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Celso Neto

@celsoneto.bsky.social
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Philosopher of science and race. Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter. He/him

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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Season 2 of our online talk series starts this Tuesday! #philsci #philsky #STS #HPBio
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science @thebsps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We have published an open letter to the University of Exeter Executive Board expressing our concerns about proposed redundancies. Read it here: www.thebsps.org/news/open-le...
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Open Letter to University of Exeter Executive Board regarding proposed redundancies
- BSPS
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The #SPSP organising committee just announced that the next conference will be in Bogota, Colombia! Fantastic city I had the pleasure to visit last year - see you all there for more philosophy of science in practice in 2028 😊🦋 #philsci philosophy-science-practice.org
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Excited to be in London for this, hopefully no heatwave 😬
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why do commendable scientific recommendations in genetics often not receive much uptake? @yashaddad.bsky.social and I address this issue in the paper below. #popgen #STS #HPBio #philsky
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Numerous talks coming up this month on the topics of race, eugenics, and genetic diversity! #philsky #STS #philsci hugera.org/2026/07/08/j...
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July Talks - HUGERA
It is conference season! Talks by members of HUGERA this month: July 15th, “The ‘Muslim Genome’: From Eugenic Pasts to Genomic Futures” by Tayyaba Jiwani (HSS, Edinburgh, UK) July 16th, “Signal and No...
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The next ISH is coming up!!!
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Looking for a current assessment of process philosophy, pluralism, and other themes of John Dupré’s philosophy? This open access volume brings together biologists, philosophers, and social scientists to do just that. #philsky #HPBio #philsci
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#DefendExeterUni www.bbc.com/news/article...
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University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#philsky #STS #popgen
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Recommending this important work by @olesyabondarenko.bsky.social #philsci
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interested in the economy of Eugenic movements? Join us for Steve Sturdy’s talk! #philsky #HPBio #STS
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Yasmin Haddad @yashaddad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It was a pleasure to co-write a chapter with @celsoneto.bsky.social for this amazing #openaccess volume on Science & Values. We wrote about the influence of values in human genomics (chapter 41). So many great contributions in this volume! #philsci #philbio www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science | Kevin C. Elliott, Ted R
This is the first-ever handbook to cover the vibrant philosophical literature on values and science.  Its 45 chapters—appearing in print here for the first
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Extended deadline for 4S!
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📣 We're #Hiring! #ERC Consolidator Project BOTLEG at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting: - 1 PostDoc ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... - 2 PhDs ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... 📅 Deadline: 25 May 2026 #PhDSky #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky
Local collector from Guatemala (left) and digitized herbarium specimen (right)
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Lucia C. Neco (Luba) @luciacneco.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Women also know philosophy" 🇧🇷👩‍🎓 A fantastic initiative: a new database of Brazilian women philosophers! Please share this with your networks—I know many of you know brilliant scholars who belong on this list. #phil #philsky #philsci #HPS #philbio #WomenInPhilosophy
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Faça seu cadastro - Mulheres Também Sabem Filosofia
É pesquisadora na área da filosofia? Junte-se ao maior banco de dados de filosófas do Brasil.
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Interest in the relationship between human genomics and the global economy? Submit your abstract to our open panel symposium at the next 4S conference, Oct 7-10. More info at: hugera.org/blog/ #STS #HPS #4S
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🚨 A 4 years postdoc on philosophy of science and AI? Come to Exeter! #philsci #philsky
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Yasmin Haddad @yashaddad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I have a new paper out in Biology & Philosophy where I explore the overlap between the philosophy of measurement and ancestry in human population genetics. Very grateful to the philosophers & scientists who encouraged me to write this up! doi.org/10.1007/s105... #philsci #philbio
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Measuring ancestry - Biology & Philosophy
Biology & Philosophy - In the past decades, there has been a significant shift in the labels used to describe human populations in large-scale genomic studies. Such labels are known as...
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HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Dr. Phila M. Msimang continues our spring speaker series with the talk “Is diversity higher? Against the superficial inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in biomedical and clinical research” on April 5th. You can register to attend via zoom here: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
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Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Come and work with my very excellent #philsci colleagues for a couple of years! For a better sense of what we get up to at Egenis, take a look around our website: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences | Egenis, Centre for the study of Life Sciences | University of Exeter
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Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology (PTPBio) @ptpbio.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Vol 17, Iss 3 (2025) has dropped! Worth the wait, w/articles on sex/gender, ecology in context, Darwinizing Gaia, and theories in physiology. We love the diversity of articles that are sent to us—keep them coming! PTPBio is, as always, diamond #OpenAccess: completely free for authors and readers!

Volume 17 • Issue 3 • 2025
Research Articles
Are There Two Sexes? Yes and No, But Mostly No (and Gender is Something Else Anyway – More or Less)

Letitia Meynell

2026-03-02 Volume 17 • Issue 3 • 2025 • Article 9
Ecology in Context: A Conceptual Model for Analyzing the Significance of Context in Ecological Research

Robert Frühstückl

2026-03-02 Volume 17 • Issue 3 • 2025 • Article 11
Does Gaia Need to Be Darwinized?

Rudy Arthur and David M. Wilkinson

2026-03-02 Volume 17 • Issue 3 • 2025 • Article 12
Biological Theories in the Domain of Physiology: Stability and Transformation as Two Governing Principles

Nelson D. Horseman

2026-03-02 Volume 17 • Issue 3 • 2025 • Article 10
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M. Alejandra Petino Zappala @petinozappala.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Workshop on genetics, eugenics and scientific racism next week! #Philsci #Philosophy #Ethics #HPS #Sociology #AcademicSky We will be conducting hybrid sessions, you can find the zoom link at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma...
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today!
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HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Reminder that the HUGERA online lecture series continues on March 3rd with the talk "Lessons from Stateville: Race, Genetics, and the Biological Search for a Social Kind". You can register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Interested in how race, ethnicity, and ancestry get used and misused in genetics? This talk is for you! Register at www.hugera.org #philsky #philsci #STS #HPbio #popgen
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Ehud @duhe.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
academic.oup.com/genetics/adv... #histbio #hps
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Reflections on the Human Genome Diversity Project: a conversation with Marcus W. Feldman, Henry T. Greely, and Mary-Claire King
Abstract. The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) began in 1991 as an initiative to study genetic variation from human populations worldwide. In 2002, th
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Looking forward to this! #HPBio #popgen #STS
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
#HPS
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🚨TALK 🚨 How is Racialization leveraged and reproduced in genomics labs? Register to Duana Fullwiley’s online talk (Tuesday Feb 3, 18:00 GMT) to figure it out. #philsci #philsky #STS #HPbio
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HUGERA @hugeraproject.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Reminder that Prof. Duana Fullwiley (Stanford University) kicks off our spring speaker series with the talk “Into the Lab: Racial World Building and its Discontents” on February 3rd. You can register to attend via zoom here:https://hugera.org/lecture-series/
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
@hugeraproject.bsky.social is back with its Online Talks! This Tuesday, Feb 3rd, Duana Fullwiley (Stanford) presents on Racial World Building. Registration at HUGERA.org #genomics #popgen #STS #philsky
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions? @yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below) #popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
CFP: Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh June 22-25, 2026. Submit proposals for papers, symposia, & poster on any topics in the theory, history, philosophy, & application of measurement by January 15, 2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80364... #HPS
Topics
Please see below for a non-exhaustive list of suggested topics; we particularly welcome contributions that make contact with this year's conference theme: Ground Truth and Validity.
While the notion of measurement validity is comparatively familiar, ground truth may need more of an introduction. The concept of ground truth has origins in remote sensing, where it is used to contrast the outcomes of a near or ground level measurement with outcomes of a remotely sensed measurement. From these origins, the concept has now moved to a wider use, particularly in machine learning contexts, where it denotes data assumed to be true, which can then be used to calibrate and validate machine learning data. The time seems ripe for a more careful investigation from a measurement perspective of the concept of ground truth-both in its original understanding and in its more metaphorical use.
Measurement and Simulation
• Connections between measuring and simulating
• Can simulation substitute for measurement?
Measurement and Data ScienceMeasurement and Data Science
• Measurement and data quality
• Measurement and data analysis
• Measurement and Al
Models in Measurement
• The role of models in measurement
• The role of models in justifying measurement results
• Models, intersubjectivity, objectivity, validation
Models of Measurement
• The general structure of the measurement process
• The structure of measurement in social and human sciences
• Transduction and calibration in measurement
• History of the conception of the structure of measurement
History, Philosophy and Sociology of MeasurementThe structure of measurement in social and human sciences
• Transduction and calibration in measurement
• History of the conception of the structure of measurement
History, Philosophy and Sociology of Measurement
• Exploration across sciences with diverse philosophical perspectives
• New quantification and measurement approaches
• Epistemological and metaphysical approaches to measurement
Measurement Applications and their conceptual foundations in any area of science
• Life & Health Sciences
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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 23/12/2025
What is social constructionism about race? This #OpenAccess article reframes SCR as a shared investigative practice, not just a metaphysical claim—responding directly to Adam Hochman’s critique. bit.ly/49eivup @celsoneto.bsky.social #philsky #STS
Biology & Philosophy
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Tomorrow!
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Are you interested in messy, imprecise concepts in science with huge social implications? Join us online on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, for Yasmin’s talk. Register here: hugera.org/lecture-seri... #philsci #STS #popgen #HPbio
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Lecture Series - HUGERA
The HUGERA’s Lecture Series is a platform for new academic work at the intersection of genomics and society. The series brings together scholars from different disciplines to reflect on the social dim...
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Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology (PTPBio) @ptpbio.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A new issue of PTPBio has dropped with articles from Marco Casali, Francesca Merlin & Alberto Vianelli; Meghan Barrett, Thomas Raffel & Bob Fischer; and Maja Dorota Sidzinska, Jacqueline Mae Wallis & Kate Nicole Hoffman. Always fully #OpenAccess: free for authors and readers. ptpbio.org 🐋🌱
About this Journal
Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology (PTPBio) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal that aims to publish work from philosophers of science and theoretically-inclined biologists, and to encourage interactions across disciplinary boundaries. Our goal is to foster a broader conception of what it means to reflect on and analyze biological theory and method, both scientifically and philosophically.

Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025
Research Articles
Dissecting Stochasticity in Translation: Time in Start Codon Selection as a Case-Study
Marco Casali, Francesca Merlin and Alberto Vianelli

 2025-11-19  Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 6

‘Biologically Degenerate, Ecologically Marginal’: Parasites as a Case Study in Societal Values Impacting Ecological Research
Meghan Barrett, Thomas Raffel and Bob Fischer

 2025-11-19  Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 8

Life Spirals: A Critique of Life Cycle Diagrams
Maja Dorota Sidzinska, Jacqueline Mae Wallis and Kate Nicole Hoffman

 2025-11-19  Volume 17 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Article 7
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci
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Events | Event Calendar | Discover The KLI
The Konrad Lorenz Institute provides a stimulating and creative environment for fellows, visiting scholars, students, and external faculty.
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science @thebsps.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
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Annual Conference | 2025
The BSPS Annual Conference takes place on 15-17 July 2025 at the University of Glasgow
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This Tuesday, 17:00 GMT. Join us online!
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨TALK 🚨 Should Genomics change our personal conceptions of race? Join us online for this talk by Sarah Abel on Nov 4th. Registration link below. #humangenomics #philsky #philsci #STS #HPBio #STEM
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TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science @tint-philosophy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
In the next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, October 27th, Abigail Nieves Delgado (Utrecht University) will give an online talk titled “Beyond Race: Rethinking Population Descriptors in Microbiome Research”. More here: tint-helsinki.fi/2025/10/21/2... #philsky #philsci
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27.10. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Abigail Nieves Delgado – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Still time to sign up for the talk tomorrow! #philsky #philsci #STS #humangenetics #sciencesky #HPBio
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🚨TALK🚨Interesting in Antiracism and Genomics in South Africa? Katharina Schramm gives an online talk on the topic, on Oct 21st 17:00 (UK). Follow the link below for registration. #philsky #STS #HPBio #STEM #popgen #philsci #HPS #race
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
‪ Next Monday, @celsoneto.bsky.social will speak in our lecture series on race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Come around! Register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #PhilMed #race
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Next Monday, we start the new Lecture Series! We're very happy to welcome @celsoneto.bsky.social as our first speaker. 🤩 Celso will talk about race reification and population descriptors in human genomics. Just register here to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #PhilMed
Poster for the talk by Celso Neto (University of Exeter), entitled "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics". It will take place on Monday, 13 October 2025, at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Interested in the social implications of genomics and its philosophical aspects? Our project has numerous activities coming up! Follow the blusky account to stay up-to-date. #philsky #STS #popgen #metascience #philsci #HPbio
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D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Finally officially published! "Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social (who needs a job btw) direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 🧵 #histsci #sts #philsci #metascience
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Race science in mainstream psychology, 1960–2010
Abstract. Anthropologists and human geneticists have long rejected efforts to purportedly scientifically justify racial inequality and colonialism. But race science has persisted, at least on the marg...
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