Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My 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" 1134
Reposted by Auguste NahasUljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The brilliant Suilin Lavelle (Edinburgh) wrote a very kind and thorough review of my book (see below). #HPS #philsci #metascience #psychology #STSlink.springer.comOperationism in psychology: an epistemology of exploration by Uljana Feest, 2025, The University of Chicago Press 0213
Reposted by Auguste NahasChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Reminder: the entire NSF budget is 9B and NIH like 47B. And they have 500B that they don’t know how to spend. 29255
Reposted by Auguste NahasDavid Colaço @davidcolaco.bsky.social · 17/02/2026My 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/philsci-archive.pitt.edu The Problem of Explaining Shifting Targets - PhilSci-Archive 1193
Reposted by Auguste NahasClaire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 11/02/2026AI 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 1124246
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 29/01/2026I'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 44811
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s been a while since I read a non-fiction book so quickly cover to cover. Incredibly accessible and philosophically rich. A must read! 031
Reposted by Auguste NahasPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14/01/2026This 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...cambridge.orgWhat Is Life? RevisitedCambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - What Is Life? Revisited 27821
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlejandro 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 📚💙barnesandnoble.comThe Organism-Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal|PaperbackA 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... 1277
Reposted by Auguste NahasGemma @historygem.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I 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 653
Reposted by Auguste NahasMinnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Congratulations 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 -buff.lyPunctuated equilibria in the 1970s: Stephen Jay Gould between biological improvement and irreducible hierarchy | Paleobiology | Cambridge CorePunctuated equilibria in the 1970s: Stephen Jay Gould between biological improvement and irreducible hierarchy 0175
Reposted by Auguste NahasPhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 03/01/2026New on the Archive: Ramsey, Grant (2026) Much ado about ‘n’othing. [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27701 073
Reposted by Auguste NahasKevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 18/12/2025I 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. 2193
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social! #philsci #HPbio #HPScambridge.orgThe Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge CoreThe Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation 1247
Reposted by Auguste NahasRUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 24/11/2025You can still register for today's talk in our lecture series! rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci 064
Reposted by Auguste NahasCentre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 20/10/2025New 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 1158
Reposted by Auguste NahasGreg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 19/09/2025An 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... 02411
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Longshot 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 3189
Reposted by Auguste NahasEdouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Free download for two weekscambridge.orgExplanation in BiologyCambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Explanation in Biology 29034
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/09/2024As 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! 170
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/09/2024Back on social media after a long hiatus! Been a little busy ;) Just submitted this, defence will be mid November! 3172
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 16/09/2024I'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 1247
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 11/03/2024I 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! 170
Reposted by Auguste NahasExtinct blog @extinctblog.bsky.social · 20/12/2023Well 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...extinctblog.orgEquilibrium, Disrupted — ExtinctIn 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 1149
Reposted by Auguste NahasThe 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 🧪thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.comS2 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... 07433
Reposted by Auguste NahasJanella @janellabaxter.bsky.social · 10/12/2023Hot off the presses: The latest Minnesota Studies volume edited by myself, William Bausman, and Oliver Lean! cla.umn.edu/mcps/publica... 1143
Reposted by Auguste NahasDavid Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Very 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 :) 1134
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Huge congratulations to Dr. Alejandro, who never ceases to be a source of inspiration and support for many of us!! 160
Reposted by Auguste NahasCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 17/11/2023I 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...press.uchicago.eduDisputed InheritanceA 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... 33712
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlisa 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⏳⚒️ 713025
Reposted by Auguste NahasRUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 13/11/2023Join 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 1179
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 14/11/2023Very glad to have contributed to this wonderful volume on New Perspectives on Classical German Philosophy with Andrea Gambarotto!link.springer.comLife, Organisms, and Human NatureThe book focuses on Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Humboldt and the Romantics and explores their key concepts for theorizing the natural realm. 1121
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlisa 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 24513
Reposted by Auguste NahasDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Sometimes #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. 5282
Reposted by Auguste NahasRUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 03/10/2023Hi, 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! 13814
Auguste Nahas @augustenahas.bsky.social · 03/10/2023This sound like a fantastic new. paper from Miguel! Congratulations :) 110
Reposted by Auguste NahasThe HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Only 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 091
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 29/08/2023A 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. 29665406
Reposted by Auguste NahasAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 28/09/2023Welcome 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:... 2122