Reposted by Gregor E. BösSander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In the 1930s, a group of European philosophers fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Why did logical positivism have such an impact on US thought? And why did it play a central role in the culture wars of the 1950s and 1960s? Released today! Logical Positivism: An American History (1/3) 518554
Reposted by Gregor E. BösMel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige... 416678
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Upcoming Workshop: Husserl, Sellars, Intentionality | 12 May 2026 | KU Leuven and online A joint project event by the Husserl Archives and the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science. Speakers below; more information and (free) registration at husserl-sellars-intentionality.pages.dev 2113
Reposted by Gregor E. BösPhilosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Research from the Tilburg philosophy department: the fully open access book edited by Sander Verhaegh on American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...degruyterbrill.comAmerican Philosophy and the Intellectual MigrationHow did immigrant scholars such as Rudolf Carnap, Max Horkheimer, and Alfred Schütz influence the development of American philosophy? Why was the U.S. community more receptive to logical empiricism th... 085
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Anthropic shocked, shocked at disrespect for intellectual property www.ft.com/content/0afa...ft.comAnthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of ‘distillation attacks’ on its modelsUS company says it identified actions by rivals DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax 061
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025AI in humanities and social sciences education in China. Jeffrey Ding offers these annotated translations from Mandarin. Normally they are more technical, but this one is about the impact of AI on Social Sciences teaching. Much first-personal from a professor. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comHow a University is “Transforming” its Humanities and Social Sciences ProgramHow a University is “Transforming” its Humanities and Social Sciences Program Note: These are Jeffrey Ding’s informal and unofficial translations -- all credit for the original goes to the authors and... 010
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Gregor Betz (KIT) kicking off our "Data Driven Philosophy" Hackathon in Utrecht with his talk: "Doing Philosophy with and for LLMs". Besides input about the state of research and new directions, we're spending three days kicking off new projects. 171
Reposted by Gregor E. BösAlex Fisher @alex-fisher.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Today I discovered a great set of BPA resources for early-career philosophers on publishing, grants/fellowships, and job apps, with loads of sample materials like cover letters, research statements, etc. Do share with those who might find these useful! bpa.ac.uk/resources-fo... #philjobs #philskybpa.ac.ukResources for Early Career Philosophers - British Philosophical AssociationGetting a permanent position in philosophy is difficult, especially in the current financial climate. But there is a good deal of help and advice available on the process of applying for and securing ... 02714
Reposted by Gregor E. BösDoug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025The AfD continued its losing streak today in Germany's most populous states. In all three cities where the party had reached the runoff for mayor, it lost in a big way. In Gelsenkirchen 67-31, in Duisburg 79-21, and in Hagen 72-28. More please! 440392
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/08/2025@mnoichl.bsky.social and I are organizing two workshops where you can learn about and try out digital methods for philosophy: 12th-13th September in Düsseldorf, Keynotes @cherfeld.bsky.social & Adrian Wüthrich 16-18th October in Utrecht, Keynotes Gregor Betz & Charles Pence. Register until 31.8.maxnoichl.euMax Noichl | GAP-Workshop – Data-Driven Methods for PhilosophyGAP-Satellite workshop 1146
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The rise and rise of metaphysics... Love that this includes very recent data! 160
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025"Real Possibilities" - what Husserl means by those and what he should have said instead*. Forthcoming in ergo, preprint now here: philpapers.org/rec/BSRPFX *Insofar as they're supposed to link contingent truth and evidencephilpapers.orgG. E. Bös, Real Possibilities for Husserl's Correlation between Truth and Evidence - PhilPapersAlready before endorsing transcendental idealism, Husserl pairs truths and possibilities of evidence. This ‘correlationism’ is central for phenomenological metaphysics, but it remains disputed how it ... 085
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025turns out, edhiphy.org has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Award! There are also lots of other interesting projects to discover, I enjoyed for example Thomas Weibel's 3D visualization of the Antikythera mechanism. Voting is very easy and open until 4th April: dhawards.org/dhawards2024...dhawards.orgDH Awards 2024 Voting | Digital Humanities Awards 031
Reposted by Gregor E. BösDe Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025We are very excited to start the new series De Gruyter History of #Philosophy and #Science with this #OpenAccess volume - and find the hauting relevance of the topic these days not necessarily a pleasant surprise. www.degruyter.com/do... 22011
Reposted by Gregor E. BösHarriet Fagerberg @harrif.bsky.social · 05/01/2025The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...philosophyandmedicine.orgCfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine 15234
Reposted by Gregor E. BösEric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Philosophers tend to receive most discussion late in life, typically a couple of decades after producing their most influential work. Data and analysis in blog post in comments. 3366
Reposted by Gregor E. BösDavid Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Did you know Bernard Bosanquet the absolute idealist (1848-1923) was uncle of Bernard Bosanquet inventor of the googly (1877-1936)? Was reminded of this by Eric Schwitzgebel's new post on most-cited philosophers in C20. Look at Bosanquet in the 1920s schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2024/11/phil...schwitzsplinters.blogspot.comPhilosophical Fame, 1890-1960 4235
Reposted by Gregor E. BösSander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Now online: edhiphy.org. A new tool to analyze and track mentions to and from philosophers. Read about it on @dailynous.com: dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a... Here is a short 🧵 on how to use edhiphy to explore questions in the history of twentieth-century philosophy (1/11)dailynous.comA New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post) - Daily NousPhilosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations. Since most bibliographic tools track connections between philosophers merely by tracking who ha... 13110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Tired of Google Scholar? Citation tracking has ruined philosophy? Do not despair, you have edhiphy! A free tool for mention-based (instead of citation-based) history of philosophy. @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and I have written about it on @dailynous.com dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a...dailynous.comA New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post) - Daily NousPhilosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations. Since most bibliographic tools track connections between philosophers merely by tracking who ha... 47723