence C., Eds., (2024), Vagueness in Sciences, special issue, Lato Sensu Journal.
Casali M., Michon M., Pence C., Eds., (2024), Vagueness in Sciences, special issue, Lato Sensu Journal.
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This website contains summaries and publications of past work, and descriptions of work in progress. There is also a section devoted to illustration, since drawing helps me narrate the adventures and misadventures of pursuing a career in the humanities.
