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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I am currently chairing a network very close to my heart, namely the Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. It finally has an account here @eenphilsci.bsky.social. To start here's a moving piece by a Bulgarian philosopher and a founding member Lilia Gurova on how it all began.

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History and motivations

How It All Started In the spring of 2015, the Steering Committee (SC) of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) announced for the first time 13 fellowships for junior scholars from...

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 03/06/2025

What theoretical & methodological challenges emerge when investigating #behavior across the tree of life? We are organizing an interdisciplinary workshop on 'comparative behavioral biology' (Sept. 26-27). Please help us share the open CfA! 📢👇 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/... #philsci #HPbio #evobio

A collage illustrating diverse biological behaviors across life forms: orange and yellow lichens growing on rock (symbiotic behavior), a close-up of bacteria (microbial interactions), leafcutter ants cooperating to carry a leaf (social insect behavior), a sundew plant trapping an insect (plant predation), and phylogenetic trees representing evolutionary relationships.

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

What might be the potential ramifications of the relational framework of 'Pure Shape Dynamics' for discussions on the metaphysics of #time? This is a question that Antonio Vassallo & Pedro Naranjo explore in their recent article for JGPS! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics

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Lorenzo Lorenzetti @lorenzolorenzetti.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

CFP: 'The Metaphysics of Cosmology'. I'm organising a conference this September in Lugano on metaphysical issues arising from contemporary physical theories of cosmology and spacetime. The deadline to submit an abstract is June 7. (Funding available) philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Enno Fischer @ennofischer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Apply to join a team of wonderful colleagues at Philosophy at TU Dresden. I am advertising a 3-year PhD position in philosophy of science/philosophy of physics as part of the DFG project 'Progress through Principles', deadline 28.06.2024. For details: tinyurl.com/3eb2f667 #philsci #philsky

Job ad for position in DFG project: "Progress through Principles: An Epistemology of Foundational Assumptions Guiding Contemporary Physics"

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Thomas Reydon @thomasreydon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Looking forward to giving a talk in Padua this coming Friday.

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

What amounts to a 'scientific discovery'? Patrick Duerr & Abigail Holmes Mills suggest that discoveries are problems or solutions that epistemically advance science. They illustrate this view through a case study of the universe's expansion discovery🌌👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

In our latest editorial, we express our sincere thanks to Guido Bacciagaluppi for his editorial work since 2021 & bid him a fond farewell as he concludes his tenure. We also warmly welcome @simonfriederich.bsky.social as our new Co-Editor-in-Chief! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

Screenshot of the latest editorial page from the Journal for General Philosophy of Science. The title reads "Editorial" with authors Helmut Pulte and Thomas Reydon listed below. The article was accepted on 14 February 2025. A DOI link (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-025-09727-7) is displayed at the top.

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

🚨 Final Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍 Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 10/04/2025

If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio

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Vanessa Seifert @vanessaseifert.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

My review of Alexander Bird’s book ‘Knowing Science’ just came out @jgps.bsky.social . If you want to get an idea of what’s it about before reading the actual thing, here are my impressions! #msca #creacal link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Alexander Bird: Knowing Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 304 pp., €67.88 (Hardback), ISBN: 9780199606658 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

How much was Johannes Peter Müller, one of the fathers of modern #physiology, influenced by Spinoza's philosophy? Find out in Filip Adolf Buyse's new article in JGPS! 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HOPOS #philsky

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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Axel Gelfert @agelfert.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

New GWP (German Soc for Phil of Sci) Executive Committee (2025-28), left to right: Michael Jungert (Managing Director), Enno Fischer (Treasurer), Lena Kästner (Vice President), Mathias Frisch, Anna Leuschner, Axel Gelfert (President). (Not pictured: Simon Friederich, JGPS representative) #philsci 👍

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

In merging gen. relativity with quantum gravity, we risk losing time itself. The 'thermal time hypothesis' says time emerges thermodynamically—but does it smuggle in dynamics from the start? A new article by @eugenechua.bsky.social appraises TTH📄👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The concept of 'downward causation' has faced many strong critiques. In her recent 📄 @yashaddad.bsky.social argues that, when adopting an interventionist view of causation and a levels of organization framework, we can explanatorily use the notion 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #hpbio

Promotional p;icture with the abstract of the article “Demystifying Downward Causation” by Yasmin Haddad, published in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS).

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 19/03/2025

New essay review in @jgps.bsky.social! M.R. Martínez-Ordaz & D. Cañas assess the prospects of using robust international scientific consensus as a reliable indicator of 'future-proof science,' as proposed by @pvickers.bsky.social in his latest book link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

Promotional image with a yellow and white wavy background. Centered in the image is the title of the essay review: “‘Assessing Vickers’ Plea for Identifying Future-Proof Science’” in black, with the book title italicized. Below, it states: “Essay Review by María del Rosario Martínez-Ordaz & Dubian Cañas” and “Journal for General Philosophy of Science (2025)” in smaller text. At the top left, there is a small image of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science cover (yellow and white with black text), and at the top right, there is the cover of Peter Vickers' book 'Identifying Future-Proof Science,' featuring a dark blue background and a yellow-green image of immune cells.

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Don't forget to submit your abstract: PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025 💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22 $50 fee (waivers available). More info: philsci.org/psa_arou... 📄 Submit abstracts: psaatw25.scie...

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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. More info: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: 15 March (EU students) #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS #logic

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Does Euclidean geometry hold a more fundamental status than non-Euclidean geometries? 📐🟣 In a recent paper, Mircea Dumitru and Liviu Ornea argue that it does and that Nash’s embedding theorems provide a way to demonstrate this 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #philsci #mathsky

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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Went to Göteborg to ask Margareta Hallberg about Hesse. Over a period of 10+ years (2000-) she interviewed Hesse about her life. Our conversation inevitably fell, with gloom, on the personal and academic freedom Hesse associated with her visits to US🥺 #philsci #hps link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science: Mary Hesse (1924–2016) - Journal for General Philosophy of Science

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

1/4📖New review out! I discuss @apotochnik.bsky.social take on science’s obligations to the public, its historical responsibilities, and the distinction between trust in vs. trustworthiness of science. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilosophyOfScience #ScienceAndSociety

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Angela Potochnik: Science and the Public. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Elements in the Philosophy of Science), 2024, 84pp., €15.45 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781009048828 - Journal for General Phil...

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 26/02/2025

In response to Graham Priest, Melisa Vivanco argues that demarcating a plurality of pure mathematical structures is no easy task. Check out her new essay review, which I had the pleasure of commissioning & editing for @jgps.bsky.social! 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #mathsky #philsci

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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Final CFP for a special issue of @jgps.bsky.social "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... Submission deadline: *March 31* for #philsci approaches comparing scientific disciplines.

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Institute of Philosophy LUH @iphilluh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Former #GRK2073 (tinyurl.com/nn97fu7b) fellow Jonas Lipski argues in this new #philsci article @jgps.bsky.social that lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Can transaction costs economics illuminate scientific practice & misconduct? In his new #philsci article, Jonas Lipski argues in the affirmative, suggesting lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #metasci #academicsky

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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Can time emerge from thermodynamics? My paper scrutinizing the thermal time hypothesis is officially published with @springernature.com at @jgps.bsky.social! Full-text view-only link here: rdcu.be/d9fhd

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Are you interested in the metaphysics of time? In a recent article, Baptiste Le Bihan argues that 'aeon monism' fits Penrose's 'conformal cyclic cosmology'—the cosmos as a collection of successive universes or 'aeons'—and explores its implications: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

Picture with the abstract of the article “The Great Loop: From Conformal Cyclic Cosmology to Aeon Monism” by Baptiste Le Bihan, published in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS).

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It's been a while since we added any new titles to this pack. Surely there are more philosophy journals in these bluer skies?! #philsky go.bsky.app/KDmWwng

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Thomas Reydon @thomasreydon.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Just in time for your holiday reading by the fireplace: JGPS issue 4 of 2024 with something for everyone: papers on structural realism; the ontology of causation; transaction cost economics; coordination, constitution and convention; agency in extended cognitive systems; and fictional models.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology research group workshop on Philosophy of Dark Energy, Monday the 13th of January 2025. ⚛️ Register: www.uu.nl/en/research/...

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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. Find all info here: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: - 15 January (Non-EU students) - 15 March (EU students)

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS) @jgps.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky

Picture with the abstract of the article “Cultural Evolutionary Psychology as Generalization by Recursion” by Karim Baraghith and Christian Feldbacher-Escamilla published in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science.

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Ann-Christin Fischer @acfischer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🌟 **Join us in Utrecht!** 🌟 Late BA, Master's students & early PhDs: *Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society* at our Spring School, **13–17 May 2025**. ✅ Interdisciplinary discussions ✅ Networking with peers ✅ Inspiring talks & workshops 📍 Utrecht, Netherlands

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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The Call for papers, symposia and posters for next year's #EPSA meeting is online: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP Deadline is 31 January 2025. The meeting will be held in Groningen, The Netherlands, on 27-30 August 2025. #HPBio #PhilSci

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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

10 days left for applying for the Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social! All information here: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/huma... Targeted at all students in #HistSci and/or #PhilSci 🤓 Please share widely! #PhDSky #philosophy

Poster for the Spring School on Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society, 13 - 17 April 2025 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Targeted at late BA, MA and early PhD students.

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Frederick Britt @fbritt.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

"[...] science is [...] the knowledge-producing activity that envisions [...] the largest set of possibilities of errors (with the exception of epistemology) and takes as its core business to methodically eliminate these," says @osartenaer.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci

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A Contextualist Solution to the Demarcation Problem - Journal for General Philosophy of Science

In this paper, after presenting three challenges that any knowledge-based demarcation between science and non-science should meet, namely, the skeptical, triviality, and mimicry challenges, I show how...

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Vanessa Seifert @vanessaseifert.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It’s out & #OpenAccess 🎉🎉 My 1st book ´Chemistry’s Metaphysics’ is one of the most creative projects Ive undertaken. Filled w/ metaphysical questions explored through a chemical lens, hopefully it contributes to the interaction of chemistry & philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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