Affiliation:

Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University of Turin

Topics of interest:

Philosophy of the environment, Philosophy of Biology

Biography:

Elena Casetta is associate professor at the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Turin (Italy), where she teaches Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Biology. Trained in theoretical philosophy, she then specialized in philosophy of biology at the IHPST (Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques), CNRS/Paris 1/ENS Paris and at the Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where she was the PI of the BIODECON Project. She works mainly in environmental philosophy, with a focus on philosophy of biodiversity and conservation sciences.

Recent works:

2025, Philosophy of the Environment. An Introduction. London – New York, Routledge, ISBN 9781032766874 (Eng. Transl. of E. Casetta, Filosofia dell’ambiente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023).

2023, E. Casetta, “Climate Change and Nature Conservation”, in G. Pellegrino & M. Di Paola, eds., Handbook of Philosophy of Climate Change. Handbooks in Philosophy. Cham, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16960-2_151-1.

2023, E. Casetta, “Has Climate Change Ended Nature?”, in T. Andina & F. Corvino, eds., Climate Change and Global Distributive Justice, Bristol, E-International Relations, pp. 83-100.

2022, E. Casetta & L. Tambolo, “Negazionismo ambientale e morte dell’expertise”, Paradigmi 40/2: 245-264.

2021, E. Casetta, “La biodiversité : construction social ou concept scientifique ?”, in E. Mermans & A.C. Dussault, dir., Prote?ger l’environnement. De la science a? l’action, Paris, Les Edition Materiologiques, pp. 53-81.

2021, E. Casetta & D. Vecchi, “Species are, at the same time, kinds and individuals. A causal argument based on an empirical approach to species identity”, Synthese 198 (Suppl 12): 3007–3025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02199-5

2020, E. Casetta, “Preformation vs. Epigenesis: inspiration and haunting within and outside contemporary philosophy of biology”, Rivista di Estetica 74: 119-139.

2020, E. Casetta, “Making sense of nature conservation after the end of nature”, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 42: art. no. 18, on-line publication first: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-020-00312-3.

2019, A. Borghini & E. Casetta, Brill’s Companion to the Philosophy of Biology. Entities, Processes, Implications, Leiden-Boston, Brill, ISBN: 978-90-04-40016-0, https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004400160 (Eng. Transl. of Filosofia della biologia, con una prefazione di A. Minelli, Roma, Carocci, ISBN: 9788843069514).

2019, E. Casetta, J. Marques da Silva, D. Vecchi, eds., From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity – Conceptual and Practical Challenges, Cham, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-10991-2.