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Sharon Crasnow

@slcra.bsky.social
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Philosopher of social science. Feminist philosophy of science, traveler

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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Relaunch of the journal Current History. This issue contains reflections on very recent history -- on the changing global order, rhe current state of the world, democracy -- as well as an interview with Naomi Oreskes. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
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Volume 125 Issue 872-873 | Current History | University of California Press
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The APA Blog interviewed me! blog.apaonline.org/2026/04/10/a...
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APA Member Interviews, Sharon Crasnow | Blog of the APA
Sharon Crasnow works on epistemological issues in the methodology of the social sciences. Her focus is primarily on feminist epistemology and philosophy of science and conceptual and measurement issue...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
San Diego just gave us the best reveal of No Kings Day. #NoKings
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Via @rachelankeny.bsky.social: Next Society for #PhilSci in Practice conference #SPSP2026 will be in Cambridge UK hosted by HPS Dept @ Cambridge University & SPSP co-founder Hasok Chang. Keep eye out for call next year ⬇️ philosophy-science-practice.org
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About us
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kai clement-milanovich @kialectics.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
also: i was, on the basis of this paper, awarded the Nancy Hartsock Endowed Graduate Student Award, which recognizes creative achievements of an emerging scholar doing work in feminist theory.
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Some timely reading on authoritarian regimes: ucigcc.org/blog/14-book...
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14 Books on Authoritarian Rule - IGCC
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Call for Nominations: Hypatia Board of Associate Editors (deadline: Friday 16th May)
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Call for Nominations: Hypatia Board of Associate Editors (deadline: Friday 16th May) - hypatia
Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy invites nominations and self-nominations for Associate Editors. Associate Editors work with the Editorial Team to support the flourishing of the journal and t...
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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 08/04/2025
I can't believe this is actually happening. link.springer.com/book/9783031... #philsci
Values, Pluralism, and Pragmatism: Themes from the Work of Matthew J. Brown
Book
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Latest edition
Overview
Editors:
Jonathan Y. Tsou, Jamie Shaw, Carla Fehr
Offers 18 original historical and philosophical essays focused on values in science, scientific pluralism and pragmatism
Engages with different aspects of Brown's philosophical research on scientific values as well as his historical research
Showcases a broad range of history and philosophy of science perspectives
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 347)
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The first article in the special issue @martinkusch.bsky.social and I are coediting is out! Thomas Uebel lays to rest various myths about the Vienna Circle views of social sciences, proving yet again that they were right about pretty much everything. #philsci #philsky #histsci #sts
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Logical empiricist anti-exceptionalism in its Austro-German context
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Vanessa Bentley (she/her) @piratev.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Sandra Harding, feminist philosopher of science, passed away. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... Her work on feminist standpoint theory was so important to me. #philsky #feministsky #philsci #STS
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SANDRA HARDING Obituary (1935 - 2025-03-05) - Amherst, MA - Boston Globe
View DR. SANDRA G. HARDING's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Here was the “we’ll see you in court” skeet. —>
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-german...
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New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
What a loss, the passing of the great feminist standpoint theorist Sandra Harding. #philsci #philsky #FeministSky
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Federal Dems need to take lessons from Montana
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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
While Tables Burn: On the (Non) Existence of Trans People and the Failure of Philosophy (guest post) dailynous.com/2025/02/10/w...
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 29/01/2025
We asked DeepSeek about dissident contemporary artists and artistic freedom in China. Its replies were terse, repetitive, and seemingly biased in favor of the Chinese Communist Party.
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"Who Is Ai Weiwei?" DeepSeek Refuses to Say
The AI’s responses to queries related to dissident artists and artistic freedom were terse and biased in favor of the Chinese government.
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Latest revision of my SEP entry Feminist Perspectives on Science is now online: plato.stanford.edu/entries/femi...
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Feminist Perspectives on Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Melissa Jacquart @mjacquart.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Very excited to share that @apotochnik.bsky.social and my element on Public Engagement with Science is out (+ open-access)) I'm really proud of this work of ours. It puts in writing much of the work + thinking done over the last several years @ucpews.bsky.social... www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Public Engagement with Science
Cambridge Core - Life Science Professional Development - Public Engagement with Science
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My review of Hasok Chang’s Realism for Realistic People is available here: nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... #philsky #PhilSci #HistSci
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Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatic Philosophy of Science, by Hasok Chang
Hasok Chang’s latest book is pragmatist in its focus on practice, but also in linking evaluation of science and its practices to the aims of those practice
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PSA UPSS Initiative @psa-upss.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
W/ many DEI initiatives being canceled there's never been a more important time to support orgs w/ national & international reach in supporting underrepresented #HPS scholars. This #GivingTuesday please donate to @philsci.bsky.social UPSS & help it grow to meet need ⤵️ mms.philsci.org/members/wish...
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This program pairs philosophy of science scholars from underrepresented groups with a senior mentor in the field to assist in their professional development.
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Consider submitting a paper for inclusion in the UPSS Session at the upcoming biennial PSA meeting in New Orleans, November 14-17, 2024.
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Apply for a travel grant to defray the costs of attending the upcoming PSA meeting.
UPSS Delegate Program
The UPSS Delegate Program provides travel assistance to attend the PSA Biennial Meeting for early career scholars (advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, or beginning graduate students) who are considering pursuing philosophy of science. UPSS Delegates are paired with a senior graduate student "PSA Host" for the meetings, who will help show them around the meeting and introduce them to people in the field.
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The PSA Prize in Philosophy of Science & Race
Awarded biennially by the Philosophy of Science Association for the best book, article, or chapter published in English that integrates philosophy of science with discussions of rac…
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
A fantastic new CUP Elements volume on Climate Science from Wendy Parker--one of the best philosophers of climate science there is! Free to download through December.
Wendy S. Parker
summary
This Element examines how climate scientists have arrived at answers to three key questions
about climate change: How much is earth's climate warming? What is causing this warming? What will climate be like in the future? Resources from philosophy of science are employed to analyse the methods that climate scientists use to address these questions and the inferences that they make from the evidence collected. Along the way, the analysis contributes to broader philosophical discussions of data modelling and
measurement, robustness analysis, explanation, and model evaluation.Element contents
1 Introduction
2 Measuring Global Temperature Change
2.1 Making Data Global
2.2 Data Models and Measurement
2.3 The Significance of Robustness
2.4 Good Evidence of Warming
3 Explaining Changes in Climate
3.1 Obstacles to Explanation
3.2 Computational Models as Bookkeeping Devices
3.3 Investigating the Causes of Recent Warming
3.4 Reaching Causal Conclusions
3.5 Progress and Pitfalls in Explanation
4 Projecting Future Climate Change
4.1 Ensembles and Their Interpretation
4.2 Robustness Revisited
4.3 Intergenerational Robustness
4.4 Beyond Model Democracy
4.5 Storylines and Tales
4.6 Uncertainty, Inductive Risk, and Values
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org · 18/11/2024
Hello BlueSky! We are a leading feminist academic journal celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. In addition to traditional scholarly work, we also publish freely available work as part of our Feminist Public Intellectuals Project. We have some exciting stuff planned, so give us a follow!
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Feminist Public Intellectuals Project
Free & accessible feminist analysis from Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I recently participated in a workshop on animal welfare at the Animal Behaviour Live online conference, talking about 'Evaluating measures of animal welfare' - video now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrUs...
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ABL:AOC 2024 Workshop 3 : Animal Welfare
YouTube video by Animal Behaviour Live
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
European Philosophy of Science Association invites submissions for #EPSA25 in Groningen (the Netherlands) from 27 to 30 August 2025. Deadline for all submissions is by 31 January 2025, 11:55pm GMT. #philsci philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP
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European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA25 - Submissions
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 22/11/2024
Four philosophers are on the 2024 edition of Vox's list of "innovators from around the world who are tackling our biggest challenges," alongside some well-known cultural figures like Christopher Nolan, Billie Eilish, Jose Andres, and others...
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Four Philosophers Make Vox’s “Future Perfect 50” List - Daily Nous
Vox publishes an annual list of fifty “thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place.” This year’s edition includes four philosophers. They are: Jonathan Bir...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/11/2024
When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
If like me you find the Philosophy of Science Association Meeting Program #PSA24 difficult to navigate on the pheedloop website, there is a much nicer, easier to read PDF version of the program available here: ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1tG2N...
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PSA24 New Orleans Final.pdf
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
In New Orleans for the PSA. I just realized it’s my dad was born here 95 years ago today.
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
www.intellectbooks.com/queer-contem...
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I put in a lot of heart in this presentation. Tried to show that greater awareness of realities of social science improved #philsci in general. Also gave a tiny preview of where I am heading next, namely the identity of social science which where I started at LSE in the 1990s...
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Anna Alexandrova (University of Cambridge): The Fate of Social Sciences in Philosophy of Science
YouTube video by MN Center for Philosophy of Science
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ding @not.dingherself.com · 23/10/2024
Are you or do you know a grad student doing feminist philosophy/theory? Please encourage them to apply to FemPhilAZ 2025 by December 9! All sessions are hybrid. We’re applying for grants to fund travel, can arrange homestays, and hope to pass on reviewer comments! www.femphilaz.com/2025-call-fo...
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2025 Call for Papers - Arizona Feminist Philosophy Graduate Conference
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Anita Välikangas @anikangas.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
University of Helsinki used competency assessment tests in the latest PhD positions recruitment. Inkeri Koskinen and Päivi Seppälä analyse these tests from a philosophy of science perspective, offering several reasons why it was a bad decision: tint-helsinki.fi/2024/10/21/c...
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Competency assessment tests in the application process for salaried PhD positions do not promote fairness, objectivity, or transparency / Inkeri Koskinen & Päivi Seppälä – Centre for Philosophy of Soc...
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Just a reminder that our book is available for those who might be interested. Currently on sale! #philsky #WomeninSTEM #metasci #histsci www.routledge.com/Feminist-Epi...
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Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: An Introduction
Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: An Introduction is structured around six questions and the answers to them that have been offered by feminist epistemologists and philosophers of scien...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Marie Curie didn't necessarily aim to hire women in her lab, but she didn't have anything AGAINST women, and so ended up creating a network of more than 45 women trainees who changed (and are still changing) the course of science. By @clarakm.bsky.social with Dava Sobel on her new book 🧪
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The Untold Story of Marie Curie’s Network of Female Scientists
Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
October @philsci.bsky.social Newsletter is out! mms.philsci.org/msg_detail.p... In addition to fantastic program @ #PSA24, checkout the awesome President's Plenary "Making & Remaking the Mississippi River" w/ @hkandersen.bsky.social + & Public Forum on Disinformation w/ @naomioreskes.bsky.social +
President's Plenary
Making and Remaking the Mississippi River:
Responsibilities, injustices and obligations in community-based land management and wetland restoration
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 4.30 PM - 6.00 PM
Bissonet Ballroombiennial Public Forum
Disinformation:
At the Intersection of Science and Society
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 7pm- 9pm
The Joy Theater - 1200 Canal St, New Orleans, LA
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David Ludwig @davidludwig.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
I'll be one of the keynote speakers at the workshop “Scientific Pluralism, Epistemic Diversity, and Progress in Science” in March in Wuppertal in Germany. Their CfP is open until 15 Nov, consider joining us: grk2696.de/scientific-p...
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Workshop “Scientific Pluralism, Epistemic Diversity, and Progress in Science” | Transformations of Science and Technology
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Royal Institute of Philosophy Cardiff Annual Lecture 2024 :: Quiet As Its Kept: On Epistemic Fragility :: – Professor Kristie Dotson – live on YouTube Tuesday 19th November 8.30pm - 10.00pm UK time Full details: bit.ly/TRIPCdf2024
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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Immensely grateful for President’s Plenary Symposium at PSA2024 in New Orleans (14 November) on ‘Making and remaking the Mississippi River’ - fantastic line-up of speakers incl philosophers of science @hkandersen.bsky.social @katiekendig.bsky.social Emily Parke 🙏🏻 site.pheedloop.com/event/psa24/...
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PheedLoop
PheedLoop: Hybrid, In-Person & Virtual Event Software
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
enposs.eu/wordpress/wp... This program looks great. Wish I could be there!
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
Hold on to your hats - FEMMSS8 is here! FEMMSS and Douglas College Present FEMMSS8: An online Workshop on Technologies and Feminist Thought June 6th and 7th 2024 Register here to attend this workshop: douglascollege-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Angela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 26/03/2024
Newly published: Science and the Public. In this Element, I explore the relationship between science and the public with resources from philosophy of science. Details in thread below. Volume is free online until 4/9. t.co/mKYvwSls3c #philsci #philsky #histsci #STS #metasci #SciComm
Image of test tubes, which is the cover art for all books in this series, with text: "Cambridge Elements Philosophy of Science, Science and the Public, Angela Potochnik"
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Katrina Forrester @katforrester.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
Did you read (or write) a great feminist political theory paper in 2023? Please nominate it for APSA's Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory! Any paper published in 2023 in any English-language journal is eligible
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
I’m pleased to announce the availability of my book Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: An Introduction — co-authored with Kristen Intemann. Discount code SMA22 at Routledge. #philsci #histsci #metasci #WomenInSTEM www.routledge.com/Feminist-Epi...
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Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: An Introduction
Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: An Introduction is structured around six questions and the answers to them that have been offered by feminist epistemologists and philosophers of scien...
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
FEMMSS and Douglas College are jointly hosting an online workshop in Technologies and Feminist Thought, June 6th and 7th 2024. Dr. Tempest M. Henning will give the inaugural Catherine Hundleby Keynote Address. Abstracts due by February 29, 2024. Submit through Easy Chair: easychair.org/cfp/FEMMSS8
Poster for FEMMSS conference with photo of Tempest Henning, the keynote speaker.
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KariLikeSafari @karilikesafari.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Anyone ages 12 – 26 living in the United States can get a San Diego Public Library Books Unbanned card. With the card, the library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for FREE, no matter where you live in the U.S. libraryfoundationsd.org/news/stories...
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San Diego's Books Unbanned protects the freedom to read
Library Foundation SD and library launch Books Unbanned in San Diego to resist book bans, promote intellectual freedom among young readers, and cement libraries as a place where everyone belongs.
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Sharon Crasnow @slcra.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
FEMMSS and Douglas College are jointly hosting an online workshop in Technologies and Feminist Thought, June 6th and 7th 2024. Dr. Tempest M. Henning will give the inaugural Catherine Hundleby Keynote Address. Abstracts due by February 29, 2024. Submit through Easy Chair: easychair.org/cfp/FEMMSS8
Poster for FEMMSS conference with photo of Tempest Henning, the keynote speaker.
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
I wrote a review of The Tangle of Science (Cartwright,Hardie,Montuschi, Soleiman, Thresher, OUP 2022). I strongly recommend the central idea in the book - the tangle - though I find their view overly optimistic n I am puzzled by omission of the replication issues. It's for Mind, hence long! #philsci
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