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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is hiring! Focus on social cognition, broadly construed. Come be my colleague :) I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411

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Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 03/09/2026

We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...

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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New on the Archive: Lee, Jaehyun and Ross, Lauren N. (2026) Causal Explanation From a Conceptual Engineering Perspective: Non-Reductionism, Precision, and Pluralism. [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30839

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The ever-inspiring Wimsatt -- on philosophy, its role, and the standards it should meet. That philosophy should help us "do science," that philosophers need to understand the language and practice of science, and that philosophical work should have "normative force" (p. 26). #philsci #philsky #HPS

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Our LPS grads gave amazing research talks in our Summer Development Program at UCI @ucisocsci.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social ⭐ Talks by (L to R) Tori Cotton @wittgencism.bsky.social, Neil Crawford, Tessa Ng, Kai Huggett, Lauren Wigod, India Bhalla-Ladd & Curtis Mason! #philsci #philsky #HPS

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Weighing Fauci's legacy - and finding so much to be grateful for and no serious basis for condemnation. An evidence-filled article that should be read by all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci

In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Congratulations to amazing Jessica Lauman-Lairson who received a postdoc at the University of Salzburg 🎉🎉🎉 She works on analogical inference, experimental design, theory choice & much more. A star philosopher from UCI LPS ⭐⭐⭐ @ucirvine.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #HPS jessicalaumanlairson.com

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

$1.1 trillion in federal grants is on the line, including Medicaid, Head Start, and community health centers. Learn about a free tool that I built to help you write your public comment in <5 minutes. 🔗 drruth.substack.com/p/i-built-yo... Deadline: July 13. Every voice counts. #medsky #2CFR200

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I Built You a Tool That Helps You Write Your Federal Comment in 2 Minutes

*Deadline for commenting on OMB rule 2 CFR Part 200 is July 13th.*

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Enjoyed this discussion with David Pietraszewski David Pinsof on @epthepod.bsky.social We discussed explanation in science, mechanism & function-related topics. Lots to uncover & consider when it comes to different explanatory why-questions & explanations in science! #philsci #philsky #HPS

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Next up, The Epistemology of Medicine conference @ the MCMP, LMU Jun 25-26 @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social @lmu.de 🧬🧪💊 Joining Jacob Stegenga, Benjamin Genta, Ina Jäntgen, @jonwilliamson.uk , @ennofischer.bsky.social & others on the program! #philsci #philsky #HPS www.philosophie.lmu.de/mcmp/en/late...

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The Epistemology of Medicine

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Looking forward to "Rethinking Scientific Models' hosted by @beilstein-institut.bsky.social 🧪 🧬 ⚛️ First up is @philipcball.bsky.social on "Biological Complexity", I follow w "Standards for Scientific Explanation", later talks by @vanessaseifert.bsky.social & many others! Live-stream available!

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

apply for a talk or poster now: amcs-community.org/events/moc7-... #neuroscience #neuroskyence #consci #philsci 🧪

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Models of Consciousness 2026 – AMCS

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My quote of the day Rosalind Franklin

You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.

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Mike Yassa @mikeyassa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am recruiting an exceptional postdoc to join my lab at UC Irvine. Must be a productive researcher with experience in functional neuroimaging, network neuroscience, AI/ML, who is interested in aging, neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative illness. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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UC Irvine hiring Postdoctoral Researcher in Irvine, CA | LinkedIn

Posted 12:31:04 AM. Postdoctoral Fellow – Neuroimaging, Network Neuroscience & AI/ML in Cognitive DisordersYassa Lab |…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Looking forward to giving a talk tomorrow at the "Mind the cause" workshop run by the Translational Neuroscience Network (TN2) @ the University of Amsterdam. Organized by @lindadouw.bsky.social w talks by @sloanlab.bsky.social , Susanne de Rooij, Leon de Bruin & many others! tn2.eu/mind-the-cau...

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Talk success! Great job to Lauren Wigod for a terrific project and presentation! 🎉 The project focused on cases where spatial features are explanatory in chemistry (and stereochemistry, in particular). #philchem #philbiochem #enantiomers ⚗️🧪

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Looking forward to presenting “Causation and Explanation in Chemistry” with Lauren Wigod (UC Irvine LPS) at the Society for the Metaphysics of Science this week in Toronto! 🧪⚗️ #philsci #philsky #hps socmetsci.org/2026

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Last weekend I received the Troland Research Award from the @nationalacademies.org. I’m so grateful to the communities who made this work possible. It's strange to receive this award at a time when much of the work being recognized is not eligible for federal funding. My remarks 👇 and a 🧵>>

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NAS 163rd Annual Meeting - Awards Ceremony

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Looking forward to the 2026 Rotman Graduate Student Conference at @rotmanphilosophy.bsky.social Western University (UWO) with @danisbassett.bsky.social as a keynote. Registration, program (w all talks!), and zoom link w rsvp below: #philsci #philsky #HPS rotman.uwo.ca/events/2026-...

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Next, we are happy to announce that @laurennross.bsky.social will give a keynote at #MoC7! Prof. Ross uses philosophy of science to examine neuroscientific explanation and causation, sparking a wider debate on mechanistic, law-based, and mathematical models in neuroscience.

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A bit more time left to apply to the Summer Development Program run by the Logic & Philosophy of Science Dept this summer 2026 @ucirvine.bsky.social #philsci #philsky The SDP runs from August 2nd-8th, 2026 & applications are due by *April 17th, 2026*! See website for more details: lpssdp.com

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Nadia Chernyak @nadiachernyak.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Check out our lab #CDS2026! Talks on early intuitions about democracy, consequences of household inequality, and cross-cultural data on intuitive beliefs about social exclusion.

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Very excited for this! Thank you for having me!

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Now available! Deeply interdisciplinary and engagingly written, INTERTWINED CREATURES makes an urgent case for seeing the self as social—especially in the age of AI—with radical consequences for ethics and politics. buff.ly/1aBxyH7 @tonychemero.bsky.social

Promotional graphic for the book Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other by Anthony Chemero. The image shows a colorful, symmetrical, abstract book cover beside a quote praising the book as an original and engaging contribution to contemporary philosophies of embodiment. Text at the top reads “Now Available!” and a banner at the bottom says “Save 20% with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.”

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New BJPS Short Read! Why Does Causal Reasoning Work? Naftali Weinberger, Porter Williams & James Woodward on the role of worldly infrastructure www.thebsps.org/short-reads/... #philsci #philsky

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Why Does Causal Reasoning Work? | BJPS Short Reads

Naftali Weinberger, Porter Williams and James Woodward on the role of worldly infrastructure

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I am extremely proud of what Camilo, Moritz, and the whole team have put together for this year's Models of Consciousness #MoC7. Stellar choice of topics and speakers, and an amazing social programme aimed at true exchange among participants. Come join us! #ConSci Talk application is now open.

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

My book advertised in NYRB.

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🐭 Danielle Williams 🐹 @okaydaniellle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

@tonychemero.bsky.social's new book is here. I can't wait to read it 🤗

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dynamic Computation & Explanation in Neuroscience Workshop, @ Stanford.Talks by @engeltatiana.bsky.social @aaronbatista.bsky.social @zoedrayson.bsky.social @bayesianboy.bsky.social @sussillodavid.bsky.social, @lndriscoll.bsky.social Newsome Druckmann Chirimuuta, Barack Cao Burnston Solla & others! 🧠

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The deadline for papers is this Sunday!

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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New on the Archive: Ross, Lauren N. (2026) Causal Explanation in Biology: A Control Element Account. [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28496

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CAIC @ Purdue @caic-at-purdue.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Bill Newsome (Stanford) is coming to Purdue to talk about dynamical systems and mechanistic explanation! Details below:

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Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Danielle Williams @okaydaniellle.bsky.social is a FORCE OF NATURE.

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Last lecture of SocSci H1F: Explanation in the Social Sciences, the class that @laurennross.bsky.social and I co-teach at UCI. The class brings together the philosophy of science on explanation with case studies from International Relations, illustrating how explanation matters for social science. 🧵

Two women smiling underneath a projector screen which reads "Argumentation, persuasion & the influence of norms in international politics, Prof. Lockwood and Prof. Ross, Soc Sci H1F, Week 10"

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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How is current genomics impacted by social, political, and ethical assumptions? @yashaddad.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of presenting this issue in our newest work (link below) #popgen #STS #STEM #philsky #HPbio

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I was invited to give a talk in the community last night on Trump's second-term foreign policy. I thought I'd share my slides and bullet points here too.

Slide with a mural depicting Trump, Xi, and Putin reads:
Foreign Policy under Trump 2.0
Presentation for the Great Decisions program
St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach
January 26, 2026

Dr. Erin Lockwood
University of California Irvine, Dept. of Political Science
@erinkaylockwood.bsky.social

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UC Irvine School of Social Sciences @ucisocsci.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The Money Signal | New book by @daniellethomsen.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social political science professor, explores how fundraising matters in American politics @uchicagopress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

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Leigh Turner @leighturner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"Most medical trainees have never seen measles or its complications, muscle rigidity from tetanus, or an infant struggling to breathe from pertussis....Now educators must prepare trainees for a world we deliberately worked to leave behind." www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...

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Medical schools must prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases

Medical schools must now prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases.

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Center for PhilSci @center4philsci.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Call for Abstracts! The Center for Philosophy of Science invites submissions for the upcoming workshop, Social Ontology and Empirical Inquiry: Conflicts and Connections (April 11-12, 2026). Deadline: January 15th Details: ow.ly/eFpj50X9T2o #PhilosophyOfScience #CallForPapers

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Sometimes you have to work hard to remember that this is the actual world.

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Causation, correlation, and attempts to explain ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease). Great article on a devastating disease. #philsci #philsky

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

In work led by Samantha Kleinberg @healthailab.org and with Phyllis Illari, and Dave Lagnado. Joins up the Stevens Institute of Technology, University of College London @ucl.ac.uk , and UC Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucisocsci.bsky.social #philsci #philsky #cogsci

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Lauren Ross @laurennross.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Call for Papers for “The Epistemology of Medicine Conference” hosted by LMU Munich June 25-26 2026. @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social Talk/paper submission deadline is January 31, 2026! Speakers: Enno Fischer, Ina Jäntgen, Ulrich Mansmann, Lauren Ross Jacob Stegenga & Jon Williamson #philsci #philsky #hps

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Call for Papers: The Epistemology of Medicine Conference

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