Sign in

Kathleen Creel

@kathleencreel.bsky.social
3.1K followers 759 following 21 posts

Associate Professor @Michigan. Machine learning & scientific knowledge; ethics of automated decision-making; monoculture & systemic exclusion. kathleenacreel.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Will AI be the next great scientist? Join us Sept. 25 for an exploration of the promises, limits, & ethical implications of AI in scientific research & discovery. With @aspuru.bsky.social, Rosa Cao, @kathleencreel.bsky.social, Sina Fazelpour, & @karinavold.bsky.social Register: uoft.me/cCT
uoft.me
Technophilosophy September Soiree: Will AI be the next great scientist? — Schwartz Reisman Institute
The 2026 September Soiree on Technophilosophy will bring together leading thinkers from neuroscience, chemistry, computer science, and philosophy. “Technophilosophy” asks philosophical questions about...
012
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 26/08/2026
Faculty on the move...
dailynous.com
Creel from Northeastern to Michigan - Daily Nous
Kathleen Creel, recently assistant professor of philosophy and computer science at Northeastern University, has moved to the University of Michigan, where she is now associate professor of philosophy....
061
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“As a single vendor comes to dominate decision-making...their quirks or shortfalls can be present across that entire sector in a way that wasn’t possible before,” said Kathleen Creel, a co-author of study & professor of philosophy & computer sci at Northeastern #philsci 🙌 @kathleencreel.bsky.social
074
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
On Epistemic Opacity in Computing and the Division of Labor (some Humphreys, Babbage, Paley, and Adam Smith) with shout outs to @ewinsberg.bsky.social @jburrell.bsky.social @kathleencreel.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
open.substack.com
On Epistemic Opacity in Computing and the Division of Labor (some Humphreys, Babbage, Paley, and Adam Smith)
Back in the day, there was a modeling and, subsequently, a simulation turn in the philosophy of science.
2114
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
🐭 Danielle Williams 🐹 @okaydaniellle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Loretta wants you to know that we'll be heading to The Ohio State University soon where I'll be an Assistant Professor of Philosophy 🥹 The OSU phil department is absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to go do philosophy with them! 🐎 🐻 🚂 🌰
14725
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Just accepted: Looking for Work in Quantum Thermodynamics – Eugene Chua Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740608 #philsci #philsky
I diagnose the problem in quantum thermodynamics of generalizing classical work into the quantum domain. I begin with the no-go theorem: no universal measurement scheme for quantum work satisfies two intuitive, classically consilient desiderata. I assess this incompatibility as stemming from the measurement problem. Decoherence restores compatibility for all practical purposes but raises questions about what ‘universality' should mean and whether any measurement scheme can be universal. I consider a different standard of universality—in terms of ontology—by defining a trajectory-based notion of quantum work using the quantum potential. While this preserves the classical role of work as the integral of forces over distances and evades the tension of the no-go theorem, consilience fails elsewhere; no single quantum work concept seems capable of preserving all classical features, raising questions for what it takes for successful generalization of the concept to quantum thermodynamics.
063
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Two epistemologists who keep coming up with reasons that undermine one another's claims know only one thing: their love for one another. Defeated rivalry
5546
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Eamon Duede @eduede.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Excited to recruit a 🚨 postdoc 🚨 for projects on #AI and evolving scientific practice, norms, and impact! Interdisciplinary work across science of science, philosophy of science, math with creative Purdue/Argonne/CMU/Chicago/Princeton collaborators! *pls repost*! careers.purdue.edu/job/Postdoc-...
careers.purdue.edu
Postdoc Research Assoc/Sloan Fdn
Postdoc Research Assoc/Sloan Fdn
11515
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My ex-advisee Ben Genta writes about the promise and perils of using AI in systematic literature reviews. It can greatly speed progress and continually integrate new findings, but risks error and inconsistency. newrepublic.com/article/2045...
newrepublic.com
How AI Is Reshaping Science’s Most Trusted Tool
Systematic reviews take a long time but are the gold standard in evaluating evidence and producing medical recommendations. AI could speed that up—in theory.
031
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
In what many are calling the most CV efficient strategy ever, I have my 2026 paper out already (relax for the rest of the year comrades!) and it's actually a bit of a joke one. Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and abstract attached. But I'll just tell the story of how it came to be....
A brief observation on the relationship between antecedent status and reviewing incentives.

Liam Kofi Bright

ABSTRACT

It is often believed that academics are especially harsh in their evaluation of work that critiques their own ideas. I dispute that claim. Rather, I say, consideration of the credit incentives for academics reviewing critique of their own work should lead us to expect them to typically be particularly generous to critique of their own work.
1412425
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Center for PhilSci @center4philsci.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Center is now accepting applications for our 10th annual Pittsburgh Summer Program aimed at promoting Philosophy of Science to undergraduate students! Read more about the program and learn how to apply using the below link: ow.ly/ijEk50UbWnh
033
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Please apply (or encourage your grad students to apply) to our awesome funded summer program by January 15th!
02014
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)
0912
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Our new book on health and disease is now available for free for two weeks. Get it before it is gone and please share this post! #philsci
cambridge.org
Health and Disease
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Health and Disease
12316
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Adam Tamas Tuboly @tuadam.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The Nagel-Hempel correspondence has just been published in the Vienna Circle Institute Library. Check it out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com
Ernest Nagel on Science and Philosophy
This book provides new perspectives on the twentieth-century history of philosophy of science through the person of Ernest Nagel
0167
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Please apply (or encourage your grad students to apply) to our awesome funded summer program by January 15th!
02014
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
funding lotteries have been waiting for this moment
422961
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions are now open in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, in Value Theory and in the Philosophy, History and Ethics of Science. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Further details here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2s3n2wnk
12016
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Mick Bonner @mickbonner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Hopkins Cog Sci is hiring! We have two open faculty positions: one in vision, and one language. Please repost!
03134
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
aidesummer.org
AIDE Summer
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...
13723
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Northeastern is hiring in Ethics and Health! The job is tenure track with great colleagues in a great city. Philosophers of science, bioethicists, research ethicists, and STS scholars, please apply! Soft deadline is December 15th. philjobs.org/job/show/30469
philjobs.org
Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor, Northeastern University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor, Northeastern University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
03629
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
2115109
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I loved this episode because I'm basically an unreconstructed Smithian on these points, and I also just do bite the cultural relativism bullet they discuss for pretty much the reasons they outline!
1183
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
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-...
bit.ly
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 ...
143
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
What a (realist) status quo friendly political theory looks like: the case of Simon Stevin. open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
open.substack.com
What a (realist) status quo friendly political theory looks like: the case of Simon Stevin.
There are very few works of political theory that defend status quo bias as such — as distinct from a particular, preferred status quo bias — and that do so with realist presuppositions.
253
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This looks super. Ward argues that identifiable differences between brains do not warrant inference to distinct 'brain types'. Her point on role of machine learning in identification of clusters is also interesting:"we should not conflate supervised classification with scientific classification."
0367
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Emma Harvey @emmharv.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
👯 Allocation Multiplicity: Evaluating the Promises of the Rashomon Set by Jain et al. (incl. @kathleencreel.bsky.social) argues that allocation (vs. model) multiplicity should be seen as a pathway for reducing discrimination, homogenization, and arbitrariness in decision-making problems.
Screenshot of paper title and author list:

Allocation Multiplicity: Evaluating the Promises of the Rashomon Set
Shomik Jain, Margaret Wang, Kathleen Creel, Ashia Wilson
1101
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Columbia University's Philosophy Department, where Mohsen Mahdawi is a student, has issued a statement. philosophy.columbia.edu
OUR STUDENT, MOHSEN MAHDAWI

It has come to the attention of members of the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University that one of our students, Mohsen Mahdawi, was detained in Vermont by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.

We express our horror and dismay at the fact that a legal resident of the United States — someone who has been accused of no crime — should be detained in this manner. We would like to convey our sympathy and our support to Mohsen, to his family, and to his friends.

We call upon the Provost and Acting President of Columbia University to assist by all means, including through the provision of material and legal resources, any Columbia student targeted or detained—and seemingly only for having exercised their right to the free and peaceful expression of political opinion.
4399121
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Do read @kathleencreel.bsky.social's thread. Yes, she is very generous to me, but this is really an excuse to make rather important set of meta-philosophical claims in (ahh) the philosophy of technology. Lurking in her approach is a more ambitious social theory rooted in (ahh) synthetic philosophy.
031
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Eric has a lovely blog post on the complexity of inventory management by way of Dennett's "Real Patterns" (a favorite of ours). He contrasts the successful use of AI/ML to optimize returns across a multi-location retailer with the still-imprecise hallucinations of generative AI. (1/n)
140
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Extremely terrible!!! A big blow to philosophy and HPS, especially.
04812
Reposted by Kathleen Creel
Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Despite the disastrous fires in the LA region, the Integrated HPS conference is going ahead as planned (Caltech, March 27-29). You can find the (preliminary) program and registration link below: sites.google.com/view/integra... #HPS, #philsci
sites.google.com
Integrated HPS - Conferences
International Conferences on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
12212
Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hi philosophy friends! Are you aware of any journals that allow the submission of paired articles (e.g. paper and response paper, or two articles on the same topic that are in active dialogue/disagreement)?
550