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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My chapter w/ Chip Sebens (Caltech) on the status of relativistic locality as a gold standard, from electromagnetism to unitary quantum field theory, is now out, as part of a collection of essays on locality in the Everettian/many-worlds approach to quantum mechanics! academic.oup.com/book/63283

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Happy to share that recordings of talks from our recent workshop on equilibrium, Finding Balance, are now up on YouTube! Please share with anyone who might be interested: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Already looking forward to planning next year's workshop! #philsci #philphys #philsky

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2026 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop: Finding Balance - YouTube

Recordings of talks from the 2026 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop: Finding Balance held at NTU Singapore 27-28 July 2026.

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Niccolò Covoni @covoni.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I would like to thank @eugenechua.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to spend time at NTU in Singapore as a FTG Visiting Fellowship. Eugene has built a group of genuinely brilliant people and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone considering a research visit to Singapore.

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wrapping up a great few weeks in Singapore! It was a pleasure to visit @eugenechua.bsky.social as a Visiting Fellow with the Foundations of Thermodynamics Group at NTU, together with @covoni.bsky.social, and to present at the 1st APSA conference.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The final highlight of this past week's phil sci bonanza: the 2nd iteration of the Foundations of Thermo workshop! The theme: a conceptual history of equilibrium. I learnt so much from the speakers and thank everyone for participating! Looking forward to the next one in 2027 😄

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's a wrap for the inaugural APSA conference at NTU! All this wouldn't be possible w/o the participants, keynotes, student helpers, reviewers, and esp. the LOC for ensuring everything fit together in what's surely a paradigmatic example of operational coherence. Thanks everyone! #philsci #philsky

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Angela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Wonderful conference, congrats @eugenechua.bsky.social and everyone else who brought this together. #philsky #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

As program committee chair, it's my pleasure to announce the program for the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference. We have a great selection of papers, and I'm very excited to see everyone in Singapore come July! Details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I am also organizing a book workshop for my colleague Jacob Stegenga's new book, Heart of Science. We have a great line-up of commentators & I am looking forward to meeting everyone! It will take place on 21 July, before APSA26. Register at: tinyurl.com/heartofscience #philsky #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Together w/ @miguelohn.bsky.social, I present the 2nd Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop! We'll trace equilibrium reasoning from Archimedes, (post-)Newton, classical thermo, early QM, GR, to quantum thermo, bio, & econs. Abstracts: www.eugenechua.com/ftg2026-find... #philsky #philphys #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua - FTG2026: Finding Balance

2026 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop: Finding Balance Nanyang Technological University Singapore 27-28 July 2026 Venue: NTU School of Humanities, Seminar Room 9 Organizers: Eugene Y. S. Chua (N...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Happy to share that my paper "Physical Coherence and Time's Emergence" was accepted in Synthese! Preprint here: philpapers.org/rec/CHUPCA-6 I provide a thin necessary criterion for successful emergence of time, building on my works on semiclassical & thermal time. #philsci #philsky #philphys

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Eugene Y. S. Chua, Physical Coherence and Time's Emergence - PhilPapers

It is often said that time vanishes in quantum gravity. One general approach to quantum gravity accepts this fundamental timelessness but seeks to derive time’s emergence at a non-fundamental level. T...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Got to share some new work on integrable quantum statistical mechanics (w/ @yichenluo.bsky.social) and learnt so much talking and listening to others at the Lugano workshop on stat mech & info theory! Lugano is such a beautiful city and I hope to be back soon.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Chanced upon this evocative piece at Lake Lugano: "The Death of Socrates", Mark Antokowski (replica).

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This past week, @yichenluo.bsky.social & I shared our works in foundations of quantum & relativistic thermodynamics w/ colleagues at Peking University & the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Philosophy. It was lovely to learn from the phil sci & physics community there! #philsky #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Looking forward to 2-and-a-half talks next week w/ @yichenluo.bsky.social at PKU & CASIP! Yichen will share our current work on analogies and disanalogies between integrable quantum stat mech and classical TD, while I'll speak on the "work" concept in quantum TD, and classical TD in relativity.

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New from the BJPS Review of Books: Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics – Emily Adlam Reviewed by Steven French Read it here: www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky

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Emily Adlam, Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics | BJPS Review of Books

Steven French reviews Saving Science from Quantum Mechanics, by Emily Adlam

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My paper with @yichenluo.bsky.social is up on @thebjps.bsky.social! We develop some ways physicists check their models without "full reversal" or "full representation". #philsci

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Registration for the 1st conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association is now open! Keynotes feature Craig Callender, @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social, @kevinzollman.com & 1st winner of APSA early career scholar essay prize (tbd). Excited to host everyone in SG! www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...

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Angela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Postdoc opportunity at the Taft Research Center here at the University of Cincinnati for which philosophers are eligible to apply. See here for details and to apply: jobs.uc.edu/job/Taft-Pos...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Thankful to be invited to present my work on atypicality in LLM-powered psychiatry (jme.bmj.com/content/earl..., preprint on arxiv) and be part of a roundtable dialogue on responsible AI in mental health. Human-centered AI w/ sociotechnical p.o.v., involving all stakeholders, is essential here!

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Happy to share that my paper on the special relativistic pressure has been accepted for publication in Synthese! It's the last (for now) of a trilogy of papers on the generalization of thermodynamics into relativity, and I'm glad it found a nice home. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2601.22133

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Putting Pressure Under Pressure: On the Status of Classical Pressure in Special Relativity

Much of the century-old debate surrounding the status of thermodynamics in relativity has centered on the search for a suitably relativistic temperature; recent works by Chua (2023) and Chua and Calle...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I am hiring a second postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Foundations of Thermodynamics group! This will be a two-year position. Deadline: March 20, 2026. Please share with anyone who's interested. I'm happy to answer any questions 😄 See PhilJobs ad for more info: philjobs.org/job/show/30726

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

1/ I am truly honoured and completely delighted to have won the 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize (English), for my submission “The Mythology of Conscious AI” @berggruen.org @noemamag.com berggruen.org/eu/news/2025...

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I had an excellent time taking part in the inaugural round of this program in 2023 -- highly recommend it! Deadline: Jan 15.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Physicists have recently been "looking for work in quantum thermodynamics", but what would count as success? (To what extent) can quantum foundations help? My paper on these questions has been accepted at the @thebjps.bsky.social! Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27846/ #hps #philsci #philphys

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Canadian Society for the History & Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) invites submissions for annual meeting, to be held in Halifax June 4-6, 2026. Submission Deadline: Monday January 19, 2026 Submission Portal: forms.gle/GVq5SZuLv1yE... Webpage cshps.ca #HPS

Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Last day to submit abstracts! Please note that the deadline is in Singapore time.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Final call for papers for APSA26! Please share widely, and we are looking forward to hosting everyone in Singapore!

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Wrote a short piece for the IAI, on my recent paper on black holes and global energy! Contrary to title, I don't claim to have the messy truth behind black hole physics, but I do think we can move (and ppl are) from idealized global approaches to quasi-local approaches, in search of deidealization.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just accepted: 'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity' – Eugene Chua & Craig Callender Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

ABSTRACT. The Tolman effect conflicts with ordinary classical thermodynamics, but is rarely discussed outside of relativistic cosmology. We try to better understand this effect from a foundational perspective and make five claims. (1) It was Einstein who first discovered the effect and his derivation helps us appreciate how robust it is. (2) The standard interpretation in terms of ‘local temperature’ leads to the breakdown of much of classical thermodynamics. (3) We can rescue thermodynamics using Einstein’s preferred interpretation in terms of the ‘wahre Temperatur’ but it too has costs. (4) The effect is best understood in terms of clocks rather than energy loss. (5) We sketch an interpretation of the effect in terms of a third novel temperature. Here, temperature—and thermodynamics—is defined only in relation to local clocks. In sum, we view the fragmentation of temperature in thermodynamics as a natural and expected result of the fragmentation of time in general relativity.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

My paper w/ Bosco Garcia (UCSD) & Harman Brah (UCLA) on the 'problem of atypicality' for LLM-powered psychiatry is now published at the Journal of Medical Ethics! Just as GPT5 is touting capability as "active thought partner"... JME link: bit.ly/jme-atypical... Preprint: bit.ly/atypicality-...

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The problem of atypicality in LLM-powered psychiatry

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly proposed as scalable solutions to the global mental health crisis. But their deployment in psychiatric contexts raises a distinctive ethical concern: the ...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Talks from the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop held at NTU Singapore, co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, are now available on YouTube here: bit.ly/yt-ftd2025 Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)

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2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop, Singapore - YouTube

Recordings of talks from the Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop held at NTU Singapore 16-18 July 2025.

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It's a wrap! Many thanks to participants of the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop for making it a great success. Glad that the first workshop I organized went smoothly :) I got helpful feedback on some new work on the concept of quantum work, and learnt so much from the other speakers!

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Temperature falls apart yet again! Jokes aside, very excited to share that my paper with Craig Callender, "The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity", was accepted for publication in the BJPS! Preprint available here: arxiv.org/abs/2507.10529

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The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity

The Tolman effect is well-known in relativistic cosmology but rarely discussed outside it. That is surprising because the effect -- that systems extended over a varying gravitational potential exhibit...

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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 10/06/2025

When two LLMs debate, both think they’ll win Absolutely fascinating paper shows that LLMs basically cannot judge their own performance. None of the prompting techniques worked arxiv.org/abs/2505.19184

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When Two LLMs Debate, Both Think They'll Win

Can LLMs accurately adjust their confidence when facing opposition? Building on previous studies measuring calibration on static fact-based question-answering tasks, we evaluate Large Language Models ...

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop will be held in NTU from 16-18 July 2025. We have a great slate of participants and I am very much looking forward to it! Attendance is free and there will be a Zoom option. Details here: bit.ly/3SxvSNi

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Looking forward to being back in the Boston area, meeting old friends, and participating in a debate w/ Siddharth about my recent EJPS paper, "Not Quite Killing It", next Tuesday at the ngEHT's 4th History, Philosophy, and Culture working group meeting at Harvard's Black Hole Initiative! 😄

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Last class for the philosophy of quantum mechanics! It was so much work since it's the first time I'm teaching this, but it was rewarding to see students leave the course with an appreciation of the open questions at the foundations of quantum mechanics and science 😄

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Very happy that my paper with @eddykemingchen.bsky.social is officially published with Synthese with open access. It was a great opportunity to survey the space of options when it comes to the Born Rule for Everettians, and see how density matrix realism generalizes them!

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Finally caught up on Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. What a rewarding watch, esp. as a philosopher of science! It's a fictionalized pre-history of heliocentrism in the age of the Inquisition, and a rumination on truth, knowledge, faith, humanity. It's also beautifully written and crafted.

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