Sign in

Gregor E. Bös

@gregorboes.bsky.social
820 followers 1.3K following 48 posts

FWO Postdoc @KU Leuven. Phenomenology, Philosophy of Science, and Computational History of Philosophy (edhiphy.org). Yes, I'm your Bos / Ja, ich bin dir Bös.

PostsRepliesMedia
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(one-fits-all--slop--regret/sorrow)
000
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Einheitsbreibedauern, das
101
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In 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)
Cover of Logical Positivism: An American History
518654
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As 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.com
Open 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 · 24/06/2026
Doom emacs makes configuration a lot simpler, in case you want to try it again. By default works as a modal editor, in case you like that about vim. But also fine with classic emacs key bindings.
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
...emacs?... I'll see myself out...
120
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Fantastic, glad to have you!
020
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Would be glad to have your comments - whether before or after!
120
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Then that might be a useful event, even though it's less historical than systematic. Remote participation will be a livestream on the day. But if you'd like to comment on drafts beforehand you can send us a message.
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Respondents:       Emanuele Caminada       Stef Frijters       Sybren Heyndels       Julia Jansen       Enrico Sorrentino       Batoul Sukkar       Henning Tegtmeyer
000
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
14:30-16:00 Agnė Valatkaitė [Leuven] - Grounding Material Inference: Varieties of Evidence and Subjunctive Robustness of Intentional Content 16:30-18:00 Alexander Porto [Duquesne] - We-Intentions and I-Intentions
100
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Programme 10:00-11:30 Gregor Bös [Leuven] - Husserl’s Lifeworld-Foundation of Science and Sellars’ Grain Argument 12:00-13:30 Luz Christopher Seiberth [Potsdam] - Accepting First Principles
100
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Upcoming 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. Bös
Philosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Research 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.com
American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration
How 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 · 24/02/2026
Anthropic shocked, shocked at disrespect for intellectual property www.ft.com/content/0afa...
ft.com
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of ‘distillation attacks’ on its models
US company says it identified actions by rivals DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax
061
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Schöne Metaphernbildung, vielen Dank!
020
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Acrylic is a safe bet. Having a retarding medium, which makes them dry more slowly like oil paints, is really helpful to avoid frustration with smooth transitions. But in my experience, the best predictor for fun vs frustration with painting is how experienced you are with drawing (=seeing).
010
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Please do write about this! And I'd love to know if this has corollaries for the value of philosophy. When I defended writing without llms along these lines, I was accused of a genetic fallacy...
010
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
AI 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.com
How a University is “Transforming” its Humanities and Social Sciences Program
How 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 · 16/10/2025
Tomorrow we will have a keynote from Charles Pence (UC Louvain). Thanks to the Dutch Philosophy Research School (OZSW) for supporting this event, and @mnoichl.bsky.social for organizing this with me!
031
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Gregor 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.
academic presentation in a baroque university environment. A group of researchers are gathered around a conference table
171
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
Alex Fisher @alex-fisher.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Today 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 #philsky
bpa.ac.uk
Resources for Early Career Philosophers - British Philosophical Association
Getting 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
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
There is a moral purity in the dilettante who chases neither perfection nor the thrill of competition. But I think career choices are not quite like picking a hobby.
010
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
Doug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The 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 · 27/09/2025
Aber ich sehe ihre Irritation jetzt eher darin, dass Sie 'Minderheit' in 'Minderheitssprache' nicht als statistische, sondern soziale Kategorie verstehen, die bestimmte Machtverhältnisse voraussetzt.
010
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Da Sie nur diese Stelle zitiert hatten, schien es als ob sie schon in der Auflistung zweier Beispiele eine umfassendere Analogie sehen.
100
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Danke für die Erläuterung. Mich hatte interessiert inwiefern die Aussage "es gibt verschiedene Fs, so wie a oder b" impliziert dass a und b sich über die F-heit hinaus ähneln. Ich bin eher gewohnt, dass man damit nur Fa und Fb äußert, aber das ist vielleicht eine déformation professionelle.
100
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Since this may be of interest to you, here is the letter by Brentano to Hugo Bergmann, 1 June 1909, cited and translated in Rollinger2010:
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Ist diese Dynamik schon Teil des Begriffs 'Minderheitensprache'? D.h. würden Sie FR in DE nicht als Minderheitensprache bezeichnen? Oder geht es darum, dass die Nennung im selben Satz eine Ähnlichkeit suggerieren könnte (vielleicht auch außerhalb des Zitats).
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Viele unähnliche Dinge können unter denselben Begriff fallen - deshalb heißt das ja noch nicht, dass man sie vergleicht. Für andere Nicht-Linguisten, könnten Sie kurz sagen was genau Sie schräg finden? Darf eine Minderheitensprache in keinem anderen Kontext eine Mehrheitssprache sein?
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Bolzano was remembered as a mathematician, but forgotten as a philosopher. As far as I know, it was Brentano who introduced Bolzano's work as a negative example, with the unintended consequence that his students (Husserl, Twardowski, Meinong) got very excited and rediscovered Bolzano as a logician.
130
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
For the OZSW-Summer School with Hackathon in Utrecht: www.ozsw.nl/activity/dat...
ozsw.nl
Data-driven Methods in Philosophy – ozsw
040
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
For the GAP Satellite Workshop in Utrecht: maxnoichl.eu/blog/2025/ga...
maxnoichl.eu
Max Noichl | GAP-Workshop – Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy
GAP-Satellite workshop
160
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.eu
Max Noichl | GAP-Workshop – Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy
GAP-Satellite workshop
1146
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Why worry about which novels already exist if they can be generated as you read?
010
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Phenomenology also on the up...
020
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The 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 evidence
philpapers.org
G. E. Bös, Real Possibilities for Husserl's Correlation between Truth and Evidence - PhilPapers
Already 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 · 29/03/2025
turns 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.org
DH Awards 2024 Voting | Digital Humanities Awards
031
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
De Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We 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. Bös
Harriet Fagerberg @harrif.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
The 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.org
CfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine
15234
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Lisa Kampen at Radboud university is preparing a philosophy PhD on Calkins. In the edhiphy database we found that Calkins was the most discussed female philosopher pre-WW1.
041
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Interesting! I did not think of Husserl's objection to mathematization in the _Crisis_ in terms of Putnam on the fact-value distinction. But I think that in Husserl's case, non-mathematizable properties need not be evaluative. There just may be no 'mathematically exact' concepts for e.g. colour.
110
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
📌
000
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I've been thinking about this for a while now. I think this point of Husserl's is often dismissed because of objections to his wider metaphysics. Of those 'repeating' his point, does anyone stand out to you as particularly worth engaging with?
210
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Thank you for showcasing! I've noted the mentioned gaps and will make sure to address them in an update. I'm currently doing a larger rewrite to extend the journal coverage and improve the disambiguation. It's a good time to iron out problems or implement new features, so I appreciate any comments!
030
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Philosophers 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.
Articles mentioning JME McTaggart, by year 1890-1980 in Edhiphy.  Note peak in the late 1930s. McTaggart's most influential publication was in 1908.
3366
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Just want to clarify that these are mentions of names, not citations of specific publications. That helps for studying periods before formalized citations became standard in philosophy. More on that in link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com
Bibliometrics beyond citations: introducing mention extraction and analysis - Scientometrics
Standard citation-based bibliometric tools have severe limitations when they are applied to periods in the history of science and the humanities before the advent of now-current citation practices. Th...
000
Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Does it recognise philosophy journals based on a doi?
000
Reposted by Gregor E. Bös
David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Did 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.com
Philosophical Fame, 1890-1960
4235