Join us as we sit down with visiting fellow Mike Hicks to learn more about his work here at the Center!
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dsJKE8f8jFU

Don't miss Mike's Lunchtime Talk next Tuesday: "Pragmatic Realism about Modality, Natural and Metaphysical" #philsci

I'm not against using LLMs for academic research. However, there is a huge danger of introducing hidden systematic biases if their contributions are not tracked. I try to explain here why I think letting AI into academic research requires radical openness. #PhilSci #AcademicSky

1/3 What if a charged particle skims the surface of a perfect sphere in a steady magnetic field, tracing a closed loop that defies intuition? #academicsky #electromagnetism #philsci

Y aquí el 2 -y hasta aquí de momento- una intro 101 a qué narices es eso de la Complejidad -ahora que es palabra comodín de moda

lisrosello.substack.com/p/ahora-si-q...

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New article in history of philosophy of technology in science: experimentation! #philsci #philtech

1/ 🧵 The history of the philosophy of experimentation isn't really just a history of what philosophers have said about experiments.

In a new #HOPOS paper, I argue that it is also a history of what philosophers thought philosophy of science itself was *for*.

#philsci

I have a blog post giving a short, informal overview of Relational Quantum Mechanics and its approach to the measurement problem.

[I have begun writing a post about RQM and metaphysics, and I decided to lift out the intro so it could be an optional read.]

#philsci #philsky

...que nos puede sonar más a la filosofía de la ciencia más feminista (Barad, Haraway, etc etc) se reconoce desde otras fuentes empíricas, desde derivas de ciencias complejidad -donde cognitive sciences interactua sin duda.

Este paper to guapo
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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#philsci #animal #sentience #ethics
They show NO compassion & NO Buddha Nature.
All sentient beings possess the same essential nature, so 👇that harming is self-harm.

Karma: While the consumer may not directly kill, supporting the meat industry encourages killing, generating negative karma.

3/3 If ions can tune DNA stiffness, could cells exploit rapid ion spikes to locally remodel chromatin or regulate transcription? What biological scenarios might benefit from such a mechanical switch? #academicsky #biophysics #philsci

New semester, new reading group content! We've decided to follow the stream of process philosophy and read "Everyone flows" by John Dupré in this semester. And, as the book is not that long, we will actually read the whole thing 🤩
Looking forward to stimulating discussions! 🤓
#PhDSky #PhilSci #HPBio

Preparing and looking forward to a joint presentation with @karimbschir.bsky.social as part of a workshop on ‘Philosophy, Evidence and Policy-making’ at the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
#philsci #sciencepolicy #policyadvice #evidencebasedpolicy

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📣CFP

Topical Collection: New Directions for Evidential Pluralism
Journal: European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Submission deadline: 30 June 2027

More info: link.springer.com/collections/...

@epsaphilsci.bsky.social @jonwilliamson.uk

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Early-career researchers are especially welcome. We want everyone to leave with concrete strategies for translating concepts between fields and for identifying the misunderstandings that tend to stall interdisciplinary collaborations.

#philsky #philsci #philmind #neuroskyence #cogsci

Devastating for Canadian programs too, which also require TOEFL or IELTS. Grad faculty: Talk to admissions, at the University level (often where the requirement is enforced), before deadlines. It would be deeply wrong to just deny Iranians admission when they can't access the test
#philsky #philsci

The aesthetics of science is a happening place where many of the cool kids hang out and do cool kid stuff (like, uh, think about the relationship between art and science), as @milenaivanova.bsky.social, @alicemurphs.bsky.social and i explain: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/31... #philsci

Question: what is the difference between a “logic” and an “algorithm”? If I have a “logic of discovery” versus an “algorithm for discovery“ how are they different? I want to give summary bullet points to students in a course. But we don’t use these concepts in physics.

#philsci #scisci #metasci

This makes me wonder how many human organs are also composed of parallel cell lineages during development. Is it so unusual that one anatomical part comes from two distinct lineages? #philbio #philsci

news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...

via Siska De Baerdemaeker:
2 #HPS #philjobs in Philosophy Dept @ Stockholm Uni:
1. #PhilSci w/ a focus on social epistemology, values & science:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

2. #HistSci or #DigitalHumanities:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Deadline: November 8, 2026.