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Oscar

@oscarw.bsky.social
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Philosophy postdoc at the University of Iceland. PhD from HPS Cambridge. Interested in philosophy of science, logic, language, and pragmatism.

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Fenner Tanswell @fennert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Next week Wednesday and Thursday (7th and 8th October) we will be running the event "Mathematical Proof in the age of AI" at the University of Bergen. www4.uib.no/en/research/...
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Mathematical Proof in the Age of AI
This conference will be about the various implications of AI-based proving and autoformalisation for mathematics. Examples include the recently (claimed) major breakthrough in solving the Navier-Stoke...
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Oscar @oscarw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Had a great time speaking at the Minnesota International Postdoc Forum last week! Some great questions and comments giving me lots to think about. Thanks for having me!
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
Ummm hard to describe: a creepily colour-inverted Ichthyosaur wearing spectacles crawls through a cave to discover a copy of Currie’s “The Science of Lost Worlds”
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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Join us online next week for our first International Postdoc Forum of the 2026 Autumn semester. @oscarw.bsky.social, University of Iceland, will discuss "Understanding to Some Purpose." Wed 23 Sept, 12:15 pm CDT (UTC -5). We will post a recording afterward. Zoom link on the website: buff.ly/cQSwND3
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International Postdoc Forum
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Postdoc in history of physics @ Radboud University in The Netherlands on "Origins of Irreversibility" part of larger grant to explore fundamental questions concerning entropy, chaos, & irreversibility #HPS ⚛️ Deadline: 14 October 2026 Duration: 2 years, starting 2027 www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Postdoc Positions: Origins of Irreversibility | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!
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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 14/09/2026
Mufasa explains the circle of life but it's the Lotka-Volterra equations
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ISiS Radboud @isis-radboud.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🥁 Call for Applications: ‘ISiS Research Visiting Scientist Programme’. Residencies would need to take place before the end of 2026. Our institute will host a maximum of four researchers. More info: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9nk4a... #philsci #ELSA #ELSI #STS #ecology
Photo of Radboud University campus showing the Huygens building.
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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"But on the night sky, it's like seeing an atom held at arm's length..." This week on the podcast, Peter Galison joins Sophie Ritson to discuss what it took to make the first image of the black hole — and what it means to say we saw it. linktr.ee/thehpspodcast
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide, edited by the inestimable @phieveigl.bsky.social (and me!), has 27 chapters from super-cool philosophers of science explaining how they do their thing, and is now open access! Our baby is free! #philsci direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
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Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide
A guidebook to methods and methodology, encouraging deeper engagement across the philosophy of science and beyond.The last twenty years have seen multiple
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Adam Toon @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It was a pleasure to contribute to this symposium in Mind & Language on Frances Egan's wonderful book, Deflating mental representation (MIT, 2025). My paper on "Deflationism, realism and fictionalism" is Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1111/mila... @francesegan.bsky.social @kenaizawa.bsky.social #philsky
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Deflationism, realism, and fictionalism
Frances Egan's Deflating mental representation gives a forceful defence of deflationism about mental representation. Deflationism is a form of selective realism: It is realist about vehicles of menta....
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Oskari Sivula @oskarisivula.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another postdoc position open at the University of Helsinki. This time in "The Many Faces of Inquiry: Towards a Dynamic and Pluralistic Epistemology" -project: philjobs.org/job/show/31949 AOS: epistemology/ethics #PhilJobs #philsky #epistemology #ethics #philosophy #postdoc
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Postdoctoral Researcher/Researcher, University of Helsinki - PhilJobs:JFP Postdoctoral Researcher/Researcher, University of Helsinki
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In the 1930s, a group of European philosophers fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Why did logical positivism have such an impact on US thought? And why did it play a central role in the culture wars of the 1950s and 1960s? Released today! Logical Positivism: An American History (1/3)
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Samuli Reijula @samulireijula.net · 28/08/2026
Meillä on ERC-hankkeessa väikkäripaikan haku auki 3.9. asti. Ala on tieteenfilosofia/tieteentutkimus/kognitiotiede ja aihe tekoälyn käyttö tieteellisessä ongelmanratkaisussa jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving
Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
this should be an interesting book. Sander is great
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Logical Positivism: An American History
Abstract. This book tells the remarkable story of a group of European philosophers and scientists who fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Drawin
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rose novick @rosenovick.com · 16/08/2026
i do think philosophers of science today should be made to read feyerabend and acknowledge every then-controversial point he made that is standard fare today
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps
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Current research opportunities
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Looking forward to participating in this conference "What Makes a Geoscience Model Useful?" hosted by @geolsoc.bsky.social on 21 - 22 September 2026 09:00 - 18:00 Burlington House, Piccadilly, London & virtual (They sent me this nifty speaker graphic to share) #philsci ⚒️ www.geolsoc.org.uk/geomodels
A poster with pic of Alisa & text 21 - 22 September 2026
I'm speaking at the What Makes a Geoscience Model Useful? Conference
'Data, Models, and Uncertainty in the Geosciences: Philosophical Issues and Strategies'
Monday 21 September, 10:00 - 10:40
Alisa Bokulich
Boston University
www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geomodels
The Geological Society
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Cristian Larroulet Philippi @cristianlarph.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is possibly the first time that (world-class) seismologists will join philosophers of science to discuss progress in seismology. Very proud of having co-organized this with @miguelohn.bsky.social and Teru Miyake #philsci #PSA26 #histci #seismology #earthquakes
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Frederick Britt @fbritt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's been over a month since our workshop on entity realism, held at the @unibe.ch and supported by the @snsf.ch, where among others @msuarez.bsky.social and @kenaizawa.bsky.social delivered great talks! The recordings are finally available here: www.philosophie.unibe.ch/research/pro... #philsci
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Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 28/07/2026
A few days left for our call for papers on Philosophy through Art, Games and Fiction, dedicated to Helen De Cruz think.taylorandfranc... I am convinced that being playful and creative makes us better philosophers. Prove me right! #philsky #philosophy
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Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction
Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
listen, i'm not here to tell you about quine. you already know about quine. either he lives in your heart or he doesn't
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Closing this tough academic year with Res Philosophica paper on the legacy of Popper's & Bergson's ideas on #OpenSociety and #OpenScience - huge thanks to colleagues & @erc.europa.eu for so much learning and fruitful collaborations, and wishing all some rest in the coming month! #philsci
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The first keynote of #BSPS2026 comes from Tarja Knuuttila, ‘Revisiting Artefactualism: The Model-Target coupling Displaced’ #philsci #philsky
A woman stands in front of a PowerPoint, which displays the title of her talk
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Ellen Clarke @ellenclarke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@thebsps.bsky.social BSPS Leeds 2026 is go! Opening with a presidential address by Robin Hendry ‘Metaphysics & Science: A call for History’ sites.google.com/view/bsps202...
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Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My first #SPSP conference in Cambridge was fun. Best bits: getting a glimpse of the many facets of philosophy of science in practice, presenting my work as part of a fun symposium on "making data speak" in archaeology, cows on campus, and a fantastic final gig ✨️ #philsky #philbio #evosky #hps 💀🏺
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Jakob Ortmann @jakobortmann.eu · 21/07/2026
Happy my manuscript accepted in Philosophy of Science (@philscijournal.bsky.social) is now available! It's carving out a space for speech-act-theory and STS to co-exist, laying out conceptual foundations for further work in philsci. Comments welcome! doi.org/10.1017/psa....
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But what is ‘Performativity of Science’? Austin, Perlocutionary Sequels, and Referent Malleability | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
But what is ‘Performativity of Science’? Austin, Perlocutionary Sequels, and Referent Malleability
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hasok Chang opening the 11th biennial conference of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice #spsp2026 - as ever, fantastic to see so many dear friends and beautiful minds together in one (large!) room! #philsci spspcambridge2026.com
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University of York Department of Philosophy @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This week, Mike Stuart will be speaking about "Pragmatic Understanding and Scientific Robotics" at the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice in Cambridge. See the full program here: spspcambridge2026.com/program
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SPSP Conference 2026 Program | SPSP Cambridge 2026
The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 conference program. Hosted at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.
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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Heading to Cambridge today: spspcambridge2026.com/program #spsp #philsci #hps
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SPSP Conference 2026 Program | SPSP Cambridge 2026
The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 conference program. Hosted at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.
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Matteo Vagelli @mvagelli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If in Edinburgh today for the joint ESHS/HSS meeting, do drop by our roundtable on Late Hacking! We'll be discussing Hacking's later philosophy, his years at the Collège de France, and much more. Unfortunately I can't be there in person, but it's in excellent hands. Hope to see many of you there!
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The Late Ian Hacking’s Legacy for the History of Science: Reasoning, Kinds, Trees of Life
This roundtable reconsiders the profound and ongoing influence of Ian Hacking which has shaped research in the history of science for decades and continues to inspire scholarship spanning statistics, ...
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And it’s out - our homage to the inimitable John Dupré, a giant of contemporary philosophy, from his loving colleagues and a stellar cast of contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007... : #philsci
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Life Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life Sciences
This open access book is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre’s work.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Looking fwd to this workshop @ Caltech just before #PSA26 bringing together scholars from seismology & from history & philosophy of science to address relation between theory, observation, instrumentation, & progress in seismology. Free registration here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #philsci ⚒️
Caltech workshop poster with text: "Observation, Theory, and Progress in Seismology
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A workshop bringing together scholars from seismology and from history and philosophy of science to address the relation between theory, observation, instrumentation, and progress in seismology
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
• Zhongwen Zhan (Caltech)
• Hiroo Kanamori (Caltech)
• Teru Miyake (NTU)
• Susan Hough (USGS)
• Miguel Onesorge (University of Toronto)
• Lucy Jones (Caltech)
• Tom Heaton (Caltech)
• Alisa Bokulich (Boston Uni)
• Jamee Elder (Tufts)
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NOV.17.2026
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Robert Northcott’s “Science for a Fragile World” is pretty good imho ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/scie... #philsci
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Science for a Fragile World
Maybe the world is like an armillary sphere. Metallic balls representing celestial objects are placed just-so along spherical rings, tracing an at-first...
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It is out and OPEN ACCESS: "The Senses: Perception and Experience" (Cambridge University Press, Elements: Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com) #PhilSky #booksky #HPBio #philosophy #cogsci www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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The Senses
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Senses
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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The 2026 #HOPOS conference is underway! Hosted by The Ohio State University. A full roster of talks begins today with sessions on logical empiricism, Aristotle, the life sciences, sociology, and neo-Kantianism. Download the full program here: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
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Program Booklet
81 program
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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As program committee chair, it's my pleasure to announce the program for the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference. We have a great selection of papers, and I'm very excited to see everyone in Singapore come July! Details: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve... #philsky #philsci
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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Summer conference season begins for Philosophy at Edinburgh with this conference this week organised by my excellent colleague Dr Jo Wolff with a fantastic line-up of talks on history and philosophy of measurement 🤩. Welcome everyone to Scotland. #philsci
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2026 – Second Biennial Conference – The Society for the Study of Measurement
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Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New paper out responding to critics: Fictionalism and Scientific Realism: A Response to Ungrounded Criticism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Paul L. Franco @loadofbunk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I had the pleasure of reviewing a new collection of Susan Stebbing's papers edited by Siobhan Chapman for Mind. There's some #HOPOS in the review, and a short section about public philosophy in the history of analytic philosophy. academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
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Susan Stebbing: Philosophical Papers, by Susan Stebbing
In a short period of time, Susan Stebbing has gone from being relatively neglected in the history of analytic philosophy to being recognized as one of anal
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Oscar @oscarw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Just came across this remarkable interview with Marjorie Grene at age 94: www.thebeliever.net/an-interview... Two of my favourite bits, when Grene is asked about Rorty and about Lakatos: Rorty is just witty, but doesn't have a philosophy and Grene is quick to say that she did not kill Lakatos!
BLVR: That reminds me, I forgot to ask about Richard Rorty. You’re friends with him, though you don’t agree with his philosophy?

MG: We are friends, but you can’t agree with his philosophy. It doesn’t exist! He’s a wit! He should’ve lived in the eighteenth century. He just makes clever remarks that don’t mean anything. The thing about Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature is based on a total misinterpretation of Kant. It’s totally wrong about Kant, and I’m sort of a Kant person.BLVR: You know, I forgot to ask about philosopher of science Imre Lakatos—

MG: I didn’t kill him!!

BLVR: Why does everyone say you had a part in it?

MG: Because once he helped me out of a taxi in London and he hit his head on the door. And I didn’t kill him! He died soon, and I don’t know if it was the head bump. But it wasn’t because of me! [Laughing heartily]
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Vanessa Seifert @vanessaseifert.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New article- open access: The pursuitworthiness of chemical experimentation. This is very different from what I have written so far. Special thanks to @ennofischer.bsky.social & @alejandrofabregastejeda.com for encouraging me to think about this- I learned a lot! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The pursuitworthiness of chemical experimentation - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Chemistry is an experimental science. One cannot learn nor practice chemistry without conducting experiments and spending some time in a laboratory. To appreciate this, I employ the concept of pursuit...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“Hurried Science” “Hurried science is when scientific research is sped up in such a way that reliability-enhancing norms get violated in the process.” New preprint by @dellsen.bsky.social philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30114/
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In times of crisis, science tends to move fast. However, speeding up science often involves deliberate compromises to the scientific norms that are meant to guarantee the reliability of scientific results in normal circumstances. Call this hurried science. Some of the compromises involved in hurried science can be kept track of and later revisited—say, by conducting a new study with larger sample sizes and proper randomization. However, I argue that hurried science may also involve untracked compromises to reliability-enhancing scientific norms, in which the negative epistemic effects of speeding up scientific research are not properly noticed or understood. I further argue that these are considerably more worrying for the overall reliability of scientific research, insofar as they are liable to lead both scientists and the general public to overestimate the trustworthiness of scientific results.
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Paul L. Franco @loadofbunk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"We witness...the scientific world-conception penetrating in growing measure the forms of personal & public life, in education, upbringing, architecture, & the shaping of economic & social life according to rational principles. The scientific world-conception serves life, and life receives it."
Appiah: Carnap and Quine would be astonished to be told that they thought that epistemic reasons were relative to political reasons. And Hartry, who’s a friend and a colleague of ours, would collapse in shock.
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
High quality volume from excellent editors!
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Philipp Haueis @phaueis.eurosky.social · 07/05/2026
Continuing my presentation tour, I talked about work from my book project “The Conceptual Fabric of Science” @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social. I combine cognitive linguistics and my own patchwork approach to scientific concepts to argue that polysemy in science has communicative and epistemic value (1/2)
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge @hpscambridge.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Should scientists make moral judgements during their research? PhD student Monte Cairns tackles this question in their new research paper. Cairns argues that these concerns, while genuine, do not stop scientists taking moral responsibility for their research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Expertise-Objections to the Argument from Inductive Risk | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Expertise-Objections to the Argument from Inductive Risk
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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Finally! BOOK 2 OUT SOON -- THIS AUGUST (e-book will be Open Access/free): THE SENSES: PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE (Cambridge University Press, Elements in Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com ) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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The Senses | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
As a student I borrowed a copy of Descartes’ Meditations. The only passage that had been underlined was at the end of the First Meditation: “But this undertaking is arduous, and a certain indolence insensibly leads me back to my ordinary course of life”
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