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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

First time I've had a paper (desk) rejected because my co-author and I uploaded a preprint to the main repository in our field (PhilSci Archive). Do some journals have policies against this that I've somehow never been aware of? #philsci #phil

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I guess you all have to support Belgium now 🇧🇪 (as should be). www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

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Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My recent take in @science.org about Etienne Klein losing his PhD. While some believe that this may undermine public trust in science, I see it instead as an opportunity to remind us that scientific institutions have oversight mechanisms that do (mostly) work. www.science.org/content/arti...

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French physicist and media star loses doctorate after plagiarism investigation

University punishes Étienne Klein after investigation shows he plagiarized part of his Ph.D. thesis

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Arrêt sur images @arretsurimages.net · 11/06/2026

INFO ASI - Étienne Klein perd son doctorat 🚨 Le plagiat de sa thèse, révélé par Arrêt sur images en 2024, vient d'être confirmé à l'issue de 20 mois d’enquête : près de deux tiers des pages seraient concernées. Plus d'infos ⤵️ www.arretsurimages.net/articles/the...

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Thèse plagiée : Étienne Klein perd son doctorat - Par Loris Guémart | Arrêt sur images

Peu après les révélations de plagiat dans la thèse d'Étienne Klein par "Arrêt sur images" en 2024, l'Université Paris Cité avait ouvert une enquête. À la suite de 20 mois de procédure, elle a découver...

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Emergence seminar, last session: Ulysse Gadiou - The Role of Value in Alexander's Theory of Diachronic Emergence June 12, 11am, Namur (Belgium). On-line attendance possible (just pm me). #philsci #emergence #metaphysics

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A great pleasure to participate in this upcoming conference on early British metaphysics of mind, to be held in Liège on June 18-19. With Maxime Hilbert we'll discuss the many faces of early emergentist theories of mind. Details here: www.pheno.ulg.ac.be/colloques/?t... #philmind #emergence

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ERC project RESCALE @erc-rescale.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We are hiring a PhD student (3+1 years) and a postdoctoral fellow (3 years) to work on the history and philosophy of physics. Deadline: May 20, 2026. More information available at: erc-rescale.com/news/

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1 PhD position and 1 Postdoc position in history and philosophy of physics We are recruiting a PhD student (3+1 years) and a postdoc (3 years). 1) The PhD student is expected to have a master degr…

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Call for participation: Transitions in Emergence (Namur, Belgium) On-line attendance possible (see details on the website) May 12-13, with (among others) Tim O'Connor, Sam Fletcher, Karen Crowther, John Heil, Erica Onnis, Jessica Wilson. #philsci #Emergence emergencenamur.carrd.co

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Transitions in Emergence

Website of the Conference

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#Emergence seminar, April session: Characterizing diachronic non-derivability in terms of P-completeness: advantages and tensions - by Cyrille Imbert (CNRS) April 10, 11am (Brussels time) On-line attendance possible (just pm me and I'll give you a link). #philsci

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

J'ai écrit une lettre de soutien à Georges-Louis Bouchez, président du Mouvement réformateur (principal parti de Belgique francophone) à propos de sa vision des universités et des "intellectuels autoproclamés" qui y sévissent. Publiée ce matin dans @lesoir.be. www.lesoir.be/732045/artic...

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Lettre de soutien (et de candidature) à Georges-Louis Bouchez, de la part d’un « intellectuel autoproclamé »

Georges-Louis Bouchez s’en est récemment pris au monde universitaire, qui serait peuplé d’« intellectuels autoproclamés ». Olivier Sartenaer lui adresse cette lettre ouverte en guise de réplique.

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

#Emergence seminar, next session: Evolutionary transitions in individuality: one concept, two criteria? - by Johannes Martens (CNRS,SND) March 27, 11am (Brussels time) On-line attendance possible (just pm me and I'll give you a link). #philsci #philsky #philbio

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Call for participation: Transitions in Emergence Two-day conference at UNamur (Belgium) - May 12-13, 2026. Keynote speakers: K. Crowther, S. Fletcher, T. O'Connor, E. Onnis, J. Heil and J. Wilson. Contributed speakers: M. Stürmer, D. Bella, M. Paolini Paoletti, M. Pedroni, F. Eskens #philsci

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"On Meta-Expertise, Dissent and Epistemic Trespassing: A Reply to Neil Levy [@neillevy.bsky.social]" to appear in Erkenntnis: doi.org/10.1007/s106... First paper with my first PhD student, who incidentally uses Goldman's criteria of expertise evaluation in classes of Belgian teenagers. #philsci

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On Meta-Expertise, Dissent and Epistemic Trespassing: A Reply to Neil Levy - Erkenntnis

In his recent paper “No Trespassing! Abandoning the Novice/Expert Problem”, Levy (Erkenntnis, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-024-00794-8 ) urges (social) epistemologists to give up on trying to ...

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Appel à contributions : la Société de Philosophie des Sciences organise sa 12ème édition des RDIPS (Rencontres Doctorales Internationales de Philosophie des Sciences), qui se tiendra à Namur les 24 et 25 septembre 2026. Informations ici : rdips2026.sciencesconf.org

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RDIPS - Rencontres doctorales internationales de philosophie des sciences - Sciencesconf.org

Rencontres Doctorales Internationales de Philosophie des Sciences (RDIPS) - 2026

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Plus belge c'est difficilement possible. Quand Saint Nicolas passe en auditoire, ça finit avec des bonbons pour les étudiants et une bière pour le professeur, le tout avec une petite chansson tous en choeur. Il faut dire que la logique formelle, ça donne soif !

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Huzzah! The PhilSci preprint archive for #philsci papers is finally on Bsky! Give them a follow to keep up with latest work in field ⬇️ @philsci-archive.bsky.social

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I'm thrilled to announce the recent foundation of SPiN, a new research center in philosophy of science at #UNamur (Belgium). SPiN brings together 4 (recently) tenured philosophers (Thibault De Meyer, @ferrydanini.bsky.social, Gaëlle Pontarotti and myself) as well as 10 researchers. #philsci

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Call for paper - Conference on Diachronic Emergence - May 12-13, 2025, UNamur (Belgium) Invited speakers: - Karen Crowther - Samuel Fletcher - Timothy O’Connor - Erica Onnis - Jessica Wilson - John Heil More detail on how to submit a proposal: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsci

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Diachronic Emergence

This conference will bring together researchers in metaphysics and philosophy of science to discuss the foundations, viability, and prospects of a distinctively diachronic account of emergence—n...

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Emergence seminar at UNamur: Anna Marmodoro (Durham University) "Essences as Emergent Entities" September 26, 2025, 11am (Brussels time) To attend on-line, please send an email to maxime.hilbert@unamur.be Our October speaker will be John Heil (Washington University St Louis). Date TBC. #philsci

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SPS @spsphiloscience.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Merci @ferrydanini.bsky.social pour l'annonce ! Cette page sera en effet tenue à jour par @cangleraux.bsky.social pour participer à donner de la visibilité à la Société de Philosophie des Sciences sur ce réseau ✨

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Intéressé(e) à l'idée d'enseigner et de réaliser une thèse de doctorat en philosophie des sciences dans notre équipe du SPS à l'UNamur ? Voici une offre en or pour (jusqu'à) 6 années de mandat d'assistant(e) : jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2025-...

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Un(e) assistant(e) à temps plein au département de sciences, philosophies et sociétés — UNamur

Faculté des sciences - Département : Département de sciences, philosophies et sociétés (SPS) - Grade : assistant - Contrat : durée déterminée renouvelable (deux ans renouvelables deux fois) -

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Amazing joint UPitt/UNamur workshop on emergence this Monday at @center4philsci.bsky.social. Many thanks again to @edouardmachery.bsky.social for having us at the Center! We've had a wonderful time in Pitt. We now have many new material to think about for moving forward with our research in Namur.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Les Rencontres de l'Esprit Critique @lesrec.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Connaître consiste t'il à éliminer toutes les possibilités de se tromper à l’exception de celles qu’il est légitime d’ignorer dans un contexte donné ? Une conférence de @osartenaer.bsky.social professeur de philosophie des sciences. youtu.be/Yt8WjvthM_0

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Le scientifiquement prouvé et l'appel au complot, les deux faces d'une erreur épistémique

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Join us live for our emergence seminar at 11am (Belgian time): - Feb. 14: J. Tricard - Changing Laws - Mar. 14: A. Guay - Change in Physics - April 18: G. Militello - Emergence in Major Evol.Transitions - May 16: E. Onnis - Emergent Novelty - June 13: A. Marmodoro - Emergence of Emergence #philsci

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’m thrilled to co-chair, with Marie I. Kaiser, the PC of the 10th biennial meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, to be held in Groningen on August 27-30, 2025. The conference CFP is out: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP Deadline for submissions is January 31. Hope to see you there!

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Dr Juliette @ferrydanini.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Philosophers of science, our (soon to be) center in philosophy of science in Namur just opened a call for applications for PhD students and postdocs to apply to Belgian FNRS fellowships (3 years postdocs; 4 years PhD positions) all info👇 julietteferrydanini.com/2024/09/25/a...

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Appels à candidature futur centre de philosophie des sciences (Namur)

*** French below *** The (future) center for philosophy of science at the University of Namur (Belgium) is launching a call for applications for PhD and postdoctoral positions in philosophy of science...

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Job offer: (4-year) PhD and (3-year) postdoc fellowships in philosophy of science at the (future) center for epistemology and philosophy of science at UNamur (Belgium), under the FNRS funding scheme. Details here: listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...

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LISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Conference: Reductionism in Transitions. October 10-11, 2024. Namur (Belgium). Jeremy Butterfield, Vincent Ardourel, Eleanor Knox, Patricia Palacios, Kohei Morita, Andreas Hüttemann, Samir Okasha, Johannes Martens, Fridolin Gross, Tarja Knuuttila, Alexandre Guay, and Margarida Hermida. #philsci

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Call for papers - Conference: Reductionism in Transitions. philevents.org/event/show/1... October 10-11, 2024. Namur (Belgium). Invited speakers: Jeremy Butterfield, Fridolin Gross, Margarida Hermida, Andreas Hüttemann, Eleanor Knox, Tarja Knuuttila, Samir Okasha, Patricia Palacios. #philsci

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Reductionism in Transitions

We invite submissions of papers broadly related to the topic of reductionism (and/or emergence) concerning transitions in physics/chemistry (e.g. phase transitions) and biology (e.g. evolutionary tran...

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Le 22 février, en binôme avec le journaliste RTBF Arnaud Ruyssen, j'interviendrai lors du cycle des Grandes Conférences Namuroises pour discuter de la place de la parole experte dans l'espace public. Inscriptions ici : www.billetweb.fr/gcn-la-place... #philsci #philosophie #science #expertise

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Tickets : GCN | La place de l'expert dans les débats publics

Tickets : GCN | La place de l'expert dans les débats publics - Billetweb

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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Job offer: two postdoc positions (up to 2 years) in philosophy of science at UNamur (Belgium). Topic: emergence and reductionism in transitions. More information at (contact me for an English version): jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2023-... jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2023-... #philsci #philsky

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Chercheur·se postdoctorant·e à temps plein (1 an renouvelable) en philosophie des sciences et/ou ...

Grade : chercheur - Contrat : durée déterminée 1 an renouvelable -

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