Maria Chiara Parisi

I am a history of ideas researcher using qualitative, quantitative and computational methods to promote large-scale, evidence-based, interpretive research as well as a better integration of these methods in research agendas and policies. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Logic, Language and Computation and Department of Philosophy at University of Amsterdam and I am a member of the Concepts in Motion group led by Prof. Arianna Betti.

Interests

• Data-driven History of Ideas
• Ancient Philosophy, specifically Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science
• History of Axiomatics
• Methodology of the History of Philosophical Ideas
• Digital Humanities
• Digital Classics

Experience

• Visiting Ph.D. Student,  Department of Philosophy, New York University

  Jan-Mar 2024
  Mathematics & Scientific Explanation in Antiquity: A ‘Slow Science’ and ‘Big Data’ Study. Supervisor: Prof. Marko Malink

  In my visit at NYU, I work the role of common notions and axioms as scientific principles in ancient philosophy. As in the rest of my PhD project, I combine philosophical analysis with computational methods for text-mining.

  Supervisor: Prof. Marko Malink

• Ph.D. Candidate,  ILLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Sep 2021 - Ongoing
  Mathematics & Scientific Explanation in Antiquity: A ‘Slow Science’ and ‘Big Data’ Study

  In my PhD project, I work on reconstructing the role of mathematics as an explanatory science, from the viewpoint of axiomatics. I trace relevant concepts from metaphysics, philosophy of science and of mathematics, e.g. demonstration, principle, and mathematical object, from Aristotle to late ancient Neoplatonism.

  I combine philosophical and conceptual analysis (e.g. modelling of concepts) with quantitative and computational techniques (e.g. expanded term-search, extraction and annotation of paragraphs) on a 'big-data' ancient Greek corpus.

  Supervisors: Prof. Arianna Betti (UvA) and Prof. Marije Martijn (VU Amsterdam).

• Research Assistant,  ILLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
  NWO Vici project Ideas at Scale - Towards a Computational History of Ideas (e-Ideas)
• Research Assistant,  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Feb - Apr 2021
  A case study in digital history of philosophy (CLUE+ project)
• Research Assistant ,  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Oct - Dec 2020
  A Digital History of Ideas (CLUE+ project)

Education

• Master of Arts (MA),  Universiteit van Amsterdam

  2017 - 2019
  Philosophy (research)

  Supervisor: Prof. Arianna Betti

• Bachelor of Arts (BA),  Sapienza Università di Roma

  2013 - 2016
  Philosophy

  Supervisor: Prof. Tito Magri