Stefano Furlan
Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (2022–2024)
After classical studies and a degree in physics, Stefano Furlan specialized in theoretical physics with specific focus on the notion of minimal length in nature and its interplay with quantization in the context of quantum gravity. In order to integrate his styles of thought and competences, he is currently pursuing a PhD at Geneva University under the supervision of Christian Wüthrich and the co-supervision, in Berlin, of Alexander Blum, whose group (Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program) he joined in April 2019 to investigate issues at the intersections of physics, mathematics, and history and philosophy of science, with reference to analogical and visual practices in such domains.
Projects
Dirac, Wheeler, and Quantum Gravity in the 1950s–60s
Selected Publications
Furlan, Stefano (2025). “Sotto il segno di Clio: l´epistemologia storica e John Wheeler.”. In Storia e filosofia della scienza: tradizioni storiografiche e prospettive epistemologiche, ed. S. Caianiello, D. Generali, and F. Minazzi, 303–330. Roma:…
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Furlan, Stefano and Rocco Gaudenzi (2025). “John Wheeler, a Seeker in the Atomic Age.”. In Divined Explanations: The Theological and Philosophical Context for the Development of the Sciences (1600–2000), ed. P. Allen and F. Marcacci, 286–315. Leiden…
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Furlan, Stefano and Rocco Gaudenzi (2025). “L´unità incrinata: Heisenberg tra Goethe, pensiero greco e Weltformel.”. In Storia e filosofia della scienza: tradizioni storiografiche e prospettive epistemologiche, ed. S. Caianiello, D. Generali, and F…
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Furlan, Stefano (2024). “The Smile of Mnemosyne: John Wheeler Between the History of Science and Arts.” Scientia 2 (1): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.61010/2974-9433-202301-004.
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Past Events
Seminar
John Wheeler between Cold Matter and Frozen Stars: The Road Towards Black Holes
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