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Joanna Karolina Malinowska

@malinowska.bsky.social
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philosophy of science • race, racialisation and racism in science • health inequities • epistemic diversity • epistemic and cognitive biases • processual ontology • methodological fairness malinowska.web.amu.edu.pl

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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A reminder that registration for our workshop, “Mind the Gap: Engaging Europe’s East in Global Health Debates”, closes on 9 October 2026! Participation is free, with both in-person and online options. In-person participation at Charité in Berlin :) www.globalhealth.de/news/view/mi...
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Mind the gap: engaging Europe’s East in global health debates
Scientific Workshop in Berlin
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’m very happy to be organising this workshop with @terezahendl.bsky.social. Bringing the health concerns of Europe’s East – understood in a broad, transregional sense – into global health debates is especially important to me. Join us in Berlin or online (apply by 9 October)!
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Most scholars have relegated eugenics to the trash heap of science history. But much like its original incarnation, its current rise is tangled up in politics, ideology, and an insidious desire to divide people. And on the unfounded notion that biology is the be-all and end-all of a person’s worth”
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The Return of a Discredited Pseudoscience
The Return of a Discredited Pseudoscience: Eugenics is rearing its ugly head again in today’s crucible of politics and culture
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We have a new post on the EENPS blog! 🔥🎉📝 This time, Silviu-Constantin Federovici shares his journey into the philosophy of mathematics, reflecting on doing research from Romania and building connections across Central and Eastern Europe. You can read it here: eenps.weebly.com/blog
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Doing Research in Philosophy of Mathematics from Romania - Contribution to the EENPS Blog Silviu-Constantin Federovici PhD Student in Philosophy Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași Between...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you are interested in neurodiversity in philosophy of science, academia, research, teaching, accessibility, inclusion, or related topics, we would be delighted to have you join us. To join please fill in: docs.google.com/forms/d/1pSQ...
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚀 New on the EENPS blog! We’re launching a new section dedicated to research centres and institutions across the CEE region. 🔗 eenps.weebly.com/research-centres.html We start strong with our first entries:
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Join us for the workshop “Process Philosophy in Practice”! Keynote: John Dupré Speakers: Dominika Włoch-Salamon & Joanna Karolina Malinowska Online participation — DM or email: malinowska[at]amu.edu.pl More info: fb.me/e/9S5IxvRjd
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our 36th newsletter is out, featuring new publications from across the network 🎉 Take a look and see what colleagues have been working on 📝 P.S. If you have a recent paper, feel free to send it in – we’ll be happy to share it in the next round! eenps.weebly.com/members-publ...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A very nice surprise: the new editorial by Henk ten Have and Bert Gordijn in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy engages directly with the broader issue at the centre of my recent paper, "White by Default" doi.org/10.1007/s110...
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White by default: conceptual and methodological limits of binary white logic in global health equity research - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - This article examines the conceptual and methodological limitations of how the category “White” is interpreted and used in health equity research....
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 18/03/2026
anw sign here: www.change.org/p/stop-the-h... > In these venues he has repeatedly advanced claims about the supposed cognitive inferiority of Black people , along with broader arguments about the “feminization” of academia and suggestions that eugenic ideas deserve renewed scientific consideration.
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Stop the hiring of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 18/03/2026
race realists are so insidious... how can he even be getting jobs and not laughed out of the room? > Cofnas is not conducting legitimate academic research into race and intelligence but instead spreading pseudoscience. www.brusselstimes.com/2020013/ughe...
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Rector Petra De Sutter stands firm on UGent decision to host 'race realist' philosopher
"I understand the outrage and concern and take it seriously," she said. "The statements referred to are hurtful and disturbing to many people. They affect me as well."
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Another great news - @davideserpico.bsky.social, Valentina Petrolini, and I just published a commentary for a brilliant article "Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind", written by @travislacroix.bsky.social
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Daniel Kostic @danielkostic.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
In the new @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog I tell my origin story, my current projects, and some of my struggles. eenps.weebly.com/blog/daniel-... Thank you @annaalexandrova.bsky.social and @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social for inviting me to share it. #philsci
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Daniel Kostić, PhD
What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFIS PAN). This is a purely...
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Borut Trpin @boruttrpin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I recently added an entry on the @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog: a bit of my story from early international experiences to my current work on coherence and reasoning, and what it’s like building philosophy of science here in Central & Eastern Europe. eenps.weebly.com/blog/borut-t... #philsci
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Borut Trpin
What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, with affiliation also at the University of Maribor. My path...
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📢 New EENPS blog posts on philosophy of science in the CEE region! Daniel Kostić reflects on topological explanation, explanatory pragmatics & structural bias in academia. Borut Trpin writes on coherence, modelling & building philosophy of science in Slovenia. 👉 eenps.weebly.com/blog #philsci
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Blog
What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFIS PAN). This is a purely...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I argue that when we assess the health consequences of this war as a form of colonial and imperial aggression, we also need to look at what happens after displacement. #philsci #health #racism Full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
My new paper is out! lnkd.in/d7QhdqVD Publishing on racism against people racialised as Eastern Europeans and its impact on health is not easy. I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported me throughout this process. #philsci #racism #health
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Racist billionaires backing eugenics projects: no surprise. After the Epstein files dropped, I wanted to check them for ties to the racist eugenics network. No time though – I’m writing about how it infiltrates academia and passes itself off as "science"😉 www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Third time’s a charm? 🤞 @ncn.gov.pl
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026). Submission deadline: 15 February! Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️ eenps2026.sciencesconf.org #philsci
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The Sixth Biennial Conference of the East European Network for Philosophy of Science - Sciencesconf.org
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The EENPS 2026 call for papers & symposia is now open! 🔥🔥🔥 🗓 Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026 Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest 😉 See the conference website for full details! eenps2026.sciencesconf.org
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I’ve spent years researching racism and discrimination, including racism against people racialised as Eastern Europeans. And, unfortunately, this case only confirms how easily violence and dehumanisation are tolerated when directed at certain groups. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The PSA Around the World 2025 series begins this Thursday, 6 Nov! 🔥🌈🎉 Join us online for sessions highlighting philosophy of science from and about Eastern & Central Europe. Registration still open — fee waivers available! 👉 www.philsci.org/psa_around_t... #philsci
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PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
NEW RESEARCH confirms: Countering far-right messaging by repeating it mainstreams extremist ideas and amplifying extremist terminology cedes the framing of the issues to the right. (I’ll add that social media “dunking” only serves to spread undesired content.) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The PSA Around the World 2025 is coming soon: Nov 6, 14 & 22 (online)! Hosted by @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it highlights #philsci from, about, and connected to Central and Eastern Europe. Great lineup, still time to register! www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...
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PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Thanks to @tmarvan.bsky.social @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social for curating. Great to see on the program @mmilkowski.bsky.social @olesyabondarenko.bsky.social @danielkostic.bsky.social @malinowska.bsky.social @boruttrpin.bsky.social @apotochnik.bsky.social @elenapopaphi.bsky.social and many others
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Hanna Lucia Worliczek @hworliczek.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#Job #PhilSci #HPS Fully funded PhD-position at Bielefeld University, Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences), deadline Oct 30, 2025 Job ad: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/451... On the program: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/isosnew...
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Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy of the Medical S...
The History and Philosophy of Medicine Group, led by Prof. Lara Keuck, is looking for a highly motivated candidate for a three-year PhD project in phi...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Oops!… I did it again 😉 My new article: "Oops!… you are doing it again: pharmacogenomics and the biologisation of ethnoracial categories on drug labels" is out! #philsci Link to pdf (OA): freidok.uni-freiburg.de/files/271749... And a little teaser:
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Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula @stoplab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
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List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP,  Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki
Szanowni Państwo, W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...
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Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I'm really appreciating the applied turn in philosophy of race over the past few years, toward examining concrete *institutional* effects of particular conceptions of race. Here @malinowska.bsky.social showing off great glasses & talking about distortions in European health outcome research
Joanna Malinowska presenting on Webex, the slide header is "Classificatory Strategies in Europe"
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
When the far right weaponises the suffering of Ukrainian refugees, it exposes what populism really is: not about ‘security’ or ‘values’, but about racism, fear-mongering, and dismantling solidarity. kyivindependent.com/how-the-righ...
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How the right wing in US, Europe is weaponizing murders of Ukrainian refugees
Iryna Zarutska and her family fled Ukraine in 2022 to escape the threat of Russia’s full-scale war against her homeland, seeking safety and the promise of a new life in the United States. But that hop...
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M. Alejandra Petino Zappala @petinozappala.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today @dsbrooks.bsky.social and I hosted our symposium about conceptual ambiguity at #epsa25, with talks by us, Freek Oude Maatman and Markus Eronen (no pictures of me but you can see my intro slide) 😉
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I’m truly honoured to have been elected to the Steering Committee of the EPSA @epsaphilsci.bsky.social . Thank you for the trust and support! I look forward to working with colleagues to strengthen our community – and I’m grateful to those who have served before us for their work 💜 #philsci
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The 33rd round of our newsletter is available under the link: eenps.weebly.com/members-publ... ⭐
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
EPSA 2025 (@epsaphilsci.bsky.social) was a fantastic conference – full of learning, inspiring conversations, and wonderful people. Grateful to @celsoneto.bsky.social for the invitation to the Race Across Genomics Symposium!
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Since the program is not yet online I am posting the screenshot of the panels from the newsletter. @mmilkowski.bsky.social @tmarvan.bsky.social @olesyabondarenko.bsky.social @apotochnik.bsky.social @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social @malinowska.bsky.social thank you for all the work!
Panel #1 (Nov.6) - "Central and East European Philosophy of Science Across Borders"

Organized by Marcin Miłkowski, feat. Marta Sznajder, Angela Potochnik, Frederique Janssen Lauret and Artur Koterski

Panel #2 (Nov.14) - "Showcasing Excellent Current Work in the CEE Region"

Organized by Magdalena Małecka, feat. Olesya Bondarenko, Joanna Malinowska, Endla Lõhkivi and Stathis Psillos

Panel #3 (Nov. 22) - "On Scientific Understanding"

Organized by Lilia Gurova, feat. Henk W. de Regt, Borut Trpin, Daniel Kostic, Andrei Mărăşoiu and Lilia Gurova
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
‘Pursuing peace’… I have no civil words to describe this performance – an alliance steeped in cynicism, hypocrisy, corruption, cruelty, and duplicity. They truly have no shame.
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I just came across a 2001 text advocating a new classification of human biological races. Given Russia’s ongoing crimes against Ukrainians and various indigenous ppls (eg Crimean Tatars), it is telling that the author is from Moscow. Racist ideas continue to flourish there today.
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I’ve been swamped with work lately and missed the fact that Steven Pinker has once again appeared on a podcast openly promoting racist and eugenicist ideas. Absolutely vile — though sadly no surprise. Sharing in case others missed it too. More👇 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Life expectancy at birth reportedly declined by approximately 35 yrs in 2024. This represents a greater collapse in longevity than that recorded during the genocide in Rwanda, where life expectancy at birth declined from age 42·9 yrs in 1993 to age 12·2 yrs in 1994. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
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Lynn Chiu @drlynnchiu.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
While #ISHPSSB2025 is underway, I'd just like to draw attention to an opportunity at University of Vienna @univie.ac.at for international researchers: senior & early-career fellowships at the new #Vienna Center for Advanced Studies #ViCAS vicas.univie.ac.at Deadline: Sept 1, 2025. Please apply!
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A great opportunity to get to know the series (for free)!
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Just watched Heads of State. Apparently, we live in the Wild Wild East, there are mountains on the Poland–Belarus border, Warsaw runs on 90s PCs and landlines (all set to country music in the background), and border residents resemble memes of squatting Slavs in tracksuits...
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I am truly honoured to be invited to speak at @philsci.bsky.social Around the World 2025 on the panel “Showcasing excellent current work in the CEE region”, organised by Magdalena Małecka and featuring Olesya Bondarenko, Endla Lõhkivi, Stathis Psillos, and myself 😊 eenps.weebly.com/eenps-psa_aw...
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Save the dates of 18-19th of September 2026 for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference at the University of Bucharest!!! Please expect a call for abstracts in autumn 2025 with submissions due likely in winter 2026! eenps.weebly.com/eenps-2026.h...
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · 20/06/2025
Dear all, Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers. pt. 1/2
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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"There are few things in my life that I am truly proud of, being part of the beginning of EENPS is certainly one of them." Lilia Gurova The first entry regarding the history of EENPS has been published on our website! 👇 eenps.weebly.com/history-and-...
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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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eenphilsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Mentorship Scheme for Early Career Scholars! 🥳🔥 More info👇 eenps.weebly.com/mentorship.h... #philsci
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Joanna Karolina Malinowska @malinowska.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It’s probably nothing unusual for you, but for me – a philosopher from Poland – seeing my work mentioned in The Lancet Digital Health, Medical Image Analysis, or Neuroimage is hard to believe. Sadly, most other philosophers don’t seem that interested😅 #philsci #metasci
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