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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Proud to be featured in a piece about the scientific status of dark matter in the latest issue of Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social! #philsci #philsky #science #astronomy

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Made a small app where you can explore aspects of what influences dark matter research: which dark matter models have a high impact, which authors impact discourse on which models, citation network with arXiv classification, et.c. I like it as a prototype: simonallzen.shinyapps.io/shiny/ #PhilSci

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Explore Influence in Dark Matter Research

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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A little site on dark matter funding: simonallzen.quarto.pub/dark-matter-...

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Marcus Larsson @skolinkvisition.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Ny rapport om högskolornas budget: Det statliga "produktivitetsavdraget" innebär effektiviseringskrav på 1-2 % av budgeten/år. Idag har högskolorna 40 % mindre resurser per elev än för 30 år sedan, vilket minskat den lärarledda undervisningen drastiskt. tankesmedjanbalans.se/ny-rapport-o...

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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Great meeting everyone at the 5th history and philosophy of physics NL workshop. Below Robert van Leeuwen, Leah Henderson and Richard Dawid giving great talks about realism and string theory.

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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

During the process of writing a paper featuring data on the global funding for Dark Matter research, and thought I could make inforgraphics of it as well. Here for North American funding.

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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

All info about history & philosophy of physics in the Netherlands (courses, events, scholars) is now conveniently available in one place: hpp-nl.nl @rcnp-nijmegen.bsky.social @isis-radboud.bsky.social @sjangtenhagen.bsky.social @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social @leviatan.bsky.social @rbwille.bsky.social

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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social discusses the shift towards philosophical arguments and historical narratives in making the case for dark matter: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24413/

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Dark Matter: Explanatory Unification and Historical Continuity - PhilSci-Archive

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Marcel Verweij @marcelverweij.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Everyone at #philsky: The philosophy department of the University of Amsterdam has a job opening for full professor of practical philosophy!

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Professor in Practical Philosophy with Focus on Ethics

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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

#philsci #histsci #philsky Inference and Representation is now in production and will be out December 6. Table of contents, pre-orders, and some early reviews can be found at its webpage @ Chicago University Press: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Inference and Representation

The first comprehensive defense of an inferential conception of scientific representation with applications to art and epistemology. Mauricio Suárez develops a conception of representation that de...

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Simon Allzén @leviatan.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Earlier this week, I gave the inaugural talk for the Utrecht philosophy of astrophysics and cosmology colloquium. It’s a great time for #philsci in The Netherlands, and I’m excited about what’s coming!

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