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Auguste Nahas

@augustenahas.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Research in History and Philosophy of Biology. www.augustenahas.com

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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My new paper on this classic article is out! I argue that the core argument is mostly forgotten/misremembered, and that it in fact revolves around the two "methods of study" which the authors propose. Teleology and purpose find their place in science as part of the "behavioral method of study"
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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The brilliant Suilin Lavelle (Edinburgh) wrote a very kind and thorough review of my book (see below). #HPS #philsci #metascience #psychology #STS
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Operationism in psychology: an epistemology of exploration by Uljana Feest, 2025, The University of Chicago Press
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Reminder: the entire NSF budget is 9B and NIH like 47B. And they have 500B that they don’t know how to spend.
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David Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My paper, "The problem of explaining shifting targets," has been accepted for publication in European Journal for Philosophy of Science. The preprint is currently available on PhilSci-Archive (final version to follow when its online): philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28211/
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The Problem of Explaining Shifting Targets - PhilSci-Archive
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Congratulations Edoardo!! 🎉🥳
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 11/02/2026
AI simply cannot stand in front of a classroom, gesticulating wildly and writing semi-illegibly on chalkboards, both of which are key to building rapport and convincing your students you are worth learning from
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 29/01/2026
I'm touched by the incredibly generous assessments that some of the first readers of "The Organism-Environment Pairing" (@mitpress.bsky.social) have offered! I'm excited to exchange ideas with everyone once the book is published in May! 📗 mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #HPbio #HPS #evosky #philsky
Screenshot of a webpage displaying endorsement quotes for the book "The Organism–Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal" (MIT Press) by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda.

"This long-overdue history and philosophy of the 'environment' concept illuminates how biology thinks about one of its most fundamental ideas. A rewarding, eye-opening read for historians, philosophers, and scientists alike."
--Tobias Uller, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Lund University; coauthor of Evolution Evolving and Evolutionary Causation

"A formidable achievement, massive in scope, meticulously researched, densely argued, and timely. Fábregas-Tejeda's book is the definitive work on the history of thinking about the complex relation between organism and environment."
--Denis Walsh, Professor, University of Toronto; author of Organisms, Agency, and Evolution

"Fábregas-Tejeda's discerning analysis brings much-needed conceptual clarity to the enigmatic yet essential subject of biology--the organism-environment relationship. A lively, engaging book that will inform practicing biologists as well as philosophers and historians of science."
--Sonia E. Sultan, Alan M. Dachs Professor of Science, Wesleyan University; author of Organism and Environment

"A tour de force of integrated history and philosophy of biology. With impressive breadth and conceptual clarity, this outstanding monograph reshapes how we think about organisms, environments, and their entanglements."
--Daniel J. Nicholson, Assistant Professor, George Mason University; author of What Is Life? Revisited
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s been a while since I read a non-fiction book so quickly cover to cover. Incredibly accessible and philosophically rich. A must read!
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This short book by @djnicholson.bsky.social is extraordinarily good for understanding not just the genesis, message and myths of Schrödinger's book but also why molecular biology developed in the way it did (and what's problematic about that). www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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What Is Life? Revisited
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - What Is Life? Revisited
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 30/12/2025
📢 @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off 📙 preorders from today through January 1st. You can get The Organism–Environment Pairing at a discount! Many thanks for supporting @mitpress.bsky.social—we need university presses now more than ever! 👇 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-organi... #HPS #philsky 📚💙
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The Organism-Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal|Paperback
A historical and philosophical exploration of the organism-environment relationship and its role in shaping biological thought.In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environm...
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Gemma @historygem.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I have a question for all those who have done a PhD. If you weren’t in an academic institution, how did you write your research proposal? I’m struggling with how to access the texts I need #history #historyphd #phd #academicchatter
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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Congratulations to former MCPS postdoc Max Dresow for two recent publications. With Alan Love @thebjps.bsky.social - The Interdisciplinary Entanglement of Characterization and Explanation. And in @universitypress.cambridge.org -
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Punctuated equilibria in the 1970s: Stephen Jay Gould between biological improvement and irreducible hierarchy | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Punctuated equilibria in the 1970s: Stephen Jay Gould between biological improvement and irreducible hierarchy
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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
New on the Archive: Ramsey, Grant (2026) Much ado about ‘n’othing. [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27701
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 18/12/2025
I am generally more pro-AI than the median opinion on this website, but having a publisher post AI generated summaries of research papers without any human verification seems like an exceptionally bad idea. Hallucination is rarer now than it used to be, but it's not gone.
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social! #philsci #HPbio #HPS
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The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
You can still register for today's talk in our lecture series! rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New paper in @philscijournal.bsky.social! Sacha Ferrari, Wouter Lammers & Sylvia Wenmackers built an agent-based model to explore how the structure of scientific #networks shapes the public uptake of science—especially under uncertainty & affinity bias👇 doi.org/10.1017/psa.... #philsci #philsky #HPS
Screenshot of the first page of a Philosophy of Science article titled “How the Structure of Scientific Communities Could Affect the Public Uptake of Uncertain Science.” Authors: Sacha Ferrari, Wouter Lammers, and Sylvia Wenmackers. Affiliations: Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science and Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. The page includes journal branding from the Philosophy of Science Association and publication details (2025, DOI: 10.1017/psa.2025.11).
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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
An awesome hybrid conference on the legacies of Richard Lewontin is coming to Toronto. Elliott Sober is the keynote! "Dialectical Biology Today" runs from October 10-12. Learn more and register below! #philbio 🐋🌱 @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Congratulations Alejandro!!
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Longshot but, does anyone know where I can find the original version of this photograph of Norbert Wiener, Arturo Rosenblueth, and Julian Bigelow? I assumed this would be from a Macy Conference (with Mead behind Rosenblueth?), though I'm confused by the white coats #histsci #histstm #histtech #hps
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Free download for two weeks
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Explanation in Biology
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Explanation in Biology
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
As I say in the acknowledgements, I’m so grateful to everyone who contributed to this in ways big and small. Special thanks to @afabregastejeda.bsky.social who went far above the call of duty by carefully reading and commenting on the entire thing!
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Back on social media after a long hiatus! Been a little busy ;) Just submitted this, defence will be mid November!
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 16/09/2024
I'm thrilled to share my latest article at the EJPS! I assess the potential & limitations of aligning notions of 'research environments' with biological concepts of environment to try to grasp the socio-material contexts in & through which science happens 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
Image with the title and article information of "Research environments vis-à-vis biological environments: ontological parallels, epistemic parallax, and metaphilosophical parallelization" by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda, published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science.
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
I was so happy to be invited to contribute to this! It’s the most historical piece I’ve written to date, on the largely forgotten prehistory of the cybernetic account of teleology. Can’t wait to read the other chapters. Thank you to Alejandro and the other edits for their amazing and fast work!
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Extinct blog @extinctblog.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
Well that took forever. But I finally finished my three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria. In Part 3: why did Gould change his mind about key features of evolution around 1977? Read to find out: www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2023...
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Equilibrium, Disrupted — Extinct
In which Max finally completes his three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria, and asks why Gould changed his mind about key features of evolution around 1977
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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
"We get this instinct that true science must start from a firm foundation. Time and again, that's what I see NOT happening in the practice of science. We start from where we stand. The foundation is never indubitable, the foundation is provisional." Hasok Chang in our latest ep. Out Now! #PhiSci 🧪
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S2 Ep 11 - Hasok Chang on Epistemic Iteration - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philos...
Our very special guest today is Hasok Chang. Hasok is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and his research focuses on 'taking the most obvious items of scient...
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Janella @janellabaxter.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
Hot off the presses: The latest Minnesota Studies volume edited by myself, William Bausman, and Oliver Lean! cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica...
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David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
Very excited that my long-time collaborator & friend @charbelelhani.bsky.social found his way to Bluesky. Follow him for an exciting mix of philosophy of biology, science education, pragmatism, ethnobiology, and intercultural philosophy :)
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Huge congratulations to Dr. Alejandro, who never ceases to be a source of inspiration and support for many of us!!
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
I finally found time this afternoon to take a good look at Greg Radick’s Disputed Inheritance. What a magnificent book. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Disputed Inheritance
A root-and-branch rethinking of how history has shaped the science of genetics. In 1900, almost no one had heard of Gregor Mendel. Ten years later, he was famous as the father of a new science of here...
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
#FossilFriday here's an amazingly intact, vertically preserved tree trunk from Pennsylvanian Carboniferous of Cape Breton. I believe it's a Lycopsid, but correct me. Almost feels like walking into a forest c. 315 million yrs ago. Time is preserved in so many different ways in stratigraphic record⏳⚒️
A woman pointing excitedly to a large fossil tree trunk emerging from the cliffs behind her.Close up of fossil tree trunk emerging from cliff.
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
Join us this Thursday for the next talk in the ROTO lecture series! Alkistis Elliott-Graves (Bielefeld University) will discuss the epistemic success criteria of "applied predictions" in ecological research. Please register in this link 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Very glad to have contributed to this wonderful volume on New Perspectives on Classical German Philosophy with Andrea Gambarotto!
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Life, Organisms, and Human Nature
The book focuses on Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Humboldt and the Romantics and explores their key concepts for theorizing the natural realm.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
📣Excited to welcome the flagship organization for #philsci the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) to Bsky! 📣 @philsci.bsky.social Follow them for updates about philosophy of science, PSA conferences, & their many initiatives. www.philsci.org/what_we_do.php #histsci #metasci 🧪#edusky #philsky
PSA's Bsky profile screenshot
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Sometimes #writing feels like the fast flow of a stream rushing through; you joyously swoop and catch the words before they slip past. Other times it is a geological labour, an accretionary gravel lag where you must take pick and place every pebble from out of the grit.
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Hi, Bluesky!👋 We are ROTO or "The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical and Social Dimensions" research group at Ruhr University Bochum! Our work spans #philsci #philbio #histbio #histSTM #evobio & #philosophyofmedicine 👇 rotorub.wordpress.com We are excited to connect!
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
This sound like a fantastic new. paper from Miguel! Congratulations :)
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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Only 2 more days until Season 2 starts with a bang! An awesome ep with the fab @rachelankeny.bsky.social discussing scientific change and research repertoires #philsci #histsci #sts
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
A Bluesky quick primer 🧵 for recent arrivals: 1. check default settings -- they set to min threshold likes before see in feed-- can change to show all.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Welcome Josh! @josheisenthal.bsky.social He's a historian & philosopher of science-esp physics working on Einstein Papers @ Caltech Primer bsky.app/profile/alis... Follow Philosophy of Science Feed picks up #philsci bsky.app/profile/did:... History of Science #histsci bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
Great book! Great thread!
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