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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy to share that recordings of keynote lectures and the early career scholar essay prize lecture at the inaugural Asian Phil Sci Assoc conference held in Singapore are now on YouTube! Featuring Craig Callender, @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social, @kevinzollman.com, and Yuang Chen. #philsky #philsci

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Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026 - YouTube

Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026 Organized by: School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Asian Philosop...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I greatly enjoyed delivering this lecture! Just too bad that I had a coughing fit towards the end of Q&A, which then had to be abruptly terminated 😀 Oh well, only human...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'll be speaking at my alma mater, the Philosophy Department at the University of São Paulo, next week on Friday (August 14). Details and registration 👇 filosofia.fflch.usp.br/eventos/12416

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

With Chuang Liu, president of the newly founded Asian Philosophy of Science Association, at the first conference of APSA in Singapore #EPSAmeetsAPSA #GoingGlobal

Catarina Dutilh Novaes (woman, wearing colorful shirt and black pants) and Chuang Liu (man, wearing gray shirt and white short pants), with university building as background.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My paper with S. Anttila & M. Talbi on Foucault and epistemic injustice is finally out, in a splendid volume edited by @danlor.bsky.social :) The paper is not open access, but I'll post below a link to the pre-print version. Abstract 👇 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Foucault, Testimonial Injustice, and Power/Knowledge | 38 | The Foucau

In recent decades, epistemic injustice has become a central topic of inquiry within analytic social epistemology. Despite a common focus on how knowledge and

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

These days I stop by at BlueSky primarily for Femi's coverage of the WC. Keep it coming, man!

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

That's the magic of the World Cup right there ✨ sometimes David beats Goliath 👊 Parabéns, Cabo Verde!

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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#MultilingualCritical "This book is a textbook example of what a non-ideal theory of staged rationality should look like." writes Scott Aikin at Vanderbilt University. Author: @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social Publisher: @cambup-scieng.cambridge.org P. date: 11 Nov. 2026

Cover of the book 'Reason and Power in Argumentation'. Title and author (Catarina Dutilh Novaes) in the middle, against the background of mural painting 'We the Youth' by Keith Haring: stylized drawings of people in different colors.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My new book now has a cover! I'm very pleased with how it turned out 🙂

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Just got a package from OUP to compensate me for reviewing work. I guess it’s pretty clear what my current research interests are 😀

Stack of books: Mill's Theorizing Racial Justice, Ludwig & El-Hani's Transformative Disciplinarity, Bernasconi's Critical Philosophy of Race, Catala's The Dynamics of Epistemic Injustice, Brandt & Purdy's Colonialism and Enlightenment, Adamson & Jeffers' Africana Philosophy.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'll be in Warwick at the end of June for their yearly continental philosophy graduate conference, this year with the theme 'Tracing Genealogy'. The submission deadline is May 6th, so there's still time to send in your paper 😊 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/phil...

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Tracing Genealogy, Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference

'Tracing Genealogy' is the 2026 Continental Philosophy Conference organised by graduate members of the Warwick Philosophy Department to be held on 29 and 30 June 2026. Keynote speakers: Catarina Dutil...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On my way to Groningen for a PhD defense! Back to the good old times of working on the train 😀 (I *hope* I still have the required concentration skills...) It's been almost 8 years since I moved to VU Amsterdam, but Groningen, and the Philosophy Faculty in particular, still feels like 'home' 😊

Stylized map with text 'Er gaat niets boven Groningen'

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I'm now officially a member of ACEPS, the African Institute for Epistemology & Phil. Science at UoJ 🥳 Under Veli Mitova's leadership, ACEPS is doing great things for epistemology & phil. science in terms of challenging Eurocentric & colonial legacies in these areas: www.uj.ac.za/faculties/hu...

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African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS)

Decolonising knowledge|Epistemic Injustice & Epistemic Decolonisation|African Institute for Epistemology & Philosophy of Sci|Uni Johannesburg

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Nancy Fraser on Habermas. Fraser is IMO one of the most insightful critica of Habermas, and this piece reflects on her intellectual debt as well as disagreements with him. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

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Nancy Fraser | After Habermas

My ties to Habermas were multi-layered. He was an inspiration and a role model; a mentor and an antagonist; a figure who...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Great guest post at @dailynous.com (Full disclosure: one of the authors is a former student whom I admire greatly.) One of the many ways in which academia systematically excludes people from the Global South is by hosting prestigious events only in rich countries-> dailynous.com/2026/03/10/h...

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How (and Why) to Organize a Conference in the Global South (guest post) - Daily Nous

Conferences provide valuable opportunities to academics and can influence disciplinary agendas. But scholars have unequal access to conferences, often owing to where such conferences are held and the ...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

And next week I'm in Helsinki, for a PhD defense and to give this talk 👇

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

My first time in Singapore, very much looking forward!

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European Philosophy of Science Association @epsaphilsci.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

📣 CFP for a topical collection containing selected papers from the *EPSA25* conference: philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci

Dear EPSA25 participants,

We are delighted to announce that the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science will be publishing a Topical Collection containing selected papers from the EPSA25 conference. Please consider submitting your paper. Submission is open to anybody who was accepted for presentation or poster presentation and attended the conference.

The special issue will be edited by Julie Jebeile, Vincent Ardourel and Hannah Hilligardt.

The submission deadline is 15 June 2026.

To submit please go to the EJPS submission page (https://www.editorialmanager.com/epsa/) and select “EPSA25” from the drop-down list.

If you have any questions please send them to: julie.jebeile@unibe.ch

We very much look forward to receiving your contributions.

All the best,

The European Philosophy of Science Association

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My colleague Tamara Dobler is organizing this very cool workshop on the semantics-pragmatics distinction, taking place at VU Amsterdam on June 25-26. (It is possible to register as a participant by sending Tamara an email.) My talk will be on joint work with @celinehenne.bsky.social

Poster for workshop, with pictures of windows and the names of speakers.

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Marcos Fanton @tomecicuta.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Dia 10.02, Pedro (@93pedrobravo.bsky.social) e eu estaremos organizando um book symposium sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de D. Ludwig ( @davidludwig.bsky.social) e C. El-Hani. O livro é maravilhoso. Não deixem de se inscrever pelo link: bit.ly/4jtM3rD.

cartaz do simpósio sobre o livro Transformative Transdisciplinarity, de David Ludwig e Charbel El-Hani com os debatedores Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Eros Carvalho, Sarita Albagli e Ulysses Albuquerque. O evento ocorrerá dia 10 de fevereiro, das 9h30 à 11h30. O prazo para inscrição é até o dia 06 de fevereiro pelo link http://bit.ly/4jtM3rD. A organização é de Pedro Bravo e Marcos Fanton.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Chatting with a colleague today, we came up with a neologism (maybe it already exists): PHILOTAINMENT, i.e., philosophical entertainment (or entertaining philosophy). Some examples of philotainment that comes to mind: the series 'The Good Place', maybe 'The Matrix', Slavoj Žižek. Other examples?

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Just in time for Xmas 😀 My paper on the absence of sustained discussion of power relations in R. Brandom's inferentialism is out! "Who Gets to Play? Power in the Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons". Abstract 👇 journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366

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Who Gets to Play?

1. Introduction Robert Brandom’s inferentialist research program has been one of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging philosophical research programs in the last decades, bringing together topics f...

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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 17/12/2025

How do mathematical proofs really develop? This #OpenAccess chapter revisits Lakatos’ proofs and refutations, showing how dialogue, challenge, and cooperation shape mathematical practice and why his ideas still matter today. bit.ly/4ai5Ojo @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #booksky

Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100

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Experimental Philosophy Journal @xphijournal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Please share!

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Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Does anyone have institutional access to this awesome-looking volume? My library doesn't have it, and I want to consult two of the chapters (the one on Anna Julia Cooper and the one on Jane Addams). Any help would be gratefully received 😊 academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century

Abstract. This handbook challenges the misconception that there were no female philosophers during the nineteenth century. It explores the diverse philosop

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"Perhaps this is behind the burgeoning genre of opinion pieces in which a rightwing man complains that women don’t want to date him. Often enough, he is an avowed libertarian, leaving it a mystery why he does not simply accept the workings of the free market." 🤣 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery | Naoise Dolan

Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Indeed! What also happens is that the masters move on to something *else* that they claim is mysterious & requires ingenuity (now that their previous skills have been democratized by automation), so as to reaffirm their superiority. It's a recurrent phenomenon with novel disruptive technologies.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

That delicious feeling of marking a truly outstanding exam ✨ I've been teaching this course (History of Analytic Philosophy, 2nd year BA) for 6 years; I've had some great students before, but this one is simply off the charts! This student is a true philosophical talent 🤩 #happyteachertoday

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Met volle overtuiging net op @lucstultiens.bsky.social gestemd! Luc is heel actief geweest om het onderwijs te beschermen tegen de absurde bezuinigingen van het vorige kabinet, die ook steun kregen van oppositiepartijen zoals het CDA. Hop naar een kabinet dat Nederland niet dommer wil maken!

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Een best realistische coalitie (nog geen meerderheid maar kan nog zo ver komen) die goed voor de rechtsstaat zou zijn: CDA, GL/PvdA, D66, Volt en CU.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Excellent piece by @timcrane.bsky.social on @schuringa.bsky.social ’s book ‘A Social History of Analytic Philosophy’. My own views on what the book does well and where it is less successful very much align with Tim’s assessment here.

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Lorentz Center @lorentzcenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

How can science free itself from colonial legacies embedded in its practices? This is the central question driving a new project by Professor Catarina Dutilh Novaes, who joins NIAS in the first semester of 26–27 as the Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellow. @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social bit.ly/4mXW0O7

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

wellicht ook iets waar de politicologen van @stukroodvlees.bsky.social aandacht aan kunnen besteden? ping @hakhverdian.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I am advertising two PhD positions in philosophy -- one for a domestic student, one for an international student. Both positions are 1 + 3 years, meaning that the first year is an MRes and the next three years are for the PhD. www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

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PhD on the philosophy of networks of trust

This PhD scholarship is intended to benefit a researcher in empirically-oriented philosophy. Learn more and submit an expression of interest.

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It’s BlueSky official now 😄 I’m the incoming president of the European Philosophy Science Association, EPSA @epsaphilsci.bsky.social Wish me luck 😅

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 26/08/2025

Today at the Urbino Summer School in #Epistemology @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social raises some objections to the #epistemicinjustice framework #philsky

Catarina presents her talk on epistemic injustice

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I just sent off the final typescript of my book 'Reason and Power in Argumentation' to the publisher 🥳 Weird feelings, it's a bit like sending a kid off from home when they go live by themselves 😀 I did what I could to 'raise' this 'baby', and now it will have to fend for itself out in the world 😆

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

✨ PhD position available ✨ @loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇 Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...

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Vacancy — PhD Position in Philosophy

Are you keen to contribute to a better understanding of the social, political and epistemic impact of disruptive technologies such as the Internet and AI? Join our interdisciplinary research project f...

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's @lisabortolotti.com 's summary of the exciting workshop conspiracy theory and story telling that took place at the University of Birmingham in June, including my talk on conspiratorial beliefs and conspiracy fantasies.

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Women In Logic @womeninlogic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

@cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social presenting on "A Dialogical Account of Diagrams in Mathematical Proofs" at #Principia2025.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Introduction to the Collection ‘Social Epistemology of Argumentation’ by @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social

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Introduction to the Collection ‘Social Epistemology of Argumentation’ - Topoi

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

✨Paging the members of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) @epsaphilsci.bsky.social! ✨ The elections for Steering Committee members are now open, and I'm running for president 😊 Do make sure to vote if you're a member, lots of excellent candidates! philsci.eu/Elections2025

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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - Authorization required

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes 🟥 @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Dilan Yesilgöz: "Internationaal hebben we afgesproken dat het verketteren van zionisme gelijk staat aan Jodenhaat." 😳 Wie is 'we' hier? Hoezo, 'afgesproken'?! Echt absurd, dit, zelfs voor Yesilgöz... nos.nl/artikel/2573...

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Douwe Bob-tweet had anders gemoeten, zegt VVD-leider Yesilgöz na interne kritiek

VVD'ers hebben twijfels over haar leiderschap en een goede verkiezingsuitslag. Haar kritiek op de zionisme-uitspraak van Douwe Bob valt niet bij iedereen in goede aarde.

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