Call for Papers: 2027 Congress for Logic, Methodology, & Philosophy of Science & Technology (CLMPST) in Kobe, Japan 🇯🇵, August 23-28, 2027
Deadline: November 15, 2026
#HPS
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Looks like a fantastic lineup & workshop! #HPS

Five new Darwin books: thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com/2026/10/09/f...

#HPS #histsci

@princetonupress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social

It's rather wonderful to be back at Harvard (as a visiting scholar this term) where I spent so much time 15-20 years ago. We both have aged and are wiser (and look more upmarket), but the intellectual excitement and inspiration remains the same.

#philsci #hps #sts #metascience #histscie #philsky

The @mcps-philsci.bsky.social post-doctoral fellows program is continuing into the future and is currently accepting applications for a 2-year fellowship starting Fall 2027! Interested recent or impending PhDs in #PhilSci, #HPS and #HOPOS, please apply!

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historian @alistairsponsel.bsky.social & crystallographer Brian Sutton argue Franklin knew earlier photo revealed a helix—the epiphany Watson claimed for himself—&..why she made a 2nd photo 51..Franklin “knows exactly what’s in front of her,” says Betty Smocovitis..this analysis “adds justice" #HPS

Professor Hans Pols will give the 2026 AAHPSSS Dyason Lecture: "Medicine without Physicians: Do-it-Yourself Doctoring in the Dutch East Indies"

Mon 2nd November at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, and also streamed online - register via link below
#HPS #STS #HistMed #MedHum #MedAnth

What makes #mathematics explanatory in science? Philosophers have debated this question extensively. @clpskuleuven.bsky.social alum Lars Arthur Tump offers a fresh perspective in his 📘, bringing together indispensability, abstraction principles & number theory👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #HPS

It is widely held that fitness is affected by population size, 'n.' But Grant Ramsey shows, in a new #openaccess paper in @jrnlofphil.bsky.social, that this familiar claim rests on both mathematical and conceptual mistakes.🔥

👇📃 doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

#philsci #HPbio #evobio #philsky #HPS 🧪

In today's AIP History Weekly Edition, we look at a new volume on the long history of efforts to measure the effects of general relativity. It showcases extraordinary efforts to secure high-precision measurements and adds to our understanding of GR's acceptance, neglect, and renaissance. #HPS

New paper on why we we are still so limited in predicting cancer risk. By @sergeishevchenko.bsky.social
#hps #philsci #hpbio

History Dept @ University of Texas Austin invites applications for a TT assistant professor, specializing in modern history of science, technology, & medicine. Committee will consider applicants who specialize in any scientific practice in any part of the world since 1600. Deadline Nov 30 #HPS

In the midst of all the horrifying news items, here's a conference website with colorful pictures
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#HOPOS #HPS

Finally had a chance to listen to @tespiteri.bsky.social's interview with my friend Jahnavi Phalkey (@jahnavi.bsky.social). Great job, both of you! I have many follow-up questions, but that's not a bad thing
#HPS

This semester's Colloquium of History & Philosophy of Science will start in 2 weeks! We have 9 amazing speakers and great topics, so come around to room GA 1/128 at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de and join us for great talks and interesting discussions! 🤗
#HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #HPS

Have you been thinking about the main challenges or theoretical frameworks of #ALife? Do you want to discuss the current directions & future prospects of the field? Then come to Leuven & join us in a great interdisciplinary environment open to both scientists & philosophers #philsky #MolBiol #HPS 🧪

Are you interested in the past, present & future of Artificial Life (ALife) as a scientific field?

🚨 We are hosting an interdisciplinary minisymposium this December, so send us your work & come along! Please share widely!

🔗 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/...

#philsci #academicsky #evobio #AI #HPS

In their 🆕📄, @alisabokulich.bsky.social & @mattbrewer.bsky.social argue that targeted observation practices in the #geosciences owe much to Peirce’s views on the economy of research, which are better understood as an account of the pursuitworthiness of #data 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPS

"Lamarck contributed a subtle yet crucial change of emphasis: these mountains weren’t just made from the remains of marine organisms...[they] were made by living things. The original source of the mountains was not dead organisms, but the incessant activity of living ones." -Jessica Riskin #HPS 🧪 🦑

The University of Vienna is hosting a lecture series this fall and winter on the "History and Foundations of Modern Physics." Christoph Lehner will kick things off by discussing Schrödinger’s equation on Oct. 1. Click through to learn more, including how to watch online. #HPS