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Victoria Wang

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Perpetual student. Constantly confused and/or curious. Currently in Scotland, doing a PhD in philosophy.

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also just published in the recent flurry is Suilin's musing on trying to decolonise her philosophy of mind & cogsci syllabus (I of course recused myself with respect to any handling or decision making here)
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What I learned in my attempt to decolonise my syllabus | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
What I learned in my attempt to decolonise my syllabus
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No more serious study, only casual study…
Picture of label on a door to a shared office in a philosophy department, reading “casual study only” - small conversations allowed, but also a sign saying “silence” - it’s all quite confusing
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Friday motivation.
CD cover: Martha Argerich A-Z on Deutsche Grammophon label; playing Bach - Beethoven.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tuesday tunes. Preparing for Saturday's Edinburgh International Festival concert: www.eif.co.uk/events/vikin... #bach #beethoven #schubert
Deutsche Grammophon CD cover - Víkingur Ólafsson - OPUS 109 - Beethoven - Bach - Schubert. The pianist is lying on some moss, staring moodily at the camera, in a green jacket that is trying to become moss...
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Lynette Reid @lynettereid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The July issue of Public Health Ethics is online, including many gems. @vmywang.bsky.social 's paper "On the unfairness of the 'fair-share principle'" challenges the assumption that distributing research funding based on global burden of disease is an adequate approach. Don't neglect distal causes!
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On the Unfairness of the ‘Fair-share Principle’ for Health Research
Abstract. How ought scarce health research resources be allocated, where health research spans basic, translational, clinical, health systems and public he
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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Blue II www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/blue-ii
Blue II
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Happening in Reading in an hour!
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thursday tunes. #beethoven
Deutsche Grammophon CD cover: Klimt Beethoven fresco (Wiener Secession): ethereal golden glimmering female figures ("the yearning for happiness is assuaged in poetry. The arts lead us to the ideal realm in which we all can find pure joy, pure happiness, pure love. ..."). Beethoven Symphony #6 Pastorale; Chor-Fantasie; Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt; Maurizio Pollini on piano, Claudio Abbado conducting, Wiener Philharmoniker and the Vienna State Opera choir...
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) UK is hosting a panel tomorrow at the Joint Session, chaired by @ljspencer.bsky.social - check it out for some cool philosophy by @vwijnga.bsky.social, @philosophellie.bsky.social, K. Jennings and A. Klieber! #philsky #feminism sites.google.com/view/2026-jo...
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2026 Joint Session - SWIP session
Disavowing Objecthood: Toward a Sexual Ethics of Ambiguity Veerle van Wijngaarden (Amsterdam) This paper examines the limits of objectification-based sexual ethics through an analysis of Honey Pot (20...
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Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Philosophers! Craig Callender and I are circulating an open letter calling for better COI disclosure in our journals. If tech companies fund and employ philosophers working on AI, we need to know and to be thinking about the impacts 1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy
*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Friday motivation.
CD cover: Bach - The Art of Fugue - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Deutsche Grammophon)
The pianist is wearing a grey-ish shirt and looking into the distance; he is photographed in profile from the chest up in front of a white wall.
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Don Ingo @doningo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
— Ingeborg Bachmann (25/6/1926 - 17/10/1973) "Die gestundete Zeit Es kommen härtere Tage Die auf Widerruf gestundete Zeit wird sichtbar am Horizont. Bald musst Du den Schuh schnüren und die Hunde zurückjagen … —
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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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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Friday motivation.
CD cover: Belcea Quartet - Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 2
The lead violinist, Corina Belcea, is facing us but looking to the side, while another member stands behind her facing away, and various players' arms and hands radiate from the centre.
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Leopold Bloom @1904bloom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I was happier then. Or was that I? Or am I now I?
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Leopold Bloom @1904bloom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes.Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thursday tango tunes.
CD cover of the band/collective Romántica Milonguera: the band members in colourful summer dress at a picnic in a park, holding guitars, an accordion and a guitar.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Friday motivation.
CD cover: Schubert: Moments Musicaux and Piano Sonata in B Flat D960; played by Alfred Brendel. Decca label. [Blue turquoise purple water droplets on petals vibes.]
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In a shared office space, just swapped out a really clunky keyboard for a more modern one, only to find that the space bar makes a squeaking noise. My colleagues can now hear the silence of my thinker's/writer's block...
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Barry Maguire @barrymaguire.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Does Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s - Daily Nous
Has your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what does it say? What should such a policy say? Has your department considered an AI policy but held off on writing or imp...
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Friday motivation / soothing.
Screenshot of a Deutsche Grammophon CD: with a picture of young Martha Argerich; playing Schumann's Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Book club group chat is on fire just now…
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Slightly strange, somewhat flattering and very insistent spam e-mails coming my way... I know for a fact I do not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria... @wikipedia.org
Screenshot of an e-mail addressed to me. It reads:
"Dear Professor Victoria,

I hope you're doing well.

I’m reaching out because I noticed and recognize the work you've done in your field. Your contributions are truly valuable and deserve more attention.

A well-made Wikipedia page could help showcase your achievements to a wider audience. I'd be happy to help create a professional page to make sure it meets Wikipedia's guidelines.

Do let me know if you'd like to talk more about this. I'm happy to explain the process and answer any questions you might have.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
[REDACTED]
Wikipedia Editor"
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today I voted in the Scottish Parliament Elections 🗳️ and submitted my 2025/26 tax return. Feeling very civic. #democracy #TaxTheRich
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The next instalment of the reading group organised by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health #CPEMPH will focus on the philosophy of public health. Schedule here: cpemph.org/2026/04/30/p... - please join us! #philsci #philsky
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PhilMed RG Schedule (May–October 2026)
The group will hold two weekly online meetings to discuss public health texts, accommodating various time zones. Meetings take place on Wednesday at 5pm BST and Thursday at 10am BST. Attendees can …
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lovely review of Robert Northcott's book on fragility in science in BJPS--and if you want a second one, why not check out this one... journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi... #philsci #philsky
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Robert Northcott, 'Science for a Fragile World'. | Philosophy in Review
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The Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happy #WorldArtDay! 🎨 In 2005, #EdwinMorgan wrote 10 poems responding to the 10 artworks named as Scotland’s favourite paintings held in Scottish public collections. EM’s personal favourite among the works was ‘Flood Tide’ (1962) by #JoanEardley, painted the year before she died.
Flood Tide

Joan Eardley

Lonely people are drawn to the sea.
Not for this artist the surge and glitter of salons, 
Clutch of a sherry or making polite conversation.
See her when she is free: -
Striding into the salty bluster of a cliff-top 
In her paint-splashed corduroys,
Humming as she recalls the wild shy boys 
She sketched in the city, allowing nature's nations 
Of grasses and wild shy flowers to stick 
To the canvas they were blown against 
By the mighty Catterline wind -
All becomes art, and as if it was incensed 
By the painter's brush the sea growls up 
In a white flood
The artist's cup is overflowing with what she dares 
To think is joy, caught unawares 
As if on the wing. A solitary clover, 
Unable to read WET PAINT, rolls over
 Once, twice, and then it's fixed,
Part of a field more human than the one 
That took the gale and is now
As she is, beyond the sun.
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you are planning to attend, the registration is open. We @hpscambridge.bsky.social are pouring our hearts into this conference and it will be amazing. Even though my own submission was not accepted! #philsci #philsky #hps #metascience
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Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 Conference | SPSP Cambridge 2026
The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 Conference at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In academia nobody gets financial bonuses… but! Sometimes prizes come in the form of books!! 📚💙 Thanks to the Philosophy of Social Science roundtable @ppeatvt.bsky.social
Stack of books: illness by Havi Carel, Anne Case and Angus Deaton on deaths of despair; Alan Garfinkel on forms of explanation; bell hooks on feminist theory, Joan Tronto on caring democracy; Mark Risjord on woodcutters and witchcraft, Bernard Williams on ethics and the limits of philosophy; Angela Potochnik on idealization and the aims of science; Longino on science as social knowledge
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨 new blog post with short summaries about what I've been thinking and writing about recently: there's a bit of feminist bioethics, public health ethics and science communication. Hopefully something for everyone. #philsci #philsky #bioethics #PHEthics lovecells.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/r...
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Recent publications: health research priority-setting
It’s been quite a while since I’ve reported on a research publication that I’ve been involved in. That last lab-based publication from 2022 was on a rare genetic metabolic disorde…
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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 20/10/2025
Monday morning, time to rise and grind!* *Cultivate wisdom and compassion.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨 new blog post with short summaries about what I've been thinking and writing about recently: there's a bit of feminist bioethics, public health ethics and science communication. Hopefully something for everyone. #philsci #philsky #bioethics #PHEthics lovecells.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/r...
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Recent publications: health research priority-setting
It’s been quite a while since I’ve reported on a research publication that I’ve been involved in. That last lab-based publication from 2022 was on a rare genetic metabolic disorde…
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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Remember if you want to cast a postal vote in the upcoming Scottish Parliament election you need to first be registered to vote by 11:59pm on Monday, April 20. Your postal vote application then needs to be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, April 21 📮
Example of a postal vote envelope and papers for the Edinburgh Southern constituency.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Friday motivation.
Sony CD cover: Glenn Gould Bach Vol. 6 - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 & 7 - Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Vladimir Golschmann - Leonard Bernstein.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Here's the correct job link, I think: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #philjobs
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Wow this looks like a really relevant and urgent project given the latest news: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Society for LGBTQ Philosophy @philosophy.lgbt · 12/04/2026
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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Good morning, friends!
A panel from a 1991 Peanuts comic strip showing Peppermint Patty at her school desk. She is saying, “Unprepared, unorganized, unsettled, uncertain, unsure, but awake!”
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I wish this were an April Fools headline…
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European Philosophy of Science Association @epsaphilsci.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📣 *EPSA25: selected papers from the biennial conference in Groningen* Submission deadline: 15 June 2026 link.springer.com/collections/... #philsci #HPS
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EPSA25: selected papers from the biennial conference in Groningen
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📚📝 I've published a new paper that thinks through how scarce health research resources ought to be distributed when the aim is to counter health inequalities! #oa #philsky #philsci #SDH academic.oup.com/phe/article/...
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On the Unfairness of the ‘Fair-share Principle’ for Health Research
Abstract. How ought scarce health research resources be allocated, where health research spans basic, translational, clinical, health systems and public he
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📚📝 I've published a new paper that thinks through how scarce health research resources ought to be distributed when the aim is to counter health inequalities! #oa #philsky #philsci #SDH academic.oup.com/phe/article/...
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On the Unfairness of the ‘Fair-share Principle’ for Health Research
Abstract. How ought scarce health research resources be allocated, where health research spans basic, translational, clinical, health systems and public he
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Getting ready for a weekend of philosophy at the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh @center4philsci.bsky.social
Photo of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh: a late gothic revival skyscraper 42 storeys high, with some naked trees and a winter-barren lawn in the foreground, before an azure sky.
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European Philosophy of Science Association @epsaphilsci.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
📣 CFP for a topical collection containing selected papers from the *EPSA25* conference: philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci
Dear EPSA25 participants,

We are delighted to announce that the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science will be publishing a Topical Collection containing selected papers from the EPSA25 conference. Please consider submitting your paper. Submission is open to anybody who was accepted for presentation or poster presentation and attended the conference.

The special issue will be edited by Julie Jebeile, Vincent Ardourel and Hannah Hilligardt.

The submission deadline is 15 June 2026.

To submit please go to the EJPS submission page (https://www.editorialmanager.com/epsa/) and select “EPSA25” from the drop-down list.

If you have any questions please send them to: julie.jebeile@unibe.ch

We very much look forward to receiving your contributions.

All the best,

The European Philosophy of Science Association
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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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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
There’s a philosophical joke about (sickly) constitution here somewhere…
Picture of an entrance to a pharmacy: one sign pointing to the left reads “health services”, and another sign pointing to the right reads “wellbeing services”. Some hand sanitisers in the bottom left corner.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
There’s a philosophical joke about (sickly) constitution here somewhere…
Picture of an entrance to a pharmacy: one sign pointing to the left reads “health services”, and another sign pointing to the right reads “wellbeing services”. Some hand sanitisers in the bottom left corner.
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Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is happening in two weeks and I can hardly contain my excitement! 💙📚
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